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Vista flaw could corrupt kernel

An Austrian security vendor has found a vulnerability in Windows Vista that it says could possibly allow an attacker to run unauthorised code on a PC.

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• Remembrance of electronic crimes past
  Hard to believe but not long ago it was perfectly legal in most countries in the world to bombard a company's Internet gateway and email server until they fell over. New
  From John E. Dunn's The War on Error blog »
• Nokia's plucky response to the iPhone
  I refuse to brand any phone as an "iPhone killer" - but look at this. Nokia has brought out its first touchscreen phone, a device with no hard keys, focussed on the web and music. I think we can see the intention here, yes? New
  From Peter Judge's The wirecutter blog »
• Think before you start typing
  Remember they teach you requirements analysis at programmer school
  A client paid me a wonderful compliment the other day. He phoned to ask me for my thoughts on a new feature he's thinking of adding to a software product I designed for the company a while back.
  From David Cartwright's Technically speaking blog »
• Infamy, infamy, they all have it in for me
  I will admit to enjoying the delicious sense of irony as I watched Nick Leeson, the trader who famously collapsed Barings Bank back in 1995, give a talk on 'risk management in the real world' at Burton Group's Cataylst Conference in Prague this week.
  From Tom Jowitt's Defragging the enterprise blog »
• Controlling a phone remotely via VNC
  Talking to the guys from RealVNC at the Smartphone Show today, I realised I'd been a bit dim - their new mobile version is a server too, not just a client/viewer. (There's been VNC viewers for handhelds for a while now. I'd been wondering why they thought that was new. Duh...)
  From Bryan Betts's Casting the Net blog »
• Foggy Notion
  Into the cloud we go.....
  From David Hobson, Global Secure Systems's Hobson's choice blog »
• EA is no ivory tower
  The term Enterprise Architecture (EA) sometimes conjures negative connotations to ivory tower syndrome, ineffective processes, lack of participation, and low stakeholder commitment.
  From The Burton Group's The Burton blog blog »
• IBM sticks head in the clouds
  Don't you just love buzzwords?
  From Maxwell Cooter's The Blue Screen blog »
• Switch the Internet on please, love
  I recently saw something that I don't think I've ever seen before - a wireless router with a power button.
  From Techworld staff's The green screen of death blog »
• USB 3.0 promises more than speed
  Intel confirmed key aspects of the long-awaited USB 3.0 specification last week, but the hugely improved performance is perhaps the least interesting of them.
  From John E. Dunn's Half-eaten cake blog »

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SolarWinds ipMonitor 9.0 review

The are plenty of network monitoring tools around, the trick is finding out which one works best for you. SolarWinds has always made much of its being designed intuitively for network engineers and, as we find, this is not a hollow boast.

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Reviews

• Palm Treo Pro
  Windows Mobile is the Marmite of mobile operating systems: some users love the ease with which it enables access to business, while a good many more hate it. One self-proclaimed fan found that this phone uses Windows to fine effect.
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• GoodSync Pro 7.2
  Synchronisation is the alternative to backup, but it is also a much more complex world. Does this program keep life simple enough?
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• Billion BiPAC 7402GX router
  Billion's latest BiPAC ADSL router is an attempt to add 3G failover to what is otherwise a competent and well-featured if unadventurous 802.11g switch/router. Its other strength is its VPN capability.
  View all Computer & Internet Security Reviews »
• Microsoft Hyper-V RC1
  With Hyper-V finally launched, it's time to have a look at how it stacks up against the VMware, the clear market leader. The result? While there's still some distance to go, VMware should start getting worried.
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• Aagon Client Management Platform
  A nicely-designed client manager for Windows-based PCs, with central monitoring and a good GUI, and which should scale well, thanks to being based on a proper DBMS.
  View all Data & Voice Networking Reviews »
• Xobni for Outlook 1.2
  Outlook is powerful but stupid. Here's an app that adds some intelligence and doubles productivity.
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• Alienware MJ-12 8550i workstation
  Mention Alienware to most Internet users, and they will think of high-end games machines with every conceivable option on-board and a hefty price tag to suit. They’re less well known for it perhaps, but the company has also been carving out a similar niche in the professional workstation sector.
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Spiceworks IT Desktop
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Articles

• Interviews : SailPoint tackles the threat from within
  A Texas-based company has come up with a solution for large enterprises to protect themselves from disgruntled internal staff, which it says is a growing risk for companies forced to lay off staff during these tough economic times. New
  View more from the Computer & Internet Security Knowledge Center »
• Insight : Microsoft steams into services with Azure
  Microsoft has bet big on cloud computing and the Azure platform. It has to make rapid steps to catch up with the likes of Amazon and Google who have set the pace in the market. Yet, all the signs are the company could do it and make Azure a mainstay of the computing world for some time.
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• How-Tos : How to ... transfer data between BlackBerry devices
  Your company has upgraded its Blackberries and now everyone wants to know the quickest way to transfer data from a previous phone to a new one. Here's the answer.
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• Insight : Oracle offers compression to DBAs
  Oracle's powerful new HP Oracle Database Machine comes with 168TB of storage ... and a hefty price tag to boot. But there is another to boost processing power: the company's own efficient compression technology.
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• Insight : Time to stop treating removable disks like tape drives
  Disks do more - they blend archiving, online backup and CDP, argues Tandberg Data, as it gives Backup Exec the push from its RDX line in favour of Yosemite's Filekeeper.
  View more from the Data Storage Knowledge Center »
• Briefings : Get tough on telecommuting: 6 questions to ask before you say yes
  Proceed cautiously - teleworking can change office dynamics in ways you hadn't anticipated.
  View more from the Data & Voice Networking Knowledge Center »
• Insight : Data centre managers explore energy efficiency
  The rise in electricity costs, coupled with the increasing power consumption of modern processors, are leading to crippling headaches for data centre managers. A conference last week explored several ways in which data centres could save money.
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• Insight : Why is being a VoIP company such hard work?
  How many smallish companies have this list of woes in twelve months and get away with it? Here’s a rundown of Skype’s year to bury.
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