Most hardcore enthusiasts will tell you it's better to build your own gaming system rather than getting one pre-built. If not for the enjoyment of putting all the components together yourself, then simply to ensure... More...
A few weeks ago during CES we had the opportunity to sit in on a presentation at CNTRSTG by Chief Technology Officer of HP's Personal Systems Group, Phil McKinney. Phil spoke to us about several... More...
El_Oscuro brings us a Washington Post update on the progress of Future Combat Systems, the U.S. Army's Linux-based operating environment that has been under development for several years. The project, which currently surpasses 63 million... More...
We have all run into cases where Windows fails to load for one reason or another. The problem may be hardware or a software failure, and the problem may seem to be irrecoverable. Yet... More...
Hewlett-Packard Co. began taking preorders today for its MediaSmart Server, the first system from a major manufacturer powered by Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Home Server (WHS) software. MediaSmart, which won't ship until later this month, is... More...
Security experts have discovered vulnerabilities in OpenOffice.org that could allow attackers to remotely execute code on Linux, Windows or Apple Mac-based computers. OpenOffice version 2.0.4 and earlier versions are vulnerable to maliciously crafted TIFF files,... More...
Recent reports have noted that Dell had stopped offering extended warranties or CompleteCare on Ubuntu-based systems. The problem occurred due to an ordering system glitch over the weekend, but Dell is working to get the... More...
System builders take heed: Intel's latest generation of the Centrino mobile architecture includes several developments designed with the custom-systems integration channel in mind. The technologies include an interface that lets solution providers optimize the way... More...
Microsoft Australia has defended the company's User Account Control (UAC) system as being "misunderstood" and said it should be the type of technology that all operating systems aspire towards. "There has been a lot of... More...
Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday that it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option on some of its consumer PCs. Like most computer makers, Dell switched... More...
Xbox 360 Elite systems on a Chinese production line have been caught on camera. The images not only show the sleek, black exterior of the Xbox 360 Elite, but a close-up image shows the 120GB... More...
Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli tells Next-Gen that new technology will allow the upcoming Crysis to run on gaming rigs up to three years old; developer also talks about going "Vista-only" and the transition to DX10,... More...
This weekend, Dell quietly made Windows Vista available on most of the company's desktop and laptop machines. The computers are still priced in the same range but now offer various editions of Windows Vista installed... More...
Tony Chor, the Group Program Manager for the Internet Explorer team claims 100 millionth download of IE7 I'm pleased to report that on January 8th, we had the 100 millionth IE7 installation. However, even more... More...
Arguably one of today's biggest risks for network security and compliance are lingering systems that are no longer supported by their vendors. The security flaws in these systems may have been widely known for years,... More...
Micro-Star International (MSI) will display a series of its Media Live audio/video PC systems based on the AMD Live! platform at the 2007 International CES in Las Vegas, according to company sources. MSI's Media Live... More...
Symantec on Monday said that while worm-scanning activity against its corporate antivirus software had increased over the weekend, the number of infected systems had dropped. According to the security company's own DeepSight sensor network, scanning... More...
Bell Aliant says it's going to launch an investigation into how 100,000 phone customers in St. John's and internet clients all over Newfoundland lost service late Friday. Telephones were operating again Saturday morning after a... More...
Yahoo and Microsoft announced that they would tear down the wall between their formerly exclusive instant messaging services and allow members to mingle beginning today. The union of Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger systems... More...
According to ZDNet UK Microsoft UK is urging UK vendors not to ship PCs without operating systems on them. Supplying base systems or "Naked PCs" is a missed opportunity according to Michala Alexander,... More...
According to a report by Network World, a study performed by them has declared that the average Mac is half as expensive to maintain compared to a comparable PC in a business setting. This... More...
NASA has chosen Texas Tech University computer scientists to help develop software that will aid in the design and building of an abort system for a new Crew Exploration Vehicle. NASA engineers will work with... More...
Sun Microsystems announced a project on Wednesday to build out disaster warning systems in countries around the world. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based server company said it has teamed with the Pacific... More...
Two serious security flaws in a technology widely used for network authentication could expose a swath of software products to hacker attack, experts have warned. The flaws could allow an online intruder... More...
Yahoo! Inc. and Cisco Systems are combining their antispam technologies to create a new e-mail authentication system, the companies said this week. The new system, called DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), will draw on... More...
Tuesday at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2005, Microsoft Corp. and Pepsi-Cola North America announced a U.S. promotion to put the Xbox 360 (TM) next-generation video game and entertainment system from Microsoft into the hands... More...
