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The work of an Indian teenager, Unofficial Guide to Ethical Hacking, endorses ‘ethical hacking’ and explains all the mechanisms of the infamous craft to common users. “To protect against hackers, one needs to know how they work…I think everybody who uses computers in today’s age should learn about it,” said 16-year-old Ankit Fadia. “Hacking is […]

Adaptec Inc. tdaoy announced that it has achieved Ultra320 SCSI performance in a RAID controller. In addition, Samples of Adaptec’s Ultra320 SCSI ASIC are shipping now to major PC-server OEMs for their PC server motherboards and RAID controller designs. Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu/Siemens, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM are among the PC server OEMs that have already received […]

nStor Technologies today announced a new reseller agreement with AES Technology. AES will resell the NexStor family of fibre channel and SCSI storage solutions, which include the NexStor 3000 series of RAID systems and the 802/1202 JBOD units, in the Texas market. Under the terms of the agreement, AES will also provide direct customer support, […]

By the end of 2002, 30 percent of all enterprises will risk security breaches because they’ve deployed 802.11b wireless local area networks (WLANs) without proper security, research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc. said Thursday. About 50 percent of all enterprises play to install WLANs, according to Gartner, but at least 20 percent of large businesses […]

There’s nothing wrong with trying to make a little money — which means you’ve got to ask people for the stuff, i.e. market to them. But improper marketing can infuriate, particularly in the e-world, where marketers can reach us anywhere through email and, soon, SMS. In South Africa, one marketing trade group is trying to […]

Digital Paper Corp., a provider of secure technical content exchange and collaboration solutions, has announced four new customer agreements for its Intranet Docs technology, a Web-based product that collects, manages and distributes technical content (i.e., engineering drawings) without the need to re-engineer business processes. Companies who have recently selected the Digital Paper developed technology include […]

Quantum Corporation , a provider of data protection and network storage, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Connex Inc., a provider of network attached storage (NAS) products and a subsidiary of Western Digital Corporation.According to Quantum, it intends to leverage Connex’s complementary technology to enhance the range of […]

Maxtor Corp. announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30,2001. They include the financial results of Quantum HDD, following completion of the merger with Quantum HDD on April 2, 2001. Revenue for the second quarter of 2001 was $1.04 billion. Maxtor reported a net loss for the quarter on a GAAP basis […]

With Compaq’s iPAQ handheld taking away Palm’s market share in large chunks, Palm now faces another challenge in Europe: Symbian-based Nokia communicators. That is the finding of yet another market study showing Palm rapidly losing ground in Europe — at least for now. The study of the European market released Wednesday by Canalys shows Palm-branded […]

Apparently it’s official: Napster will soon start charging users a $5 per month subscription fee. “The fee is necessary to pay the musicians’ copyrights,” Konrad Hilbers — who took the reins of the struggling song swapping company from outgoing Chief Executive Officer Hank Barry — told German “stern” magazine in an interview which was published […]

StorageNetworks , of Waltham, Mass., and Brocade Communications Systems , of San Jose, Calif., have expanded their alliance to develop storage area network (SAN) technology and services. StorageNetworks will test Brocade’s core fabric switch, SilkWorm 12000, for compatibility with StorageNetworks’ operating system, STORos. StorageNetworks currently uses Brocade infrastructure in its data storage management services. “Our […]

Online ad serving giant DoubleClick, Inc. on Tuesday announced chief financial officer Stephen Collins will step down on August 10 but will continue to work through the first quarter next year to help with “strategic initiatives.” In a statement, the New York-based DoubleClick said VP of finance Bruce Dalziel would serve as acting CFO until […]