Sean Michael Kerner

USB Flash drives are set to become more than just simple storage devices. The new U3 platform announced at the CES by M-Systems and SanDisk promises to standardize Flash devices for application delivery. The U3 vendors claim that the new standard will allow for multi-vendor interoperability and compatibility across U3-compliant USB Flash drives for U3-compliant […]

Enterprise PHP developers have a new platform that will help them manage their efforts, thanks to Zend Technologies the corporate backer of the open source scripting language. Zend Platform includes enterprise management and intelligence features easing the administration of multiple PHP servers across an enterprise. “This is the most important thing that Zend has done […]

UPDATED: Linux vendor Red Hat plans to release Netscape’s Directory Server to the open source community, which could add improved scalability to current open source lightweight directory access protocol offerings , according to a developer for the number one Linux distributor. The move to open source the information directory product (known as LDAP) follows Red […]

A trio of newly exposed flaws in Mozilla browsers (including Firefox) was announced this week by a number of different security researchers. The download spoofing flaw was reported by security firm Secunia this week. This flaw could allow a malicious user to make a downloaded file appear to be coming from a different source than […]

Microsoft ended free public support for NT 4.0 Server on Jan. 1, but that doesn’t mean users are left out in the cold. A number of firms have come forward to offer third- party services for users of the disenfranchised users. One is PivX Solutions, which today announced that its Qwik-Fix Pro product will continue […]

UPDATED: According to the Internet Storm Center (ISC) at the SANS Institute, hackers are trying to exploit an already patched Microsoft WINS Server vulnerability. Microsoft patched the WINS Server Vulnerability in its MS04-45 security bulletin on Dec. 14. According to the bulletin, the Name Validation Vulnerability could allow an attacker to exploit the vulnerability by […]

The enterprise Linux space got a bit more crowded Tuesday with a pair of new releases from Mandrakesoft. The France-based Linux distribution vendor announced a new version of its Corporate Server and a new Corporate Desktop. MandrakeLinux Corporate Server 3.0 is actually the third official Mandrake enterprise server entry. Mandrake first introduced a corporate server […]

One year ago, the Federal CAN-SPAM Act went into effect to help curb the tide against unsolicited commercial e-mail. But, according to e-mail security vendor MX Logic, 97 percent of spam failed to comply with the law. The company has been measuring a random sample of 10,000 pieces of spam each week since the law […]

IT spending in 2005 is expected to fall somewhat according to a new poll from CIO magazine. However, there are certain sectors, including security and storage, that are reportedly expected to rise. The magazine conducted the poll during a one-week period in December that garnered 243 responses from a cross section of industries. Only 6.7 […]

The United States Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) has granted Microsoft a pair of software patents, one that deals with software compilation and another that addresses software editing. U.S. Patent number 6,836,883 is titled “Method and system for compiling multiple languages” and was first applied for by Microsoft researchers on June 21, 2000. A USPTO […]

When the clock strikes midnight on December 31st, Microsoft will say so long to publicly supporting Windows NT Server 4.0. With the new year, the company will bring to an end an 11-year history of the NT brand that was its first entreé into the enterprise server market. The end of life of public support […]

A great gift was left under the Christmas tree for the Linux community this past weekend. Referred to by its creator Linus Torvalds as “Woozy Numbat,” the present is otherwise known as the 2.6.10 Linux Kernel release. The tenth stable version of the 2.6 Linux Kernel includes a long list of patches, fixes and updates […]