Spyware authors and phishing fraudsters yanked an old scam out of the playbook Wednesday by directing malicious code at Internet users who may be prone to typing or spelling deficiencies, according to security researchers. Finnish... More...
After years of relative quiet, both Microsoft and Apple are frenetically working on major new upgrades to the base software that run the personal computers of tens of millions of business and consumer users. Microsoft... More...
Novell announced on Wednesday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tally Systems Corp. Tall Systems is an expert in IT asset management solutions, this acquisition will help Novell expand it's ZENworks management... More...
In the early 90s, operating systems were getting pretty innovative and exciting. In a brief span of years we went from DOS and Windows 3.1 to having a myriad of operating systems that offered pre-emptive... More...
Security and organization has always been a weak spot for NTFS, the dominant file system of Microsoft's modern operating systems. ZoomForge Technologies suggests that they may have found a solution to this. ZoomForge states that... More...
Securityfocus is reporting that a hacker known by the alias "Ethics" successfully penetrated T-Mobile's systems for at least a year. Twenty-one year-old Nicolas Jacobsen was charged last October after an elaborate sting between... More...
Thanks to Rapier for posting in our Back Page News, Opera has made available the fix for the desktop version Opera 7.54 for all OSes in response to the following security advisories, some of which... More...
The Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 software development kit (SDK) Version 2 is available for download as an installation package from the Microsoft download center. The SDK contains documentation and sample applications for developing... More...
British technology firm Imagination is preparing to deliver a new arcade system to Sega at the start of next year, according to the company's financial statements, which will be based on the firm's next-generation graphics... More...
A leading producer of high-end computers for gamers and professionals – Alienware – revealed some additional details about its new initiative to install two graphics cards into one PC for hardcore gamers. It seems that... More...
Thanks rumbleph1sh. IBM and Cisco Systems announced a joint initiative intended on helping companies integrate and implement converged voice, video and data systems in their environments. With the initiative comes new services, being... More...
Thanks rumbleph1sh. Dell on Friday introduced data protection software jointly developed with CommVault Systems to meet the needs of small businesses. The GalaxyExpress software promises to enable companies to back up and restore... More...
ATI Technologies Inc. continues to build on its wide range of offerings for the Mac market now shipping in new Apple products, including the PowerBook®G4 professional notebook, and eMac™ desktop for consumers and education customers.... More...
The SMS 2003 Administration Feature Pack contains three tools: the Manage Site Accounts Tool, the Transfer Site Settings Wizard, and the Elevated Rights Deployment Tool. The following table describes each tool. Manage... More...
Digital Home Entertainment Line Delivers Integrated Multimedia Experience Alienware®, the leading manufacturer of high-performance computer desktop, mobile, and professional systems, announced today a new line of digital home entertainment solutions. ... More...
Overview These tools work with SMS 2003, and are available only in English-language versions. They assist with deploying and troubleshooting SMS 2003. Download: Systems Management Server 2003 Toolkit 1 ... More...
Dell Highlights Partner Commitment to Integrated Management Solutions For Systems Management Server 2003 Today at Microsoft® IT Forum 2003 in Copenhagen, Microsoft Corp. launched Systems Management Server 2003, its change and... More...
Solution Delivers End-to-End Application Deployment, Asset Management and Security Patching Microsoft Corp. today announced that Systems Management Server 2003, its change and configuration management solution for Windows(r) and a critical piece... More...
PC World has posted some benchmark results suggesting that Apple's Power Mac G5 isn't the world's fastest desktop PC after all. The PC World tests compare dual G5 systems to a Pentium 4 3.2GHz, Athlon... More...
BizTalk Integration, Smart Client Interface and Enterprise Class Performance Deliver Efficient, Cost-Effective Application Integration and Support Siebel Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. today announced new deployment options for Universal Application Network (UAN)... More...
Dear MSA 2.0 Beta Tester, The entire MSA team would like to thank you for your participation in the MSA 2.0 beta program. We received some incredibly valuable feedback and were able to... More...
Less complexity and a radical new pricing model Sun Microsystems has used its Network Conference in San Francisco to launch its third quarterly set of co-ordinated product releases, combining 225 products into just... More...
Microsoft Systems Architecture (MSA) 2.0, expected to be released by the end of 2003, is a technology architecture for an enterprise corporation. MSA caters to typical scenarios and includes planning and implementation guidance that has... More...
Just got this from betaplace... "Dear Beta Tester, Thank you for participating in the Microsoft's Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 5 Open Beta program. We are pleased to announce... More...