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Today in Tech; 3/12
By Oliver Rist | March 12, 2007, 12:22 pm
RIP Richard Jeni.
- Vista virus troubles. Microsoft has been pushing OneCare hard as the virus/malware defender of choice for Vista. Lots of one-click sign-up options when you’re loading Vista from scratch. Bit of a dent in the marketing fender then, that in a recent Austrian AV study it finished dead last behind its biggest competitors. Me? I like Kapersky. (Source: InfoWorld)
- Laptops getting ’secure’ hard drives. The world is full of options. Just as Microsoft finally adds full-disk encryption to its new Vista OS (it’s called BitLocker), you’re also getting options like downloading 3rd-party encryption software or on-board security chips. And now, you’ll be seeing the option to buy hard disks with encryption capability built-in. Being sold soon by Seagate and ASI to a variety of laptop makers. (Source: CNN)
- Get set for perimeter scanning. Cisco’s been pushing Network Access Control (NAC) for a couple of yeas now–the ability for the network to scan any device that plugs in and make sure that the user is the right user and that the device has all the patches and security software it’s supposed to. If the device fails, it guts dumped into purgatory to keep the network safe. Third-part guys like Altiris have all-in-one versions of their own, but the real push is going to come from Microsoft when Longhorn and its Network Access Protection (NAP) comes out. Questions is: Is it really safe; can your network handle it; and how ticked off is it going to make your users? (Source: eWeek)
- GDC tibit: more games on cell phones. Something that came out of the Game Developers’ Conference last week is new advances in OpenGL. Key one is that OpenGL will soon have new classes specific to handheld hardware. That means better graphics and more intense gaming off the next-gen of smartphones. (Source: BetaNews)
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