Thursday, May 06, 2004

Worms Jack Up the Total Cost of Windows Worms Jack Up the Total Cost of Windows Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 06, @02:37PM from the no-shocker-here dept. rbrandis writes "Dealing with widespread worms like Sasser raises the cost of using Windows, a research analyst said Wednesday. "This is part of the carrying cost of using Windows," said Mark Nicolett, research director at Gartner. "The cost of a Windows environment has gone up because enterprises have to install security patches very rapidly, deal with outages caused by secondary problems with these patches, and deploy additional layers of security technology." “The Sasser worm attacks confirm our prediction that mass worm attacks against the multiple vulnerabilities disclosed by Microsoft on April 13 were likely,” said Nicolett and his Gartner colleague, John Pescatore, in an alert posted on the Gartner site." [Slashdot] 6:17:55 PM    comment []  trackback []

webCDwriter 2.6.7. webCDwriter can be used to make the CD- and DVD-writer(s) connected to a Linux box available to all users in your network. It consists of the server CDWserver and the clients webCDcreator and rcdrecord. CDWserver stores the files transmitted by the clients, reserves the CD-writer and controls the CD-writer using cdrecord. webCDcreator is a Java applet that runs within your browser or by Java Web Start, assists you when putting together a CD, and transmits the files. Finally rcdrecord is a command line client that tries to offer the functionality of cdrecord over the network with full multi-user support. [freshmeat.net] 6:12:31 PM    comment []  trackback []

Andrew: "I'm updating myWeblogOutliner today, adding metaWeblog API based category support." [Scripting News] 4:17:51 PM    comment []  trackback []

ThinStation 2.0. A thin client Linux distribution supporting all major connectivity protocols. [freshmeat.net] 2:15:13 PM    comment []  trackback []

Knoppix 3.4-2004-05-04. A bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software. [freshmeat.net] 11:23:12 AM    comment []  trackback []

cuteflow CuteFlow_V.1.3.4 released (CuteFlow). Total project downloads to date: 496 Project description: CuteFlow is a webbased document circulation tool. Users are able to define "documents" which are send step by step to every user in a list. It's an electronical way for doing (i.e. internal) document circulations. [Download] [Release Notes] By emediaoffice@users.sourceforge.net (EMEDIA OFFICE). [SourceForge.net: Project File Releases (Site-wide)] 11:13:22 AM    comment []  trackback []

Preview: Google's Gmail Beta. With conversation threading, slick usability, and a gigabyte of storage, Google's groundbreaking service ushers in a new era of free webmail. [Extremetech] 11:11:20 AM    comment []  trackback []

OpenKiosk 0.2b. OpenKiosk is an multi-platform kiosk framework ideal for use in libraries, offices, schools, Internet cafes, airports, conference rooms, and more. Unlike other Internet cafe management software, it does not limit users to a particular operating system such as Microsoft Windows. Its features include remote workstation and user management. [freshmeat.net] 11:04:33 AM    comment []  trackback []