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The Linux Foundation: The Right Idea at the Right Time
Linux is growing by leaps and bounds, and it only makes sense that the organizations that track and guide its growth are finally getting together. So, if all goes well, sometime this February the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group will be merging to form the Linux Foundation. It really is the…
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Lenovo 3000 C200 Is Back in Style
When the Lenovo 3000 C Series launched with the C100 early last year, Lenovo decided to take the budget laptop’s design in a different direction. Bad idea. The C100 looked hideous compared with its sleeker siblings, the 3000 V100 and 3000 N100. Suffice it to say that Lenovo heard the rants and is ready for…
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Sabio Adds Block-Level Backup to NAS Solution for SMBs
Sabio Digital has souped up its CM4 network-attached storage device with a new operating system that enables automated backup and data recovery protection at a price point that is comfortable for small to midsize businesses. The upgrade comes a year after Sabio released the flagship product with RAID 5 onboard, designed for SMB NAS. The…
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MacFUSE Release Opens Up File Systems on Mac OS X
Macintosh developers gained a new Mac OS X software programming tool with the release of MacFUSE, an open-source Mac version of the FUSE file system module for Linux. Amit Singh, engineering manager of the Macintosh Group at Google and author of “Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach,” developed MacFUSE and released it at the…
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TJX Data Breach Raises Questions
When TJX Companies—the $16 billion global retail chain that owns T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, among many other brands—disclosed on Jan. 17 that it had “suffered an unauthorized intrusion” into its computer systems in December, it seemed to be forthcoming. After all, the chain issued what appeared to be a detailed statement about the incident. Detailed…
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IBM Turns Up Heat on Telecom Management Rivals
Underscoring the 25 percent growth reported on Jan. 18 by IBM’s Tivoli unit in its fourth quarter results is a strong push by IBM into portions of the telecommunications market. Coming up close on the one year anniversary of IBM’s $865 million acquisition of Micromuse, IBM has seen “incredible growth rates” from that acquisition, which…
