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Canonical released Ubuntu 8.10 Thursday, and a look at the Linux OS shows it might be starting to prove a smarter choice than Vista in a growing number of scenarios.
[942 Votes] [Score: 4.51]
The upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 Beta is exceptionally smooth, but Microsoft won't let you upgrade to the beta of the new OS from Windows XP.
[291 Votes] [Score: 4.27]
23 Ways To Speed WinXP Without Defrag
[284 Votes] [Score: 3.67]
Security experts say that exploit code for the critical Microsoft vulnerability is already loose in the wild, underscoring the need for users to patch their systems.
[258 Votes] [Score: 3.81]
The Test Center takes a first look at a production unit of RIM's first touch screen BlackBerry.
[246 Votes] [Score: 3.23]
Firefox 3.1 trashes IE 7 in performance, and even outshines Firefox 3.0.
[229 Votes] [Score: 3.27]
Microsoft's new attack ad lampooning Apple's popular "I'm A PC" campaign can be summed up with three words "I'm Not Funny."
[228 Votes] [Score: 2.31]
Apple's historic screwup on delivering upgrades to its iPhone platform is overshadowing the new technology itself. The Test Center looks at iPhone 2.0, the software, to see if it's worth it.
[214 Votes] [Score: 4.88]
Experts say that Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin could have prevented her Yahoo e-mail account from being hacked by solutions that ranged from encryption to making up answers to the security questions.
[209 Votes] [Score: 3.89]
Microsoft released an emergency out-of-band patch today, fixing a critical flaw in Internet Explorer that has already led to numerous active attacks in the wild.
[201 Votes] [Score: 4.13]
Firefox 3.0 boasts a number of nice improvements over previous versions. But how does it stack up against Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 Beta?
[198 Votes] [Score: 2.97]
A Massachusetts man was accused of downloading and viewing child pornography on his office computer until a computer forensics expert got the root of the problem.
[197 Votes] [Score: 4.74]
The Conficker worm got its start exploiting a Microsoft Windows vulnerability, but is now spreading rapidly by guessing passwords and hitching rides on USB sticks.
[168 Votes] [Score: 4.2]
CRN turned 25 years old this month, which has me thinking about how much things have changed and how much things like the influence, resiliency and flexibility of the channel have endured.
[160 Votes] [Score: 4.69]
After spending a day with the T-Mobile G1, the first smart phone to run Google Android, there are seven things missing that could make the device a stronger competitor against the Apple iPhone.
[160 Votes] [Score: 3.49]
A Missouri Mom was indicted for conspiracy and violations of the anti-hacking Computer Fraud and Abuse Act after her MySpace cyber bullying allegedly caused a teen to kill herself.
[158 Votes] [Score: 3.96]
If you want to be on Facebook you have to agree to its terms, even if it doesn't tell you when they've changed.
[157 Votes] [Score: 4.2]
Open-source security guru says yes, but others are not so sure
[152 Votes] [Score: 4.47]
Office Live Workspace is a patched together, too little, too late offering compared to Google Docs.
[149 Votes] [Score: 3.68]
Experts say the Fannie Mae contract engineer indicted for planting a logic bomb in the company's servers is part of a trend of insider threats that will likely increase because of the economic downturn.
[148 Votes] [Score: 3.86]
After a week of extensive testing, the CRN Test Center found that users of Windows Vista and Windows XP are equally at risk to viruses and exploits and overall Vista brings only marginal security advantages over XP.
[144 Votes] [Score: 2.58]
The Firefox 3 Beta 1 wins points for improved performance and features, but raises some stability questions in its first try out of the gate.
[143 Votes] [Score: 1.75]
An Intel Xeon-based server currently costs about 25 percent more money to build than its AMD Opteron counterpart. What does a system builder get for the extra cost--and is it worthwhile?
[135 Votes] [Score: 3.73]
Microsoft is on course to end-of-life Windows XP -- even as testing indicates it has the upper hand over Vista.
[133 Votes] [Score: 3.93]
Defcon conference organizers pull off their own "sting" operation against an undercover reporter.
[129 Votes] [Score: 4.66]
Despite several security flaws which have been detected in Google Chrome, security experts say that the threat for most users remains small as the Web browser is still in beta form.
