February 11,1999 -
Virtual Machine (VM) for Intel-compatible machines is coming.VMware requires a host operating system, but then can run multiple OS's
simultaneously, using a hot-key to switch between them. The first
two host OS's will be Linux and Windows NT 4.0.
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February 11, 1999 -
Utah company announces 12.84 tera-ops computer. Read the fine print
about the benchmark's use of 4-bit integers instead of 64-bit floats.
Not exactly the 1.2 tera-flops of IBM's
Blue Pacific. Still, the
article is worth your time.
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February 10, 1999 -
Microsoft makes another bad video.
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February 10, 1999 -
LinuxCare will offer 24x7 tecnhical support for Linux.
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February 9, 1999 -
Network Computing Awards HP OpenView Editor's
Choice Award for Systems Management
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February 4, 1999 -
HP Web JetAdmin 5.1 To Support Linux Operating System
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December 5, 1998 -
New technology for auto thieves
Palm Pilots with infrared ports are able to record signals from television and video remote controls. It turns out the device can alos record remote signals for cars - and play them back..... details
Sun MicroSystems announces Solaris 7.
Single-user Solaris software for $10 for non-commercial license.
SunTM WorkshopTM 5.0 Developer Release available for downloading for non-commercial license. The Intel version is about 130 Mb and the Sparc version is about 240 Mb. There are multiple files to download, ranging in size from about 8 Mb to about 33 Mb each.
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November 6, 1998
"Safe Harbor or Data Haven? The Department of Commerce has floated a 'Safe Harbor' proposal
that would allow firms to self-certify privacy practices. The proposal is intended to address European
concerns that privacy protection in the United States is not "adequate." But the plan falls short of standard fair
information practices and leaves open the question of when actual privacy safeguards will be adopted in the
United States." details
November 6, 1998
"Europeans Move Forward on Privacy Protection. The European Union Data Directive went into force
October 25. It provides basic privacy rights for consumers and should encourage the development of privacy
enhancing technologies. For EPIC's view on the EU Directive, see our testimony before the House
Committee on International Relations. For more information about privacy around the world, visit Privacy
International. For recent news items on the EU Directive, visit The Privacy Page."
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July 17, 1998 -
DES Challenge II
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announces
it has cracked RSA Laboratories DES II Challenge in record time, less than
3 days.
SHADOW: Free Software for Intrusion Detection
SHADOW is the SANS Institute's cooperative software development project
that created a robust, public-domain intrusion detection and analysis system.
You may get the SHADOW documentation by e-mailing info@sans.org
with subject "SHADOW description."
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"Full 64-bit environment is binary compatible with earlier versions of the Solaris Operating Environment."
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The offer is from Sun Developer Connection. You must join SDC to get the software; the cost is free, except for filling out a survey. Both Sparc and Intel versions are shipped, along with AnswerBook2. For Intel platforms, the user should look for supported drivers at the web site.
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http:///www.rsa.com/rsalabs
http://www.eff.org/descracker.html
