The problem with corporate networks is they not only stop the bad guys coming in but also your users who want to work remotely, whether at home, at a client site or on the road. Here is where a VPN product comes in, and the simplest to deploy on Windows is a Linux virtual appliance called OpenVPN.
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Has Facebook killed off the virtual suicide game?
Want to finish off your online identity with a virtual ritual suicide? Looks like you might be out of luck as seppukoo.com falls on the Facebook sword.
VirtualBox 3.1 includes Windows 2D acceleration
Sun has released a major update to its VirtualBox cross-platform virtualisation software. Changes include support for 2D video acceleration for Windows guests.
Windows 7 to be the end of the line?
An academic has predicted that Windows 7 - which ships later this week - may be Microsoft's desktop OS swan song.
Windows 7 to be the end of the line?
An academic has predicted that Windows 7 - which ships later this week - may be Microsoft's desktop OS swan song.
Convert any computer to a virtual machine with Linux and Clonezilla
Last week Microsoft released Disk2VHD, a utility produced by its Sysinternals acquisition to convert a physical Windows hard disk into a Virtual PC disk image. While handy, Microsoft is treading ground Linux already covered in the form of open source program Clonezilla, which handles a far richer variety of disk formats and platforms.
IBM puts business desktop in the cloud
There are plenty of business applications available in the cloud, but now IBM is offering a complete desktop service. The IBM Smart Business Desktop incorporates components from multiple developers.
Windows Server 2008 R2 released to MSDN and TechNet
Hot on the heels of last week’s Windows 7 release, Windows Server 2008 R2 has now been made available on Microsoft's technical subscription programmes.
Home-based call centres a winner for SalesForce@Home
Salmat's SalesForce@Home distributed call centre has proved a winner for the company.
Microsoft claims no GPL violation in Linux submission after all
Seattle software giant, Microsoft, has asserted despite press saying otherwise last week's 22,000 line submission to the Linux kernel was not motivated by any perceived GPL violation. Yet, do the facts bare out? Does the argument really stand to scrutiny?
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