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Drupal Community: Fantastico De Luxe is "an insecure recipe for disaster"

admin — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 01:17:49 -0400

"Fantastico De Luxe by Netenberg is an add-on for the popular cPanel web management software, available on many web hosting providers. It promises an easy, turn-key installation of dozens of web applications, including the Drupal CMS.

Microsoft fined $357 million US

admin — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:31:19 -0400

A failure to comply with an anti-competition ruling has landed Microsoft with a €280.5 ($357) million fine. This follows an EU ruling back in 2004 that the software giant had to provide its rivals with information concerning the Windows operating system. EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes stressed that “Microsoft has still not put an end to its illegal conduct.” She continued "no company is above the law" and said that there had been no alternative other than a hefty fine”. "I regret that, more than two years after the decision ... Microsoft has still not put an end to its illegal conduct," she added. Microsoft said it would appeal, claiming the “unprecedented” amount was unfair.

Windows Is Still More Reliable Than Linux On The Server

admin — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:56:11 -0400

Windows Server and Linux are growing up fast, but they still aren't a match for the solid, stable Unix systems on the high-end of the server scale. That's the conclusion of a report from The Yankee Group, which released it 2006 Global Server ReliabilitySurvey on Wednesday. The report compared a number of server operating systems in areas of reliability, down time and recovery. It found that Windows Server 2003 showed the highest reliability gains, surpassed only by mature Unix-based server operating...

IBM To Release Linux Notes Sooner Than Promised

admin — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:47:32 -0400

Source: InformationWeek
URL: http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle~

A Notes client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 will be available on July 24, with a version for Novell SUSE Linux Desktop for Enterprise 10 version due within 90 after that, IBM said. IBM is making a full Notes client available for Linux a bit earlier than expected. While IBM has long been an ardent Linux proponent and promised full support for Macintosh, Linux and Windows clients in its next release code-named Project Hannover , the company has accelerated the Linux piece. A Notes client for Red Hat...

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Web Host Talk Forum Releases Daily Europe Hosting News

admin — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 20:06:06 -0400

The Web Host Talk, the European web hosting discussion board launched daily European web hosting news service. The start date of the web hosting newsline was July 3rd. The newsline covers news and stories about companies, products, services, hosting surveys and trends.

VeriSign Loses Icann Antitrust Case

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:55:00 -0400

OS ANGELES, Aug. 27 (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed an antitrust complaint against an Internet oversight group brought by a company that controls directories for Internet users worldwide. The ruling Thursday, by Judge A. Howard Matz of the United States District Court for Central California, dismissed the suit by VeriSign Inc. against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or Icann.

16 Points to Consider When Selecting an Email Hosting Provider

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:08:00 -0400

Excedent Technologies, the leading provider of managed email hosting with integrated security threat prevention, today issued a list of characteristics that businesses and service providers should look for when outsourcing their email hosting to a third party provider.

Mac Keeps Lead on Linux

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2004 03:42:00 -0400

With the release of its first Linux laptop last week, Hewlett-Packard predicts this year the free operating system will unseat the Mac as the No. 2 desktop operating system behind Windows. Indeed, some analysts say Linux displaced the Mac as the leading alternative in 2003.

Cisco Investigating Potential Source Code Theft

admin — Tue, 18 May 2004 07:38:00 -0400

Cisco Systems is investigating the possible theft of source code for operating systems that run its network infrastructure equipment, an event that could open up security threats for its customers.

Microsoft warns of 'important' flaw in Windows

admin — Wed, 12 May 2004 11:28:00 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - A flaw in Microsoft's almost universally used Windows operating system could allow hackers to take control of a PC by luring users to a malicious website and coaxing them into clicking on a link, the company warned today.