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Windows XP Service Pack 3

It seems that with XP’s newest service pack won’t only be a bug fix/patch release but will actually help performance. Using an Office benchmarking tool the Devil Mountain Software group have shown the new Service Pack to have as much as a 10% boost over Service Pack 2 and over twice as fast of the same test under Vista. One more reason to stick with trusty old XP a little longer. Just goes to prove that Vista’s biggest competitor is XP itself. Continue reading

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Why Companies Need IT

Companies and businesses will always need an IT department, why you ask. Because the people these companies hire just don’t care about security or just don’t know any better. A recent survey of employees revealed that at least 35% have violated IT policies put in place to protect company as well as customer’s data. Continue reading

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Vmware Workstation 6 (Vista Compatible)

Vmware announced that it’s newest iteration of it’s staple product Vmware Workstation will be released on Wednesday May 9, 2007. It also seems that it will support Windows Vista as either a host OS or a guest OS. Other important … Continue reading

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Review of VMware Virtual Center

Techworld has a review about VMware’s newest addition to their VMware Server product line: VirtualCenter. Although this newest addition isn’t free, actually far from it: $1500, it seems that for a medium sized business that runs multiple servers hosting multiple … Continue reading

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This is scary

According to Symantec U.S.-based credit cards with a card verification number were available for between US$1 to $6, while an identity” including a U.S. bank account, credit card, date of birth and government-issued identification number” was available for between $14 … Continue reading

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