Web Security Scanners Evaluated

Part 1: Clear differences surface

THIS PAPER FOCUSES on the accuracy and time needed to run, review and supplement the results of the web application scanners (Accunetix, Appscan by IBM, BurpSuitePro, Hailstorm by Cenzic, WebInspect by HP, NTOSpider by NT OBJECTives) as well as the Qualys managed scanning service.
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Mac Pro rumours ahoy

Coming March 16?

A LOT OF people were disappointed by Apple’s last product announcement, as only a single product was unveiled. However, it seems like those that were waiting for new desktop machines from Apple might not have to wait that much longer, because the rumour mill is suggesting mid-March for some new Mac Pro action.
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Gigabyte unveils top of the line P55 board

Adds a couple of interesting features

BY NOW P55 based motherboards are a dime a dozen. Well, maybe not quite, but all the big motherboard makers have pretty much put their entire product line-ups out the door already. However, it seems like Gigabyte wasn’t happy with its GA-P55A-UD6 as its top of the range model and as such, the company has launched the GA-P55A-UD7 as of today.
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Sony stands out with E series notebooks

Adds a touch of too much colour?

IT’S ALWAYS GREAT having a choice when it comes to colours, as how boring would it be if everything we owned was the same colour? Sony seems to have taken this to the extreme with its Intel Core i3 and Core i5 based Vaio E series of notebooks, since not only can you have them in a selection of six colours but they’re also available with optional coloured keyboard skins.
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Nvidia announces Fermi retail names

Not part of the 300-series as expected

NVIDIA JUST BROKE its traditional naming scheme as the Fermi cards won’t be the bearing the GTX 380 and GTX 360 model names that have been floating around for some time. Actually, they won’t even have the number three anywhere in the model names. Isn’t that something.
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Asus launches mainboards for those who fear EMI

Also help save the world

OK, SO WE might be a little bit sarcastic here, but we can’t quite figure this one out. Asus has announced no less than six new motherboards, based on very basic chipsets, that are not only meant to have the lowest electromagnetic emissions in the industry, but they also feature “advanced protective shields”, “anti-surge features” and reduced “system-wide power consumption by up to 80.23 [percent]”.
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Samsung announces 30nm DDR3 memory

DDR3 goes ‘green’

WHEN DDR3 MEMORY was launched it was hailed not only as offering much better performance than DDR2, but also as a much more power efficient type of memory. However, Samsung latest 30nm DDR3 offering has managed to improve upon the original specification to bring us even lower power requirements.
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The iPad is too cheap

At least for the competition

HERE’S SOMETHING you don’t generally hear when it comes to Apple hardware. The iPad is deemed as being too inexpensive by Taiwanese hardware manufacturers. Considering that Apple has a reputation for selling reassuringly expensive products, it now seems like the company has come up with a product that is too cheap for the competition.
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AMD 890GX to land in March

880G and CPUs coming in Q2

IT SEEMS LIKE there has been some confusion as to AMD’s naming convention of its chipsets and what we thought was the 890G is actually the 890GX. There will also be an 880G model, but that is expected to launch a month or two after the 890GX, which is set to arrive the first week in March.
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Arctic Cooling launches games console

The world is too busy discussing the iPad to care

ARCTIC COOLING’S CLAIM to fame was its at the time fantastic Freezer 7 series of CPU coolers and the company also had some good success with its graphics cards coolers that most low noise graphics cards still rely on. However, now the company has decided to expand its product line, although we’re not sure we quite follow the logic here.
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The iPad isn’t as magical as Apple hoped

Doesn’t live up to the hype or expectations

DESPITE THE EXCITEMENT ahead of the launch of the iPad, it seems like Apple has failed to impress not only the media, but even a large share of its otherwise loyal community. It’s not just the name that has been ridiculed, but the device itself just isn’t what most hoped it would be and this could possibly be Apple’s first failure in many years.
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Apple’s iPad is here

Six different models

APPLE HAS JUST announced its latest addition, the iPad. We’re not sold on the name, but one of the big news items here is that Apple might be forced to change the name, as iPad was a registered trademark of Fujitsu Japan and there’s also a company called Magtek that sells a product called the IPAD. But that’s for another day; let’s take a closer look at what’s on offer.
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