Joint Forces Command to test new network encryption
Unisys's Stealth technology is intended to allow separate secure virtual communities to coexist on a single network.
New software development collaboration tool from CollabNet
CollabNet has released a new professional services package to help clients improve their collaborative software development efforts.
Microsoft unveils Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
The new release can take advantage of greater computing resources and run up to 384 virtual machines with as many as 512 virtual processors per server.
Unions critical of decision to overhaul DOD personnel system
Federal employee unions have sharply criticized the recommendation of the Defense Business Board to overhaul, and not abandon, Defense Department’s controversial National Security Personnel System.
IBM unveils desktop cloud service
IBM is taking desktop computing into the clouds. Company officials have announced the IBM Smart Business Desktop on the IBM Cloud subscription service.
New Apple OS delivers only rudimentary protection
Apple gives a tip-of-the-hat malware protection in the latest version of its Mac OS X operating system, but Snow Leopard is no substitute for antivirus in a world in which the Mac is gaining more attention from virus writers.
How you can get Internet Explorer 8
Three ways to get an updated version of Microsoft’s browser, Internet Explorer 8.
VMworld Preview: VMware's 'internal cloud,' new products and more
The fifth annual VMworld user conference gets under way this week in San Francisco with a flurry of product announcements, a schedule packed with keynotes, sessions, labs and product demos, and some controversy.
Still sophisticated, ENVI gets easier to read
The tool used by specialists for purposes such as detecting abnormalities in medical images or looking for signs of climate change now has a set of predefined workflows, called Spear, in a graphical user interface.
Gaining Virtual V-locity
The V-locity software package can fix a few inherent problems with virtualization, like cluttered disks and ever-expanding space needs.
Automated reporting brings order to U.S. Court's pretrial services
At a federal court in California, pretrial services officials have implemented a kiosk-based reporting system to streamline services for defendants and help officers more easily keep track of their cases.
Air Force makes progress on IPv6
Eglin Air Force Base is the first enclave to test IPv6 traffic on a production network, and initial results show that the backbone is handling the new Internet protocols just fine.
A breakdown on common RAID configurations
A primer on common RAID configurations and their advantages and disadvantages for storage.
Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440
The BlackArmor NAS 440 is a secure, four-drive NAS that you can quickly and easily set up. In file transfer tests, its download rates were in the middle of a tight pack, but it fell a bit behind on upload speeds.
Buffalo TeraStation III
The TeraStation III returned the fastest transfer rates in our performance tests in both directions, but we thought its price was a little high.
LaCie 5big Network
Even with lackluster performance, the $1,060 price for the LaCie 5big Network 301355U is pretty good for a five-bay appliance. And if you want easy setup or eSATA ports, this could be the one for you.
A few creative options for working without Word
If a deal isn't reached in the Microsoft Word patent infrigement case, what are the alternatives?
The long road to HTML 5
The World Wide Web Consortium is developing HTML Version 5, which will include tools to build Rich Internet Applications without requiring plug-ins from a vendor. But a final version is still a long way off.
Health IT group to offer security certification to vendors
The Health Information Trust Alliance will certify security products against its Common Security Framework as the government moves to establish an infrastructure, national standards and privacy requirements for the handling of electronic health care records.
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