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Tuesday, Nov 20, 2007
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Table Of Contents:
* Is Windows Vista slower than XP?
* InfoWorld Daily Podcast
* Simple steps to protect against outside threats
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IS WINDOWS VISTA SLOWER THAN XP?
Platforms: Delivering bad news for Windows fans, of which is he counts
himself, Randall Kennedy writes that those nagging performance issues
plaguing Vista are here to stay, at least from the looks of the first
service pack. Vista SP1 a performance dud? "Exhaustive testing confirms
that Windows Vista is at least twice as slow as Windows XP when running
on the same hardware. So it's doubly painful to learn that the rumored
performance tweaks Microsoft has been hinting at for SP1 ...
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INFOWORLD DAILY PODCAST
Sun boosts interoperability of OpenSolaris and Windows, SAP says
TomorrowNow CEO resigns, Cleveland man pleads guilty to swatting, and
more LISTEN!
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SIMPLE STEPS TO PROTECT AGAINST OUTSIDE THREATS
Security: While end-users certainly get their share of attention for
presenting enormous danger to your networks, outside threats are real
and many. "The idea that a remote attacker can launch a series of bytes
against your computers, then gain control over them, always brings the
greatest fear to administrators," Roger Grimes espouses in Protect
against external threats. But you can take action, beginning with
inventorying your network, then disabling unneeded services, just to get
started.
From the Test Center: To Blaze Adviser ...
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