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Whitehall IT to be carbon neutral by 2020
News The government has announced plans to make Whitehall's computer systems wholly carbon neutral by 2020 by adopting various green IT strategies, including automatically powering down PCs, configuring virtual servers and selective deployments of thin... [17 Jul 2008]
Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Advanced Web Server Security With IIS 6.0 and Windows Server 2003
White Paper IIS 6.0 is locked down by default, limiting the attack surface through aggressive security defaults. IIS 6.0 provides vastly improved security for Web servers. Web Service Extensions, which prohibits any executable from running unless it is... [10 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack
News By default, Internet Explorer (IE) on Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 runs in a restricted mode known as Enhanced Security Configuration that sets the security level for the internet zone to 'high'. [08 Jul 2008]
Personal Firewalls - Testing Robustness
White Paper Each firewall was installed with its default configuration following the didactic instructions given by the firewall. Robustness tests were performed on a selection of the ten most popular firewalls by market share. [08 Jul 2008]
Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco IOS Secure Shell Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
White Paper The IOS SSH server is an optional service that is disabled by default, but its use is highly recommended as a security best practice for management of Cisco IOS devices. Devices that are not configured to accept SSH connections are not affected by... [02 Jul 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Security scare
Comment But I can guarantee that everyone reading this, and every company in the land, is also guilty by default. By 1.30AM I was lying in bed mentally defrauding myself and stealing my own identity. Without revealing what I did or how and where I did it... [18 Jun 2008]
Latest Asus Eees announced
News Both based on Intel's low-power 1.6GHz Atom processor, the Eee 901 and 1000 should have better battery life than their predecessors, especially as they feature six-cell 6600mAh batteries as opposed to the Eee 900's much-derided four-cell 4400mAh... [16 Jun 2008]
Internet Explorer 8 - websites warned to prep for problems
News Microsoft originally planned to make the super-standards mode an opt-in choice and the IE7 standards mode the default - claiming that by doing so, Microsoft would ensure better backwards-compatibility with existing websites and applications. [13 Jun 2008]
Microsoft-HP deal plans to boost Live Search
News Under the agreement, Microsoft's search engine will also be the default service on the Internet Explorer browser preloaded on new HP computers. that was rejected by the web company's board. Microsoft has struck a deal with the world's largest PC... [03 Jun 2008]
EquaTerra Position: The Pros, Cons and Market Trending for Multi-Sourced ITO
White Paper Whether buyers arrive at this point by design or default, multi-sourcing introduces both additional opportunities and complexities into the ITO equation. As the Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) market continues to expand and mature, an... [21 May 2008]
Give 16-Bit Apps Their Own Separate Processes
White Paper By default, Windows XP will only open one 16-bit process and cram all 16-bit apps running on the system at a given time into that process. However, most 16-bit applications work perfectly well by themselves and would benefit from the added... [15 May 2008]
Developers claim Vista UAC 'bypass'
News UAC does not request these confirmations from users with administrator privileges, but, in Vista, users do not have this status by default. Critics, however, have said that, by coding around User Account Control (UAC), the developers had simply... [29 Apr 2008]
Ballmer: Windows XP may live and breathe for longer
News Many acquire Vista by default, however, since most new PCs ship with the operating system. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company could re-evaluate its plans to phase out Windows XP by 30 June, if customers demand it stick around. [24 Apr 2008]
Mobile Messaging With Exchange Server 2007 - Part 2: Managing Mobile Devices
White Paper Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) is enabled by default after an Exchange 2007 Client Access Server (CAS) has been deployed in your organization. This means that after applying an SSL certificate that's trusted by the mobile devices to the Default Web Site... [23 Apr 2008]
Uncovering the Exchange ActiveSync Enhancements in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1
White Paper Also, the new default EAS policy is a clever move that fits the overall "secure by default" strategy in the Exchange Product group. Finally, the enhancements made to the Direct Push protocols in order to reduce the amount of data sent between... [23 Apr 2008]
