Archive for December, 2007

Securities websites vulnerable to hackers

“It’s unbelievable! In fact, we’re not safe as we thought!” exclaimed securities investor Nguyen Minh Hien when he witnessed an expert from the Bach Khoa Internet Security Centre changing the content of a news article published on a securities company’s website.
Fortunately, the hacking was only a demonstration carried out by the centre as it conducts […]

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Sites shut down after hack on Fasthosts

Web hosting firm still to reset some passwords
The UK’s largest web hosting firm, Fasthosts, has temporarily shut down some of its customers’ websites – hundreds of sites are reportedly affected – following a hacking attack on its database.
The database contains the financial details, email addresses and passwords of over a million businesses for which Fasthosts […]

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Internap Enhances Content Delivery Network (CDN) Services with Digital Rights Platform from BuyDRM

– Alliance Enables Rich Media Delivery Customers to More Effectively Monetize Digital Audio and Video Content –
Internap Network Services Corporation (NASDAQ: INAP), a global provider of end-to-end Internet business solutions, today announced the integration of BuyDRM’s KeyOS Pay Media Platform into Internap’s content delivery network (CDN) services. Enhancing the robust features of Internap’s rich media […]

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Microsoft Releases New Windows Server, Vista SP1 Test Code

Microsoft on Wednesday released new test versions of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Service Pack, two highly anticipated technologies that are scheduled to be released early next year.
Microsoft also revealed partner resources to prepare customers for the release of the server OS, which the company plans to release to manufacturing on Feb. 27, 2008, […]

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Make Skype calls over a WiFi network without a PC

Netgear’s WiFi Phone with Skype looks much like an older candy-bar style mobile phone with a desktop charging cradle.
But unlike a conventional mobile phone, the core technology inside the Netgear handset is a WiFi 802.11 wireless chip rather than a cellular chipset.
This, coupled with the Skype software stored on the phone, enables users to make […]

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Cisco adds a pinch of identity to the network

This week, Cisco did something it is extremely good at: it announced yet another marketing-focused initiative called the Cisco Trusted Security, or TrustSec. The company describes TrustSec as “a new architecture that integrates identity and role-based security measures for scaled implementation across enterprise networks.”
Hey, great idea! If I knew who was on my network and […]

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Red Hat Finally Nears Real-Time Linux Launch

For the last several years, Red Hat has been pushing forward the development of real-time enhancements for Linux. Yet the company has made no formal product announcement of how it would attempt to productize its real-time Linux innovations.
That changed today, with the announcement of the Red Hat MRG (Messaging, Real Time and Grid) platform. The […]

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007