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All Desktop Computing News - August 2007

Oracle puts main 11g database on Linux platform

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 16 August 2007

Oracle has announced the availability of its Oracle Database 11g on the Linux platform.

Apple iPhone to provoke complex mobile attacks, expert warns

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Author: Bill Brenner, Senior News Writer
Date: 14 August 2007

Mikko Hypponen, director of antivirus research at F-Secure, said he expects mobile malware attacks to escalate thanks to interest in Apple's iPhone.

NAS gateway specifications

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Date: 09 August 2007

A NAS gateway offers file-based accesses to external storage on a disk array -- or a SAN, where users can take advantage of superior performance and reliability while maintaining a level of simplicity. Since storage is moved off of the NAS device, interoperability and connectivity are crucial issues, and virtualization is increasingly important for superior scaling and utilization of the storage resources. The product snapshots in this chapter highlight key specifications for a cross section of major NAS gateway products.

NAS appliance specifications

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Date: 09 August 2007

NAS appliances are noted for their convenience, offering dedicated internal storage that is relatively straightforward to identify and manage. The biggest issue for NAS appliances is avoiding network bottlenecks and supporting expansion without having to proliferate additional appliances across the network. The product snapshots in this chapter highlight key specifications for a cross section of major NAS appliance products.

Dell brings Linux to the UK

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Author: John-Paul Kamath
Date: 07 August 2007

Dell today unveiled two consumer PCs in Europe - the Inspiron 6400n and the Inspiron 530n - with the Ubuntu 7.04 Linux operating system factory installed. 30,000 IdeaStorm community members advocated that Dell offer UK systems with Linux pre-installed, and more than 100,000 participated in a follow-up survey to help determine customer preferences, including which Linux system to offer initially.

Is holography the future for storage?

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Author: Antony Adshead
Date: 06 August 2007

This summer will see the launch of the world's first storage devices to use holography to write data to disc. The company behind the pioneering launch is InPhase, a spin-off company from Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Labs.

Apple releases fixes for Mac OS X, iPhone vulnerabilities

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Author: Edmund X. DeJesus, Contributor
Date: 02 August 2007

Apple Computer has released software patches fixing critical vulnerabilities in Mac OS X and its newly released iPhone.