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Dr. Libshitz can't get an e-mail address

The Internet is full of filth. From "barely legal babes" to barely avoidable male-enhancement spam, something risque seems to be lurking around every corner online.

By JR Raphael | 11 December, 2008 03:29

Tags: email

8 tools that make Microsoft shops run smoother

Little-known technologies that pack a big punch

Slideshow: How DNS cache poisoning works

Tips to thwart DNS cache-poisoning attacks

By Bob Halley | 21 October, 2008 09:34

Tags: DNS

16 e-mail and instant messaging boosters

The Internet was built on a very simple idea: People should be able to communicate more easily with one another, using their computers. So it should be no surprise that communication -- particularly in the form of e-mail and instant messaging -- is still at the heart of why most people go online.

By Preston Gralla | 17 October, 2008 10:54

Tags: email

Nine wickedly helpful Web sites for Windows administrators

Windows Web sites worth a look

By Ron Barrett | 30 September, 2008 08:52

Tags: Microsoft Windows

Diving deep into Amazon Web Services

Amazon's Web Services (AWS) are based on a simple concept: Amazon has built a globe-spanning hardware and software infrastructure that supports the company's Internet business, so why not modularize components of that infrastructure and rent them? It is akin to a large construction company in the business of building interstate highways hiring out its equipment and expertise for jobs such as putting in a side road, paving a supermarket parking lot, repairing a culvert, or just digging a backyard swimming pool.

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.