Data Management

Test Center preview: Microsoft’s Katmai

Test Center preview: Microsoft’s “Katmai” is filled to the brim

SQL Server 2008 release candidate sports improvements across the board, but the head turners – and disappointments – will mostly impact large shops

Data can leak from partially encrypted disks

Apps like Microsoft Word and Google Desktop, which store data on unencrypted sections of the hard drive, can spill out information, even with encrypted files

Lawmakers question another ISP about NebuAd service

Legislators ask Kansas-based Embarq if it notified customers prior to testing controversial ad service

Activists raise awareness over targeted advertising

In June 2007, Stephen Mainwaring of Weston Super Mare, England, noticed something wasn't quite right with his Web browser.

Lenovo to push SSDs in more laptops

Business users seek a longer battery life, especially when traveling, and SSDs could help achieve that

Ooops, wrong switch

The foot patrol officer should have been an ally. Instead, he was our biggest security problem.

iBATIS, Hibernate, and JPA: Which is right for you?

Object-relational mapping solutions compared

Microsoft buys Zoomix to add data quality to SQL Server

Microsoft plans to add Zoomix's Accelerator data-quality software to future releases of its SQL Server database

Symantec: Microsoft Access ActiveX attacks will intensify

Easy-to-use Neosploit toolkit takes advantage of a vulnerability revealed last week in Microsoft's database program