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Calling it 'a small, thin, unobtrusive box that fetches music, photos and videos from your home network using either a wired or a wireless connection,' Walt Mossberg lauds Apple TV in a response to a question submitted to his 'Mailbox.' Not only does it work 'with any computer, Windows or Mac, that has Apple's free iTunes software installed and running,' but it 'also allows you to access YouTube and to purchase music and TV shows from Apple, and rent movies from Apple, without the use of a computer.'

Many of us don't back up our computer because we think it's too much trouble, suggests Hiawatha Bray (boston.com). But, thanks to Time Machine and Time Capsule, 'data backup is easy for devotees' of the Mac, says Bray. 'Without bothering the user, Time Machine preserves all the data on your computer, constantly updating any changes to your files.' And Time Capsule automates the process even further. Offering a 'spacious place to store backed-up files,' it partners perfectly with Time Machine to 'painlessly and wirelessly' back up one's otherwise irreplaceable files.

World's largest social network seeks audience away from the computer

'Apple's new MacBook Air makes an impressive eco-conscious statement,' writes Paula Lehman (businessweek.com). 'The new ultra-thin computer has a recyclable carrying case and was given a silver rating by the new Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) standard from the Green Electronics Council.'

By inspecting inbound and outbound web traffic, Vital Security(TM) v9.0 Web Appliances prevent Crimeware and malicious Web 2.0 content from infiltrating corporate networks and stealing business data. Integrated dashboard, using extensive set of graphs and views, provides real-time information on system's performance and security risk level. Version 9.0 also includes added Web 2.0 and productivity control modules using URL filtering engines from IBM and Websense.This story is related to the following:Computer Hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Internet Appliances

Housed in 35 mm DIN-rail-mounted metal case and powered from 24 Vac/Vdc source, BASRT-B allows BACnet/IP devices to communicate with MS/TP devices. MS/TP port offers optically isolated communication and enables up to 127 devices to be addressed. All MS/TP baud rates are supported from 9.6-76.8 kbps. Through auto-negotiation and Auto-MDIX, 10/100 Ethernet port automatically matches duplex setting, flow control, data rate, and signal polarity to what is needed by attached equipment.This story is related to the following:Plant Furnishings and AccessoriesMachinery and Machining ToolsComputer Hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Building Automation Systems | Communications Network Routers

How green is your computer equipment? The answer could provide insight into how much electricity you aren't buying each month to run your computers and peripherals. It can also provide a clue to how much long-term harm your computing activity is having on the world around you. The question of green computing becomes more intense as energy issues move from the home office to the corporate office.

Puskas writes 'Joe Stewart is the director of malware research at SecureWorks, and presented a dire view of the current botnet landscape at the RSA conference this week. He conducted a survey of the top spamming 'nets, extrapolating their size from the volume of emails that flow across the internet. By his calculations, the top 11 networks control just over a million machines, hitting inboxes with some 100 billion messages a day. 'The botnet at the top of the chart is Srizbi. According to Stewart, this botnet — which also goes by the names 'Cbeplay' and 'Exchanger' — has an estimated 315,000 bots and can blast out 60 billion messages a day. While it may not have gotten the publicity that Storm has during the last year, it's built around a much more substantial collection of hijacked computers, said Stewart. In comparison, Storm's botnet counts just 85,000 machines, only 35,000 of which are set up to send spam. Storm, in fact, is No. 5 on Stewart's list.'' of this s

SEMI, the semiconductor manufacturing equipment trade group, interviewed Gordon Moore, the retired chairman and CEO of Intel Corporation, which he co-founded in 1968. Moore is widely known for 'Moore's Law', a 1965 prediction that the number of components on a computer chip would double every year. The interview details the early days of semiconductor manufacturing.

Part three of a three-part series on computer hacking within the Echo Boom generation.