Risk and Reward: Virtualization security: So far nothing In April 2004 I wrote my first article on the topic of virtualization security. I was trying to bring attention to the security aspects of this "new" technology that was getting quite a bit of hype at the time. The hope was that this time security would not be an afterthought, that we would reverse the equine-escape/egress-closure sequence. The naiveté of youth! Small Business Tech: New Year's Resolution 3: Improve your e-mail Why are so many technical advances a constant balance between useful and frustrating? I nominate e-mail as one of the most helpful yet aggravating advances when you judge easy communications against spam and mail-borne viruses. Make another resolution to improve your e-mail situation this year. Backspin: Place your bets against malware The response to my recent Gearhead and Backspin columns on malware has been amazing! And the range of suggestions has ranged from admit defeat, wipe the system, and start again to fight the good fight and don't give in. Gearhead: Goodbye malware, hello micro-projector After weeks of wrestling with malware on one of his Windows XP machines, Gibbs seems to have found a way to get rid of it . . . but he has no idea what was actually removed. Then he checks out a micro-projector. Busy, busy, busy. Eye on the Carriers: Communications change we can believe in? President Obama has made communications infrastructure a focus of his presidency. Net neutrality and universal broadband are clearly front-and-center on his agenda -- in fact, this may be the first inauguration speech that specifically called out universal broadband. So, does all this add up to -- I have to say it -- communications change we can believe in? Guest Column: Advice for CIOs Struggling to Survive in Tough Times I always thought that I was lucky to be born in Brazil, but the real value of my ancestry became apparent to me only after I became CIO of General Motors Europe. As you can imagine, a lot of my energy was consumed by the process of managing a large, decentralized team that was both multinational and multicultural. 'Net Buzz: Trojan takes 'Office Space' approach to stealing Russian security vendor Kaspersky Lab last week began sounding the alarm about an overseas mobile-phone scam that smacks of the movie "Office Space" and may portend future dangers for global users. Cool Tools: HyperSpace: More like impulse power Phoenix Technologies' HyperSpace lets you power up and power down your notebook more quickly. |
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