Stories by Tim Greene

Microsoft details 'Windows on ARM' program

Microsoft is fencing off a piece of Windows 8 called Windows on ARM (WOA) that is designed specifically for deployment on devices with low-power ARM processors - such as tablets and that has capabilities customized to that environment.

By Tim Greene | 10 February, 2012 10:35

Tags: Windows on ARM, Windows 8, Windows, software, pc, operating systems, Microsoft, Intel, hardware systems, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, Arm

Microsoft mobile CRM clients may mean more productivity

The productivity of salespeople could jump with the upcoming release of native Microsoft Dynamics CRM applications for specific mobile platforms and put the software vendor ahead of some of its competitors, an expert says.

By Tim Greene | 10 February, 2012 02:32

Tags: wireless, Telecommunication, software, smartphones, Nucleus Research, networking, Mobile OSes, mobile apps, mobile, Microsoft, iOS, Dynamics CRM, customer relationship management, CRM, consumer electronics, Blackberry, applications, Apple, Android

In pictures: The world's coolest datacentres

Data centres need to be secure, temperature controlled, spacious, redundant, reliable – nothing sexy. But that doesn't mean they can't be. Here are a few that rise above the crowd and take advantage of the possibilities.

By Tim Greene | 09 February, 2012 10:42

Tags: slideshow, datacentres

Windows 8 strives for optimal battery life

Windows 8 is stingy doling out power to applications, particularly what Microsoft calls Metro-style applications written specifically for the operating system, all in an effort to prolong battery life.

By Tim Greene | 09 February, 2012 09:27

Tags: Windows 8 download, Windows 8 battery life, Windows 8, windows8, Windows, software, operating systems, Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft

Researchers claim 100-fold increase in data storage speed

European researchers may have found a way to speed up data storage 100-fold, breaking one barrier holding back how fast data can be transferred.

By Tim Greene | 09 February, 2012 03:29

Tags: Storage speed, network storage, magnetic storage, LAN & WAN, hardware systems, hard disc, Facebook, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance

VMware makes it easier to wholesale Clouds

VMware has introduced a new software platform that makes it easier for service providers to wholesale their cloud-services infrastructure to other providers.

By Tim Greene | 08 February, 2012 07:33

Tags: VMware, vCloud Manager, internet, hardware systems, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, cloud services, Cloud Integration Manager, cloud computing

Upcoming Microsoft CRM clients may mean more productivity

The productivity of salespeople could jump with the upcoming release of native Microsoft Dynamics CRM applications for specific mobile platforms and put the software vendor ahead of some of its competitors, an expert says.

By Tim Greene | 08 February, 2012 00:34

Tags: Telecommunication, software, smartphones, Nucleus Research, Mobile OSes, mobile, Microsoft, iOS, Dynamics CRM, customer relationship management, CRM, consumer electronics, Blackberry, applications, Apple, Android

Armored-truck company entrusts tracking software to Windows Azure cloud

U.K.-based cash-transport firm G4S is trusting the security of Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud service to keep safe the application that tracks where the money is as it travels to and from customers and the company's vaults in armored trucks.

By Tim Greene | 07 February, 2012 07:33

Tags: security, microsoft azure, Microsoft, internet, cloud computing, Amazon Web Services

FAQ about the VeriSign data breaches

A VeriSign filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission reveals that the company suffered more than one data breach in 2010, raising questions about how secure the company's products are and what customers should do about it.

By Tim Greene | 04 February, 2012 02:25

Tags: VeriSign, security, DigiNotar, data breach, Comodo

Obama web site crushed by Republicans' when it comes to download speeds

If the presidential election were determined by how fast the candidates' Web pages download, President Obama would lose to any of his Republican challengers, according to a review by the president of Web optimizing vendor Strangeloop.

By Tim Greene | 03 February, 2012 08:28

Tags: web site download speed, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, President Obama, Newt Gingrich, mobile, Mitt Romney, Microsoft, LAN & WAN, Apple

Microsoft researchers say anonymized data isn't so anonymous

Data routinely gathered in Web logs - IP address, cookie ID, operating system, browser type, user-agent strings - can threaten online privacy because they can be used to identify the activity of individual machines, Microsoft researchers say.

By Tim Greene | 03 February, 2012 07:34

Tags: security, privacy, Microsoft, internet privacy

Microsoft team discovers malicious cookie-forwarding scheme

Microsoft researchers checking how easy it is to identify users by analyzing commonly collected Web-log data incidentally discovered a cookie-forwarding scheme that can be used to aid session hijacking.

By Tim Greene | 03 February, 2012 06:30

Tags: stolen cookies, Session hijacking, security, Microsoft, anti-malware

HTC Android phone flaw fix not coming until next week for some

Some users of HTC Android phones will have to wait until next week to get a fix for a problem that could leak credentials used to gain access to Wi-Fi networks, including corporate networks.

By Tim Greene | 03 February, 2012 04:31

Tags: WLANs / Wi-Fi, wireless, wi-fi, smartphones, security, rogue applications, networking, HTC flaw, htc, Google, consumer electronics, Android security, Android flaw, Android, 802.1X

HTC Android phones can leak Wi-Fi passwords

A group of HTC Android phones is susceptible to an exploit that can steal Wi-Fi credentials and passwords and send them to attackers.

By Tim Greene | 02 February, 2012 07:19

Tags: WLANs / Wi-Fi, wireless, wi-fi, smartphones, security, networking, htc, consumer electronics, android malware, Android, 802.1X

VMTurbo upgrade supports the three major virtualization platforms

VMTurbo has upgraded its operations management suite to support the three major virtual environments and to improve its capacity-planning tool.

By Tim Greene | 02 February, 2012 02:25

Tags: xenserver, VMware, VMTurbo, Virtualization, Microsoft, industry verticals, hyper-v, hardware systems, education, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance

 
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