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US gov't proposes digital signing of DNS root zone file
The US government is soliciting input on a way to make the Internet's addressing system less susceptible to tampering by hackers.EU wants to take lead in 'Web 3.0' technology
European Telecommunications Commissioner Viviane Reding won glowing praise for her vision of the Internet 3.0 Monday from Vint Cerf, one of the creators of the Web and now Google's vice president and chief Internet evangelist.StartLinxter developing 'Internet service bus'
A startup called Linxter is set to launch a hosted messaging platform that will enable any Internet-addressable device, application or system to communicate with another.China Netcom falls prey to DNS cache poisoning
One of China's largest ISPs (Internet service providers) has fallen victim to a dangerous vulnerability in the Internet's addressing system, according to security vendor Websense.Open source friendly IIS 7.0 sets sights on Apache
Web server survey site Netcraft's recent report may have indicated Microsoft's IIS is gaining ground over the venerable open source Apache HTTP server, but version 7.0 is promising to take the challenge to the next level.Windows Server 2008, the host with the most
A standing complaint about Windows Server is its resource footprint. Those in IT just take as rote that it requires lots of memory, lots of CPU, and lots of disk to put any substantial services on the air with Windows Server 2003. I think it's safe to say that the typical x86 rack server's characteristics reflect the requirements of Windows Server. Microsoft's big OS has always been designed under the presumption that it will have a full physical server to itself.Bank vault data centre tests Server 2008
Banks may be closing branches to the disgust of many customers, but for one local IT services company, a disused bank vault became the ideal secure site for a new data centre to enter the hosting market.Google Maps set to include YouTube videos
Google Monday announced that local business owners can now add YouTube videos to their listings in Google Maps.
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