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News (37)

• Criminals' botnet more powerful than BlueGene?

  Criminals behind the Storm worm have created a botnet containing millions of PCs, which have a combined computing power greater than the most powerful supercomputer in existence.

• Pentium 4 loophole could let in hackers

  Intel is acting to calm fears that technology in its Pentium 4 processors will allow hackers to steal passwords by reading 'footprints' in the cache.

• Liquid-cooled CPUs?

  The pursuit of faster CPUs has AMD and Intel back at the core.

• Sensis eyes Yellow Pages for P4P search

  Sensis is sizing up its Yellow Pages customer base for its pay-for-performance search advertising product.

• Intel takes notebook chips past 3GHz

  The increase in speed comes courtesy of a new 3.06GHz mobile Pentium 4 chip, which was introduced as part of a volley of new processors fired off by the chip giant.

Features and Case Studies (15)

• Networking for smarts

  In this product review, we look at tools that can monitor network performance.

• NAS for the rest of us: 4 storage solutions

  We test and compare NAS devices designed to suit a specific set of medium-enterprise requirements.

• Is MS AntiSpyware worth your time?

  The anti-spyware software recently announced by Microsoft is now mature enough to evaluate but is it a godsend?

• Looking for business PCs under $2K?

  We set the specs and the price and had a look at what Australia's PC vendors could come up with in terms of performance.

• Why SP2 might crash Windows XP

  Installing Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 on a PC with a "Prescott" CPU and certain chip sets can cause it to fail to reboot completely. The problem can be solved with a workaround or a BIOS update.

Reviews (105)

• Benchmarks: Intel Core i7 (Nehalem)

  Intel's new Nehalem architecture features an integrated memory controller and runs two threads per CPU core. Our extensive benchmark tests reveal how well the new quad-core processors perform in practice.

• Toshiba Tecra P4

  The P4 strikes us as a good, reliable machine with plenty of features. Despite its conservative appearance there is modern technology inside, providing solid performance.

• Wireless crackdown

  The spread of convenient wireless LANs has delighted hackers, who find many WLANs vulnerable. Managing and securing a wireless network is therefore vital, but rarely done well. ZDNet Australia compares the offerings from AirDefense and AirMagnet.

• The intruder at the gate

  Once simply alarm systems for the network, Intrusion Detection Systems have evolved to encompass a whole lot more. We review six sophisticated security devices.

• Five network maintenance tools tested

  With the right packet sniffers you can truly lead the dog's life. What's most impressive is network monitoring devices will help you see problems immediately. These tools can aid in analysis, migration, monitoring, security, testing, and administration of the network.

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