[129 Votes] [Score: 4.05]
Is Linux really better than Vista? Let Test Center count the ways.
[127 Votes] [Score: 4.27]
Apple releases a major upgrade to its iPhone, with nifty new features, as it continues to roll out improvements to its popular platform.
[120 Votes] [Score: 4.1]
A Bush lawyer told Congress that an IT contractor did daily audits of the archiving system that swallowed 5 million executive branch e-mails from 2003-05. But inside sources tell ChannelWeb that's just not true.
[117 Votes] [Score: 4.31]
Dell Computer isn't the only one warning clients of the pitfalls of moving to Microsoft's Vista operating system.
[115 Votes] [Score: 3.7]
Are your customers looking for added data capacity, faster data access, and quieter systems? These tips and tricks can help you upgrade their hard disk drives -- without crashing their systems.
[108 Votes] [Score: 4.47]
ROBObak is looking to simplify the backup process for remote and branch offices with a new software suite that packs 30 percent plus margins for VARs.
[103 Votes] [Score: 4.37]
A new B2B marketplace for matching buyers of IT development services with developers here and abroad has just gone live.
[102 Votes] [Score: 4.97]
RIM Wednesday unveiled the BlackBerry Storm, the device maker's first-ever touch-screen device, to rival the Apple iPhone.
[102 Votes] [Score: 4.46]
President-elect Barack Obama's success at the polls led to a wave of malware that is exploiting his fame to distribute malware.
[92 Votes] [Score: 4.41]
Despite a $20-million security effort to protect its midnight unveiling, 'The Deathly Hallows' was leaked over the Internet. Security pros tell ChannelWeb how they could have made sure that didn't happen.
[91 Votes] [Score: 4.55]
By unveiling MobileMe, Jobs did what Google and Microsoft tried but failed to do: Define the cloud, and turn it into a broad-based, SaaS offering for anyone.
[91 Votes] [Score: 3.62]
Microsoft is preparing to retaliate against 'noisy competitors' with a major new multi-million dollar advertising campaign, an executive says at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference.
[90 Votes] [Score: 2.99]
The study also reveals that the majority of Safari users were likely to run an updated browser.
[87 Votes] [Score: 4.21]
Microsoft said it will release an out-of-band patch for a flaw in Internet Explorer that allows remote hackers to take over a user's computer.
[86 Votes] [Score: 4.27]
For the second straight quarter, Microsoft blamed netbooks for eating into its normally strong Windows client revenue, and partners are waiting for the software giant's response.
[85 Votes] [Score: 4.25]
The supercomputer is expected to be among the top 20 fastest supercomputers in the world, 30 times faster than the peak performance of Canada's current largest research system.
[84 Votes] [Score: 4.3]
David Kernell, the alleged hacker of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's Yahoo email address, pled not guilty before a judge yesterday.
[84 Votes] [Score: 3.15]
Even the most divine Linux gods rely on a handful of tools and utilities to make troubleshooting, management and deployment easier and faster. Here are some of the best.
[84 Votes] [Score: -13092.18]
Comcast's decision to limit the amount of data users can send and receive to 250 GBytes beginning Oct. 1 is the equivalent of flipping the bird to internet age consumers.
[81 Votes] [Score: 4.27]
With Fedora 9 expected in May, the Test Center pokes through the Beta to try out some of the new features and improvements.
[81 Votes] [Score: 4.1]
Online crime has become by some estimates a hundred-billion-dollar industry, and it shows. The business models may be more sophisticated than yours.
[80 Votes] [Score: 4.74]
Microsoft's reported choice of Jerry Seinfeld as one of the spokespeople for its upcoming $300 million advertising campaign has some channel partners scratching their heads.
[79 Votes] [Score: 3.46]
Seneca Data is set to begin shipping their first notebook systems based on Intel's Rich Creek 2, and the Test Center takes a look at an early unit.
[78 Votes] [Score: 4.81]
Internet Service Provider McColo was shut down following the release of a report detailing the ISP's connection to spam and cybercrime. And experts say that this is a trend that will likely continue as the public becomes less tolerant of online criminal activity.
[78 Votes] [Score: 4.58]
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