Internet Update

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Juice - Podcast receiver

Juice (formerly iPodder) allows you to automatically download and organize audio content from various online sources. The Podcast system works similar to RSS feeds, only that it downloads audio files (mp3), that are provided by various Internet radio stations and other channels. Juice includes a content archive that you can choose from to get started, and you can also add your custom URLs to download your favorite shows. The program can automatically check for new content and download it for you without further interaction. It integrates with iTunes and downloaded shows are automatically added to your iTunes library. Download : Click Here

BlogBridge - RSS feed reader

BlogBridge is a Java based RSS reader than finds blog items based on keyword input and category topic. You can also subscribe to any RSS feed by adding the URL to the list. The program offers an attractive and easy-to-use interface with personal star ratings, weekly status display and collapsible article headlines. It includes some unique features like the option to generate a SmartFeed based on specific keywords, which can be aggregated from your own feeds or various online resources. BlogBridge supports feed specific display settings and themes, feed collections (guides), OPML import, as well as custom feed tags, which can optionally be shared with others. The program also integrates with an optional online service that lets you access your feeds from any browser over the Internet. Download : Click Here

Ziepod - Podcast receiver and player

Ziepod is a podcast receiver and player, that allows you to organize your favorite podcasts, monitor them for changes, download the latest episodes and export them to your MP3 player. It integrates a podcast search feature (powered by Feedzie) that lets you find new podcasts and add them to your repertoire. Ziepod offers a modern interface with different layout styles and integrated playback to listen to your podcasts. Additional features include iPod/iTunes support, BitTorrent support, user ratings, OPML import, automatic synchronization, popup notifications on updates and more. Download : Click Here

GreatNews - RSS feed reader

GreatNews is a RSS feed reader that optimized for fast and efficient reading of your favorite web feeds. It offers different view styles, including a newspaper view, that allows you to read a group of feeds organized arranged in newspaper-style page layout without having to click through individual feed items. The program supports custom labels, email and blog integration as well as custom keyword alerts (news watches) that let you automatically find articles of interest and have them available in a special category. Other features include import/export feeds from/to OPML and XML files, automatic cleanup of old items, browser integration with popup blocking and more. GreatNews is small, fast and very efficient - it does not require an installation, just unzip and run. Download : Click Here

NATATA eBook Compiler - Compile e-books or web sites

Natata eBook Compiler enables you to pack and compresses multiple files including HTML (CSS, JavaScript, DHTML), WAV, TXT, GIF, JPG and convert them into a single compact executable file, which contains a small viewer that launches the selected start document in an e-book like interface. You can use it to compile e-books, offline web pages, HTML photo albums, presentations and more. The interface uses a step-by-step approach that guides you through the process of creating your compiled file. Additional features include password protection, print disabling, custom messages and icons. A basic, but very easy to use compiler.
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Blog - Maintain a news and update web page

Blog is an automatic web log program which allows you to update your site easily without the hassles of HTML editing while maintaining a uniform, template driven design of your pages. You simply set Blog up with the necessary information for logging into your site via FTP, define a template to specify the look for your page and then type in your entries in the main Blog window and click Publish and Blog does the rest. If you are experienced with HTML, you can completely customize the templates to match your site design. Blog also handles the task of generating archival entries for older posts. It is a very convenient way to keep a site (or multiple sites) updated without going through several programs to do the job. The program includes a FTP upload utility as well as a site manger to maintain multiple sites. Download : Click Here

Thingamablog - Create your own blog

Thingamablog is a cross-platform, blogging application and RSS feed reader. It allows you to easily publish your own weblog without the need for any HTML knowledge. Unlike most other blog tools, it does not require the use of any third party services, but publishes the blog directly to the FTP server or network location that you specify. The interface provides a neatly organized overview of your blogs and a word processor like interface to create new entries. You can chose from several professional template designs, and all you have to do is click a button and your blog will go online. In addition, the program also allows you to keep track of your favorites XML/RSS feeds with the integrated feed reader interface. It can also generate a RSS compatible version of your own blog and import entries from RSS/Atom feeds. Download : Click Here

Linux 2.6.20 Kernel Goes Virtual

While many Americans were focused on the sports spectacle known as the Super Bowl yesterday, Linus Torvalds was focused on releasing a new Linux kernel.

