I was reading through some articles today, when I happened on one that referenced the Verizon data breach report from June. What jumped out to me in that article was that it had noted "physical threats" accounted for 15% of

Such is the conclusion arrived in the State of Information Security Survey 2008 conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, CIO, and CSO magazines, according to techtree.com. The survey polled 7,000 IT executives in 119 countries. According to the breakdown by TechTree, 55 percent

Prebeta unveiled

Linux.com "An estimated 250 people attended the one-day Ontario Linux Fest at the Days Hotel near Toronto's major airport. Among the 27 sessions were keynotes from Jeremy Allison of Samba fame and numerous interesting sessions on everything from Nintendo Wiimote

Tech Source From Bohol: "The release of Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" is just moments away. If indeed this latest version of Ubuntu will sport a new theme, then we will certainly be seeing an ultra-fresh default wallpaper. I've seen several

Linuxworld: "ICANN is seeking comments on a proposal that would open up the market for generic top-level domains (TLDs) on the Internet, basically allowing anyone with US$185,000 to buy a new TLD."

PC Mech: "The internet as we know it today predominantly runs on Linux. There's an extremely high probability that the internet connection you're using right now is connected thru a Linux server - and routed thru many other Linux servers

Raiden's Realm: "64 Studio is a Linux distribution built upon Debian with both 64 bit processors, and the designer in mind. It takes the best of Debian, strips out the unnecessary extras, then rebuilds it as a one stop shop

Wi-Fi Planet: "By focusing on the single-stream feature, the Align chips are designed to enable a new class of entry-level consumer Wi-Fi devices that deliver 802.11n performance at 802.11g prices. Align solutions are also forward-compatible to higher-performance, multi-stream, MIMO-based 802.11n,

Australian IT: "Microsoft will rip an estimated $70 million out of the aged care sector's IT budget over the next 18 months as it forces users to pay full commercial rates for previously discounted software."

Groklaw: "UBERSOFT. We Patent, So You Can't."

Free Your Media: "During our first Audacity session we used this application in order to record and play tracks. It's high time we utilised Audacity to apply some effects and correction tools. We will use built-in and plugins."

Ubuntu Geek: "Hiren has created a nice font called Rufscript based on the handwriting of someone he knows.This font is available under GPLv3 with font exception."

updated on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:36:31 CDT - XV Optimizer optimizes your Vista for performance and security.

updated on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:38:03 CDT - Easy-to-use, continuous backup stored privately on secure IBM servers

updated on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:56:39 CDT - XD memory card data rescue utility restores corrupted video files from MMC card

Acronis True Image Server was selected the winner in the Data Recovery Software solution category of the WindowsNetworking.com Readers' Choice Awards. Symantec Backup Exec and SonaSafe for File Systems were first runner-up and second runner-up.

A few days ago, I had the opportunity to speak with Rich Bourdeau DynamicOps' VP Marketing, and learn about Virtual Resource Manager VRM and this spin-off from Credit Suisse. DynamicOps is the result of project to allow virtual resources to

Applications for the Apple iPhone continue to be released at a rapid pace and it looks like DataViz may be the first to launch with a full Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) suite in its Documents To Go application. Evernote

Hewlett Packard on Wednesday rolled out a netbook lineup designed to play catch up with Dell, Asus and others. But the real interesting play here is HP's move to develop a custom Linux operating system for one of its netbooks.