Run XP software in Windows 7

Source: ITWorld.com

May 26, 2012, 7:50 AM — SIUC asked the Windows forum about running software intended for Windows XP in Windows 7. For the most part, it should just work. I've rarely run into programs that run fine in XP but have trouble in ...
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Security Expert Tricks Antivirus Scammers

Source: IT Pro Portal

Antivirus scammers posing as Microsoft were taken for a ride after a misplaced call to a security researcher. When a group of scammers inadvertently called Sourcefire software engineer Noah Magram on his home phone, Magram ...
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Resolving a Software Purchase Hassle

Source: PC World

On March 8, I purchased the full version of Adobe Acrobat 10 over the phone, using an Adobe account registered with my organization’s address in Sanford, Florida. The sales rep said I would receive a confirmation email w ...
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VM export for EC2 (One less case of vendor lock-in)

Source: Hacker News

The AWS VM Import service gives you the ability to import virtual machines in a variety of formats into Amazon EC2, allowing you to easily migrate from your on-premises virtualization infrastructure to the AWS Cloud. Today we are adding the n ...
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Dynamic Network Factory, Inc.: The Storage War of Blocks and Files

Source: Sail Blogs

In the Block level storage, a block is a collection of bytes or bits having certain size limitations in the computing world. Data which is induced into the blocks is called as Blocked data and the process of inducing the data ...
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Dynamic Network Factory, Inc.: Block Level Storage Vs File Level Storage

Source: Sail Blogs

In order to distinguish between Block Level Storage Vs File level storage, let us first focus on what is Block level storage, as it can make things easier to understand. In the Computing terms, a Block, which is used for data s ...
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Oracle NetBeans 7.2 Supports the Latest PHP, C++

Source: PC World

The newest version of the Oracle NetBeans IDE (integrated developer environment) will come with support for the latest versions of PHP and C++. One of two Java IDEs that Oracle offers, NetBeans is marketed for developers who wa ...
Full article at: PC World  More like this  1 day ago, 1:50pm CDT

In the virtual enterprise, storage is the new highway -- and speed bump

Source: Government Computer News

Cloud infrastructures, IT virtualization and the proliferation of mobile phones and tablets are leaving less and less of the traditional desktop technology intact. And for good reason: New technologies are rapidly enabling virtual deskt ...
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Non-Interactive OS Fingerprinting Through Memory De-Duplication Technique in Virtual Machines

Source: BNET

OS fingerprinting tries to identify the type and version of a system based on gathered information of a target host. It is an essential step for many subsequent penetration attempts and attacks. Traditional OS fingerprinting depends on banner grabbing s ...
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