A facility available for Cisco routers that enables one host to contact another host through a firewall. It grants access on a per-user basis.
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- CES 2009: Hands-on with Lenovo's dual-screen W700ds
- I mentioned seeing Lenovo's dual-screen W700ds, or "the beast," as Lenovo informally calls it, at CES Unveiled on the unofficial first day of CES. Well, now I got to play with it, and though it may not exactly be portable, it's a power user's dream machine. ...
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- New Classmate PC all about "ecosystem"
- We've known for a while that Intel was working a touch-enabled reference design for their new Classmate PCs. It wasn't until I had an opportunity this week to speak with some of the folks working on the project at Intel that I realized just how far this product had...
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- Ballmer takes on Google, the economy and Windows 7
- What does Microsoft's CEO worry about most? It's Google, Google, Google. Steve Ballmer also talks about the state of Windows, taking software to the web, and the troubled economy. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer arrived at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with his usual optimism, but he...
- News items 2009-01-09
- Lenovo demos its dual-screen ThinkPad W700ds [video]
- TechRepublic's Bill Detwiler scoped out that Lenovo W700ds, the dual-screen ThinkPad that Lenovo detailed on Monday. Bill came away skeptical: The W700ds is certainly a powerful machine with interesting features, such as the built-in digitizer and color calibration, but I'm not sure its key feature, the...
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- Trust: the Satyam Partnering Disaster
- The images above, taken from Satyam's website, are now worthy of the fail blog. The shock waves rippling through the markets following Satyam's chairman and co-founder Ramalinga Raju's admissions of accounting fraud are world news, being dubbed 'India's Enron'. You...
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- CES 2009: Hands-on with Netgear's new streaming media devices
- Certainly one of the big stories at CES this year has been TV manufacturers finally embracing the Internet on their new sets, thanks in large part to the widget platform that adds real-time streaming info on-screen while you're watching shows. But home networking companies aren't yielding the living room just...
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- Get smart about skills today for tomorrow's jobs
- Our future will require today's high school and college students to develop a unique skill-set never seen before. We must develop 21st century skills to prepare for tomorrow, says IBM's Kevin Faughnan. Commentary - Over the next five years, the United States is...
- News items 2009-01-08
- Microsoft: Windows 7 means business
- A top Microsoft Windows exec spoke to ZDNet UK about the new operating system's potential appeal for enterprise users. Windows 7 is going into public beta, Microsoft head Steve Ballmer announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas late on Wednesday. ...
- News items 2009-01-08
- Six Vista annoyances fixed in Windows 7
- Six Vista annoyances fixed in Windows 7Complicated shutdown?I will agree that changing the default power button behavior is not as intuitive as it could be and it looks like this will be improved in Windows 7. However, I have to wonder what is so complicated about the power button in...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-07
- WebEx goes mobile on iPhone; Notes 8.5 ships on Macs
- MacWorld held two important announcements for collaboration professionals, especially those interested in multidevice future: 1. Lotus announced that Notes 8.5 is shipping on Macintoshes, specifically on the new Leopard version of OS X. And its open source office productivity suite, Symphony will be available in a few...
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- CES 2009: Meet Samsung's iPod killer, the touchscreen P3 [day 2]
- The last of the Samsung press conference: their P3 touchscreen MP3 player. The P3, a widescreen portable multimedia player, has an "EmoTure" interface with true haptic feedback. It's a CES Innovations 2009 Design and Engineering Award honoree. The 8GB player boasts a 3-inch WQVGA TFT-LCD touch screen...
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- Linksys' Wireless Home Audio System
- Cisco unveiled the details of its Wireless Home Audio System on Wednesday at CES 2009. Here are a few photos of different components of the system. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-01-07
- CES 2009: Three Pioneer Blu-ray players due in April, one for $250 [day 2]
- Pioneer has divulged that they will release three BD-Live Blu-ray players in April: The sub-$300 BDP-120, the sub-$400 BDP-320 and the $600 Elite BDP-23FD, according to Wilson Rothman at Gizmodo. The $250 BDP-120 player comes with BD-Live, a 1GB flash drive, fast disc loading, USB expandable memory...
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- The Satyam saga worsens – terribly so
- The Enron of India (Probably!) The news today re: Satyam is really bad. It makes the events of last month pale in comparison. To begin, you should read Satyam Chairman Raju's letter of resignation where he accounts for the accounting sleight of hand he says that...
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- Satyam fallout: Should customers stick? Full text of chairman's stunning letter
- Satyam fallout: Should customers stick? Full text of chairman's stunning letterAquisition timeThat portfolio is too lucrative for a firesale or something like that.Pricewaterhouse should have their feet...held to the fire over this. For an auditor to miss something of this magnitude it amounts to malpractice. Auditors are paid by the...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-07
- Should open source boycott Cisco's contest?
- Should open source boycott Cisco's contest?Its open source!If it is open source code, why shouldn't a company try to use it and integrate it into their solutions? A contest like this is perfect for a company to be paid for their open source applications and try to get their...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-07
- (Windows 7 - Heal thyself!)
- (Windows 7 - Heal thyself!)This is in Vista tooI installed a Dlink PCI card into a Dell Vostro with Vista Home Basic and it kept on freezing when it would boot up. When I hit F8 on another attempt, I arrived at exactly the same screen.Precisely the same as VistaFunny,...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-07
- Should open source boycott Cisco's contest?
- I'm interested in how readers feel about this. Should open source people shun Cisco until it gets right by the FSF? Or do we compartmentalize legal disputes and get on with the work? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- News to know: Macworld, CES preview, Windows 7
- Macworld Coverage: Photos: Jobs fill-in touts media, MacBook updates Jason D. O'Grady: Live: Philip Schiller keynote at Macworld 2009 Sam Diaz: Apple's final Macworld: Schiller delivers but announcements disappoint Apple expands DRM-free music selection [video] Apple reveals...
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- Web Help Desk Software - Pro 9.1.15 (Mac)
- The Web Help Desk software is an intuitive web-based technical support software solution that can meet the needs of help desk support groups managing thousands of users at multiple sites. No extra help desk software is required for customers or technicians beyond a web browser. Key Help Desk Software...
- Software downloads 2009-01-07
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