A holistic view of network risk
The Lab finds vulnerability management software that helps you secure networks and meet government requirements.
A menu of Bluetooth attacks
How would a potential hacker exploit the Bluetooth radio in your handheld device?
Hacking Bluetooth
<b>Fact:</b> Having your name and number in Paris Hilton's cell phone directory is like openly publishing them on the Web.
Two Worlds Collide: PDAs and smart phones come together
The definition of a personal digital assistant is in a state of flux, as digital organizers and cell phones start converging.
CMS Products' ABSplus
Whether you manage a small shop or run a large enterprise, backup and storage packages should be near the top of your shopping list.
Samsung SGH-e315 phone
Samsung Electronics Co. has hit a ball out of the park with the new e315 cell phone.
Perplexed in Peoria or baffled in Baltimore, help is an e-mail away
GCN invests in a first-class lab facility where skilled independent reviewers study everything from enterprise-level servers to network appliances to new desktops and notebooks to rate them for suitability in government.
PKI a panacea? It's only part of your strategy on security
PKI'public-key infrastructure'is a term that gets thrown around a lot but one that, I think, few people truly understand.
Notebook, schmotebook
Notebooks, like wines, have good years and bad. So far, 2005 has been a very good year.
Gateway vs. Gateway
In further evidence that Intel's integrated graphics controller'the one that comes in many of the latest entry-level notebooks'is, frankly, unimpressive, witness the Gateway M460 family of portables.
Finally, anti-spyware comes to Norton
It's about time Symantec Corp. releases a version of Norton Internet Security with anti-spyware features built in.
MPC packs features into its new TransPort X3100
MPC Computers has made a practice of listening to government customers and developing notebook computers that address their unique'if often quirky'requirements.
Patchwork made easy
The importance of patch management to any network is often understated.
Space savers
No matter how scarce your cubicle real estate, there's a desktop computer that fits it.
Latest notebooks chase desktop PC performance
If Intel Corp. is to be believed, its new Centrino mobile computing platform, previously codenamed Sonoma, will bring high-end desktop PC performance to notebooks.
In search of a better backup solution
Few things are worse than starting your workday with a blue screen of death.
Ready for a Windows-free desktop?
Earlier this month, Red Hat Inc. gathered government users, partners and the press together to launch its federal sales division.
Microsoft takes crack at counter-espionage software
It's the same old story. Microsoft buys a company, makes minor improvements to the technology and releases its own product.
802.11g wireless LANs nowhere near 54 Mbps
The last time the GCN Lab tested 802.11 wireless networks, we found that eliminating wires came at a high cost.
Rugged notebooks don't leave speed behind
No matter how you slice it, portable computer sales are catching up to desktop sales.
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