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Sun, TELUS Team on Sun’s N1 Grid Computing
At this week’s Network Computing ’04Q4 launch, Sun Microsystems Inc. announced that TELUS Communications, a major Canadian telecommunications company, is its first strategic alliance for its pay-for-use grid computing services. With Sun’s wholesale model for standardized grid services, introduced in September 2004, TELUS will resell Sun’s Web-based N1 Grid Computing services starting at $1 CPU/hour.…
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Two More IE Holes Surface
Security researchers are warning of another pair of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer browser affecting users on fully patched Windows XP Service Pack 2 systems. According to an alert from Secunia that carries a “moderately critical” rating, the holes can be exploited to bypass a security feature in XP SP2 and trick users into…
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Microsoft Makes a Play for Novell Users
Microsoft Corp.’s Linux point man is at it again. This week, Martin Taylor, Microsoft’s general manager for platform strategy, isn’t touting any new Microsoft-funded studies aimed to demonstrate that Microsoft’s total-cost-of-ownership numbers beat those of its Linux competitors. Instead, he is targeting one of the newer and increasingly powerful Linux players, Novell, by crusading to…
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HP PCs To Include Blu-Ray Drives
Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday that it will bring products using Blu-Ray next-generation optical technology to market in late 2005. In January, both HP and Dell announced their support for the Blu-Ray specification at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas. On Tuesday, HP said it would incorporate the technology both in Media Center PCs as well…
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New Industry Consortium Rallies Around Linux Standard Base
Four international Linux powers are forming a new Linux consortium to create a common core implementation of the Linux Standard Base 2.0. The Linux Core Consortium, or LCC, is expected to make its debut on Wednesday. The group is made up of four companies: Brazil’s Conectiva SA, France’s Mandrakesoft SA, Japan’s Turbolinux Inc. and the…
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Sun Signs Up Versora to Push Java, Linux Systems
Versora, an integrator specializing in providing customers with seamless transitions from Windows to Linux servers, has announced that it has joined Sun Microsystems Inc.’s iForce partner community. While Sun may have made its peace with Microsoft Corp., Versora CEO Mike Sheffey still sees Microsoft as its No. 1 target. “Versora and Sun Microsystems have partnered…
