Testing the many different points of potential vulnerability in a companys security system can be tedious, and automation is the best way to get around that drudgery. Metasploit has been one of the automated testing tools of choice, and its popularity stems from the fact the that it is open source. However, the latest version [...]

Oracle, the ultimate IT hoarder, spent tens of billions of dollars to accumulate a stash of best-of-breed software applications and, with the Sun acquisition, hardware components to position itself as the ultimate one-stop shop for all things IT. With this weeks release of Enterprise Manager 11g, the software-giant-turned-systems-neophyte is delivering a suite of management applications [...]

Jealousy can be so powerful that it can leave a person “functionally blinded,” unable to see key images in their immediate environment. Thats the core finding of a study by two psychologists at the University of Delaware, who have been running for cover ever since their study was published in the journal Emotion a few [...]

Palm Pre click for image gallery Lenovo may be considering a bid for struggling smartphone maker Palm, but its a move that analysts say would be risky for the Chinese computer maker. Lenovo, the fourth largest PC maker in the world, became the leading candidate to buy U. S.-based Palm after other potential Asian buyers [...]

Its only a matter of time, and not much at that. The current IPv4 system is running out of addresses. Within the next two years, the supply is likely to be exhausted. So what will it look like when the organizations overseeing global Internet addressing run out of IPv4 addresses, and transition to IPv6? Enterprise [...]

As Earth Day approaches, climate change is climbing back into the public consciousness. But though most climatologists agree that humans are driving global warming, surveys suggest that public concern about climate change is waning. Part 4 Panelists debate the issue after recent winter storms in the U. S. A Gallup poll in March found that [...]

THE creator of a new website that gives parents the chance to scrutinise their babies development in minute detail said it could help detect early signs of autism. But a paediatric development expert warned that such obsessive monitoring of milestones could be overkill and fuel anxiety about child rearing. The Developing Childhood website, being launched [...]

AT&T and Verizon Communications announced their first quarter financial reports within hours of each other this week and revealed the same uncomfortable news their valued wireless contract subscribers are petering out while pre-paid consumers are gaining. AT&T signed up just 512,000 contract customers 43% lower than the number of contract subscribers it signed in the [...]

The cloud has become more than a buzzword for federal IT managers. The agencies, in fits and starts, have begun at least planning for the consolidation of data centers and transition to more efficient cloud-based environments. But what will happen to privacy and security in that great migration? Senior privacy officials, such as DHS John [...]

These days, its hard to avoid rampant buzz of how cloud computing is going to change the enterprise data center permanently, and for the better. But away from the hype, its clear that cloud computing is in its early days, though it hasnt stopped every major enterprise OS from making some sort of play for [...]