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Mon, May 18 05:40 PM

HP India announced the launch of the new HP 'Z' Workstation series -HP Z800, HP Z600 and HP Z400.

The workstations are the culmination of more than 20 HP design innovations - including a self-checking power supply - and take advantage of the new Intel Xeon processor.

The new enhanced HP Z Series is sleek with its new industrial design - brushed aluminium side panels, tool-less access chassis, integrated handles, and visually cable-less engineering.

"The new Z Workstations series is the newest addition, which facilitates easy serviceability at the fingertip, from the power supply to the motherboard," said Anurag Gupta, Country Manager - Workstations, Personal Systems Group, HP India. "Studies have shown that an HP Z Workstation pays for itself in a surprisingly short period with its performance and productivity gains."

This series offers innovation with the power to do more with next-generation Intel Xeon processor 5500 series with integrated memory controllers and Intel Turbo Boost Technology along with a new lineup of professional graphics solutions, built-in high-definition (HD) audio and an option for solid-state drives.

In addition the DASH Management Technology will use hardware and software inventory capabilities that are available all time to give an accurate response. Designed with the environment in mind, the HP Z Workstation line includes a new HP-exclusive WattSaver feature that manages power in the "off" state at less than one watt. Moreover, the Z Workstations include 85 percent efficient power supplies, reducing both overall energy usage and the amount of waste heat released.

Tue, Jun 23 02:56 PM

What's the name of the school you attended? What is the first name of your favourite cousin? Well, email services often protect accounts with these kind of security questions in case holders forget their password.

Now, a new study in the US has revealed just how easy the answers of such security questions are for other people to guess -- in fact these facts make life simple for hackers, the 'New Scientist' reported.

Researchers at Microsoft have based their findings on an analysis of an experiment, involving 32 email users.

Acquaintances of the email users - people with whom they wouldn't normally share their login details - were asked to try and guess the answers users assigned to protect their accounts.

The volunteers managed to guess correctly a fifth of the time, raising questions over how secure the commonly used system is, the study found.

However, a second study by software giant Microsoft has suggested a more secure alternative - relying on trusted friends to vouch for you if an account becomes locked.

"Securing webmail is important because email accounts typically allow an attacker access to other accounts, for example, eBay and Amazon. If I can recover these passwords via your email account then I can spend the balance of your credit card on flat-screen TVs," Ross Anderson of Cambridge University was quoted as saying.

Under the new system proposed by Stuart Schechter and Rob Reeder at Microsoft, users select several "trustees".

If a user becomes locked out of their account their trustees receive a message asking them to download a "recovery code". The user must collect codes from multiple trustees to unlock their account.

A group of 19 Hotmail users trialed the system and 17 successfully regained access to their Hotmail account. That 90-per-cent success rate compares favourably to 80-per-cent success rate of the secret question system, say Reeder.

In the trial, most users recovered their accounts within two days. However, when the researchers got users' acquaintances to ask the trustees to give up the codes, many of them did so.

Reeder said this attack could be avoided by getting account holders to advise trustees of their role in advance. In the trial, trustees simply received an email containing the code out of the blue.

Rather than replacing the standard secret questions approach, the new method should be an optional choice for users, according to Anderson, who agrees that it is important to train trustees to be appropriately security conscious.

But the idea has promise, said Reeder, pointing out that it is not a new idea to have people use third parties to back up their identity.

Mon, Jun 29 01:20 PM

Microsoft has hired Morgan Stanley to sell Razorfish, its digital agency, and French marketing company Publicis Groupe SA is thought to be a possible bidder, the Financial Times said on its Website late Sunday.

Microsoft acquired the agency, formerly called Avenue A Razorfish, as part of its $6 billion takeover of aQuantive in 2007.

The report cited an analyst valuing Razorfish at $600 million to $700 million, based on sales of about $400 million last year and profit margins for similar businesses of 12 to 13 per cent.

Publicis and Morgan Stanley were not immediately available for comment.

Microsoft declined comment.

Razorfish is one of the largest interactive advertising and marketing agencies, boasting a client list that includes McDonald's Corp, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, and Carnival Cruise Lines.

Microsoft and VivaKi, the digital arm of Publicis, last week unveiled a broad cooperation deal to develop new content, improve marketing performance and better target digital advertising audiences.

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