Thursday, September 23, 2004

Why The Open-Source Model Can Work In India. An Indian Institute of Technology professor--and open-source evangelist--discusses the role of Linux and open source in India. [Linux Pipeline] 5:47:23 PM    comment []

Study shows DSL leading in broadband growth. Broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) led a global boom in broadband Internet access over the 12 months ended June 30, growing to about 78 million total subscribers as users of all broadband services surpassed 123 million, the DSL Forum announced Wednesday. [InfoWorld: Top News] 5:47:03 PM    comment []

Symantec: Viruses aimed at Microsoft rise sharply. Nearly 5,000 new Windows viruses and worms were documented in the first half of 2004, up from about 1,000 in the same period a year earlier, according to computer security firm Symantec. [Computerworld Cybercrime News] 5:46:42 PM    comment []

Update: Credit card firm hit by DDoS attack. Credit card processing firm Authorize.Net said today that it was the target of a large-scale distributed denial-of-service attack that has caused disruptions for customers. [Computerworld Cybercrime News] 5:46:29 PM    comment []

Boston Hospital Will Track Assets With Wireless System. Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center plans to install a new geolocation system from PanGo Networks that's built around wireless LANs and RFID tags to track medical equipment as well as patients and its medical staff. [Computerworld Networking News] 5:46:20 PM    comment []

VMware releases virtualization tool for PCs. VMware Inc.'s ACE software installs a second operating system in a "container" to isolate a laptop's host environment from the corporate network in an effort to protect the network from virus infections. [Computerworld Networking News] 5:46:09 PM    comment []

Hitachi TVs to pick up Gemstar technology. Gemstar-TV Guide and Hitachi announce a multiyear deal to bring program guides to digital TVs. [CNET News.com] 5:45:48 PM    comment []

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