A former Fannie Mae IT contractor in the US has been indicted on charges of planting a virus that would have nuked the mortgage agency's computers, caused millions of dollars in damages, and even shut down operations.
The Sydney CBD internet cafe raided by the Australian Federal Police late last year has been fined $82,000 in the Downing Centre Local Court for copyright violations.
Intel had stated that hyperthreading's performance advantages would show once threaded software became available, but it appears that in some cases the opposite is true.
Mandriva and Ubuntu, two significant but second-tier versions of Linux, each released major updates on Thursday.
New security features planned for the Longhorn version of Windows Server will include an automatic patch check and a file system that can fix itself, Microsoft said.
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NComputing's L230 thin client is an option if you need to add a group of low-impact users to an existing Ethernet LAN. However, you'll need to ensure that the host PC is adequately specified to deliver acceptable performance to the terminals attached to it.
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