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Enterprises overpay for antivirus software
Security software often loses its effectiveness as new threats emerge, while prices stay high, says Gartner analyst
Hackers resurrect notorious attack tool kit
Neosploit, thought dead three months ago, behind PDF attacks, researcher says...
Monitoring Your Brand and Reputation Online
One way that companies can take an active role in their online reputation management processes is to ensure that all online mentions of them going forward project the messaging and images that they prefer. Of course, creating strong products and providing stellar customer service can also help you get positive online press....Mozilla patches 11 bugs in Firefox
Also modifies license to correct 'giant mistake' with EULA ...
IT Managers Fear They Aren't Prepared for VM Environments
Some 48% of survey respondents said their chief challenge in Tier 1 production environments is to isolate problems of root cause within virtualized systems. ...
20 Cloud Computing Startups You Should Know
Young companies are emerging as software and service providers in the cloud. These newcomers can help you deploy and manage IT resources in new ways. ...Storage That Really Lasts
If you want to preserve data for the really long term, as in thousands of years, Norsam Technologies' analog HD-Rosetta disk may be your best bet....Some ISPs Move To End Their 'All-You-Can-Eat' Plans
Heavy users of the Internet often resent their characterization - or caricaturization -- as slack-jawed couch potatoes stealing movies. They suggest that they are the Internet pioneers exploring the best new solutions for watching video, telecommuting or creating remote backups of their data in the new computer clouds....
Interop: What Are Your Datacenter Metrics?
Analyst argues datacenters now have an exciting place in IT....Zend: PHP set for enterprise growth
CEO hails Web apps platform, predicts increased opportunities for developers...Hackers infect BusinessWeek website via SQL Injection attack
Sophos experts have discovered that the website of BusinessWeek, the world famous weekly magazine, has been attacked by hackers in an attempt to infect the readership with malware....
Can the U.S. prosecute suspected IP thieves?
With the recording industry reportedly prosecuting tens of thousands of cases of intellectual property theft, the federal government is considering whether it should appoint a new agency head to take care of that job instead....
Yahoo makes the case for Google search ads
Yahoo is on a campaign trail of its own, taking an opportunity Thursday to plug a search-ad partnership with rival Google that could bring new profits to the company but that also faces possible antitrust hurdles....
Justice Signals Challenge to Google-Yahoo Deal
The partnership between the two companies would allow Google to sell some of the ads displayed alongside search results on Yahoo's Web site. Yahoo and Google have insisted the deal would benefit consumers and advertisers, but they have delayed it until early October to give the Justice Department time to review it. ...Dell Unveils Blade Servers Designed For Virtualization
The computer maker will also offer Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V as a factory-installed option on its PowerEdge servers....Chrome snatches share from IE
Google Chrome gains users at IE's expense, says Net numbers company...
Flawed Trend Micro antivirus update cripples PCs
It quarantines critical Windows files, prevents booting of some XP, Vista machines...Frankly Speaking: Google Chrome's SaaS model should worry IT
Google Chrome? Hold that thought....Sun Upgrades Desktop Virtual Machine, Gains Traction On Macs
VirtualBox enables a developer to develop code on a Mac, a Windows, Linux or Solaris machine and then run it in a virtual machine that mimics its target environment....Red Hat Acquires Virtualization Company
Red Hat acquires Qumranet Inc., a virtualization provider. Qumranent produces KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) and SolidICE (a virtual desktop infrastructure) solutions. The combination will give Red Hat Linux a comprehensive virtualization platform for enterprise customers....App-V 4.5 to be released with MDOP 2008 R2 Release
Formerly known as Softgrid Application Virtualization, Microsoft’s App-V 4.5 will be included in the upcoming Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) 2008 R2. App-V 4.5 will include a new Service Providers License Agreement (SPLA), which will allow service providers to deliver third party applications to customers through a Software-as-a-Service model....Brazilian Hosting Company EW3 Selects Singlehop
Brazilian hosting company EW3, a provider of dedicated server management and hosting for Brazlilian and Portuguese marketplaces, has selected SingleHop to provide servers, infrastructure and managed services for their client base....Google Launches Business YouTube
In an effort to tap into the business video market, Google is releasing Google Video for business as a new tab in the Google Apps Premier Edition control panel. ...Russian News Head and Critic of the Kremlin Killed
Magomed Yevloyev, owner of the Russian Internet news site Ingushetiya.ru, was shot to death on Sunday after police detained him...Spam: The Redirection Infection
In order to avoid anti-spam and anti-malware programs, more and more spam is providing URL links to legitimate but compromised content sites. These compromised sites then redirect the user to a malicious site where malware can be installed unto the unsuspecting user’s computer....Author info
David Dunlap
David Dunlap has been both a Web host industry analyst and commentator for the past eight years. Prior to his active writing career, David was a network and communications technician for four years. He currently is the Editor-in-Chief for WebHostMagazine.com