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AS OF 5/14/2008 5:19AM EST

Red Hat Doffs Fedora 9
The new version of the popular Linux distribution includes KDE 4, OpenJDK 6 and a revamped NetworkManager. Also included is the convert USB thumb drives to startup disks without having to reformat them.
5/13/2008 4:00PM EST

HP Offers US$13.9 Billion for EDS
HP believes that purchasing EDS will double its services revenue. The two companies would combine their resources, technology and personnel.
5/13/2008 1:00PM EST

ITGRC: A Security Approach That's Not for Sale
Internet Technology Governance, Risk and Compliance is becoming a meaningless message, according to industry analysts, as security companies try to sell products around it. Analysts contend that practices must be perfected before products can be useful.
5/13/2008 10:39AM EST

VMware Keys In on Disaster Recovery
VMware has announced two new products: Site Recovery Manager and Stage Manager. Site Recovery Manager focuses on improving disaster recovery management, while Stage Manager speeds up application delivery.
5/12/2008 3:27PM EST

AMD Unveils Low-Power Opterons
AMD today launched five low-power quad-core server processors. The x86 Opteron HE processors run on 55 watts of AC power and are available in 2300 and 8300 product lines for two-, four- and eight-way rack server blades.
5/12/2008 12:22PM EST

TFTP Vulnerable to Non-Trivial Attack
Windows versions of TFTP 1.4 and 1.5 vulnerable to overly long error message overflow. The vulnerability causes a buffer overflow, which could be used to perform DOS attacks on systems using TFTP.
5/9/2008 2:30PM EST

Data Center Standards Still Green
While most data center facilities agree that there should be defined standards for effective power usage, some say their creation is hindered by a lack of agreement on green IT's true definition.
5/9/2008 11:07AM EST

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HP Takes Storage to the Extreme
HP announced the upcoming availability of the HP StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage System, a high-performance, high-capacity system designed to store and serve file-level data for companies with extreme data demands.
5/8/2008 3:06PM EST

Pocket-sized Offerings at JavaOne
Development is the focus of this year's show, but a handful of cool new technologies may tantalize senior IT managers, such as a pen that memorizes what transfers writing onto a computer and a matchbox-sized platform for users on the go.
5/8/2008 2:00PM EST

StorageCraft Releases ShadowProtect 3.2
StorageCraft's latest disk-based backup and disaster recovery solution now supports 64-bit operating systems. ShadowProtect is available for free for customers who have version 3.x or later, and to those with an existing maintenance contract.
5/7/2008 5:00PM EST

Dell Thinking Hypervisors With New Servers
The new PowerEdge R805 and R905 server from Dell are optimized for virtualization, with reduced internal storage capacity and lighter-weight hypervisors from VMware and Citrix.
5/7/2008 4:13PM EST

VMware Releases New Mac Desktop Virtualization Beta
VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1 was released yesterday. It includes several industry firsts for Macintosh virtualization, such as true multi-display support for virtual machines and experimental DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 acceleration for 3D graphics.
5/7/2008 2:22PM EST

OpenSolaris Rises Over Indiana
The Democrats aren't the only ones fawning over Indiana. Sun's effort to re-imagine OpenSolaris arrives just in time for the primary, with an improved Image Packaging System included in the OS.
5/6/2008 2:54PM EST

Red Hat Turns ON 2.0
JBoss Operations Network version 2.0 flips the switches and reads the dials for Red Hat's middleware stack. Monitoring capabilities and trend analysis are some more features included in this release.
5/6/2008 10:51AM EST

CUPS Vulnerabilities Patched
While the patches were first released a month ago, some Linux distributions and other operating systems are just now catching up. The new package fixes an overflow issue and an unencrypted Samba password and login file being saved.
5/5/2008 4:00PM EST

Microsoft Walks Away From Yahoo Buyout
Weekend talks ended in a stalemate when the companies failed to reach agreement on a sale price for Yahoo. In a possible reaction by investors, Yahoo's stock plummeted when trading began this morning.
5/5/2008 1:27PM EST

Pano Logic Tightens Virtualization Product
The desktop virtualization company has released Virtual Desktop Solution 2.0, creating stronger ties to VMware Virtual Desktop Manager and adding the ability to handle dual-monitor groups.
5/5/2008 1:00PM EST

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