Server and supercomputer firm, SGI, has offered its journaled file system, XFS, to the Linux community under open source guidelines. SGI says the adoption of its file system will push Linux forward as a platform for enterprise-class applications.
WISE) has a password protected gateway that blocks network access," said Spitzner. The so-called Wireless Internet Security Experiment, or WISE, aims to "develop effective information security, intrusion detection, and incident response, and...
When BitKeeper exports the source code to other servers, it checks the integrity of every file, matching a digital fingerprint of its official version of the file with the version on the remote machine.
The company crunches the numbers to keep track of threats on the internet, and though it stopped counting once the MSBlast worm spread to more than 40,000 computers, Symantec estimated that "a couple hundred thousand" systems may have been...
Microsoft surprised developers on Monday by releasing a test version of a new Windows file system. The software giant had originally planned to release WinFS - which it said would make for better desktop file searching - as part of the next version...
Other features include enhanced videoconferencing options, improved Mail and the inclusion of the Front Row media software and PhotoBooth picture-taking programs that have previously only been available on new Macs.