Version 2.6.20 of the kernel includes a bevy of fixes and features, notably the introduction of KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) virtualization to the mainline kernel.

KVM virtualization in Linux 2.6.20 could potentially challenge open source virtualization specialist Xen, which has been aiming for Linux kernel inclusion for nearly two years. KVM was created and is maintained by technology start-up Qumranet.

However, the leader of the open source Xen project, Ian Pratt, said he doesn't see any competitive issues with KVM in the 2.6.20 kernel.

"Xen is a true hypervisor, whereas KVM is a legacy virtualization solution akin to VMware Workstation, VMserver and Microsoft Virtual PC," Pratt told internetnews.com. "It lacks the benefits of para-virtualization performance enhancements that have been pioneered by Xen and are now being copied by VMware and Microsoft."

Pratt also explained that Xen is no longer actively seeking inclusion in the mainline Linux kernel either.

"The Xen hypervisor is an operating system independent hypervisor that supports many different operating systems (Windows, Solaris, Netware, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD) of which Linux is just one (though an important one), Pratt said. "Putting Xen into Linux doesn't make sense: hypervisors are different beasts from operating systems, so they share little code."

Plus, he added, "a large part of the Xen project is all the user space tools and libraries that would be totally out of place in the Linux kernel sources."

Enterprise Linux vendor Red Hat (Quote) isn't about to jump on KVM bandwagon for its upcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 release. Joel Berman, Product Management Director for RHEL told internetnews.com that Red Hat will not backport KVM to RHEL5.

"RHEL 5 will include integrated virtualization based on the Xen technology and Red Hat will be supporting that for at least seven years," Berman said.

Though not part of RHEL 5, KVM will find a home in the released version of Fedora 7 which is expected in April though early adopter can already get KVM in Fedora as a kernel update.
"Fedora moves at a brisk pace and has already offered updates to kernels with KVM," Berman said.

"This is a great example of why Open Source is a superior development model," Berman said. "Xen, KVM, lguest, OpenVZ and UML are very different technologies that are all improving at a rapid rate and have some overlap in capabilities. The open process allows all of these technologies to be examined and melded and eventually become part of the Linux ecosystem. "
The 2.6.20 is the first Linux kernel release of 2007. The prior update, version 2.6.19, was released at the end of November 2006.

In sticking with the football theme Torvalds used with the kernel release announcement, the Linux founder poked fun at Super Bowl Sunday.

"Before downloading the actual new kernel, most avid kernel hackers have been involved in a 2-hour pre-kernel-compilation count-down, with some even spending the preceding week doing typing exercises and reciting PI to a thousand decimal places," Torvalds wrote in the release announcement.

"The half-time entertainment is provided by randomly inserted trivial syntax errors that nerds are expected to fix at home before completing the compile, but most people actually seem to mostly enjoy watching the compile warnings, sponsored by Anheuser-Busch, scroll past."

Security Luminaries Start RSA on a Data Tip

Symantec and McAfee, in their quests to compete for dollars in the market for security technology, are both using the assets they gleaned from acquisitions in key product releases at the RSA Conference 2007 in San Francisco today.

Symantec, whose CEO John Thompson will give a keynote speech at the show tomorrow, has issued new network access control products that dictate who has access to what data on a corporate network.

The company has upgraded its Symantec Network Access Control (SNAC) 5.1 software to include agentless NAC enforcement, Mac OS X agent support and an integrated 802.1X supplicant.

The software runs on the Symantec's Enforcer appliance, which the company purchased when it bought Sygate in 2005, a machine that helps ensure business networks, branch offices and mobile employees comply with security policy when accessing networks from desktops, laptops or handheld computers.

Rich Langston, senior product manager at Symantec, said offering Mac support will give customers more choices with which to protect their corporate assets.
SNAC will be available Feb. 7, 2007, directly and through the network of Symantec's channel partners, and worldwide in mid-to-late March 2007.
Symantec, which recently bid to buy Altiris to boost its IT management holdings, expects to compete with Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Extreme Networks and several other vendors in the NAC space.

Microsoft is also expected to come out strong with its NAC vision, which it calls Network Access Protection (NAP), when the Windows Server appears later in 2007.

McAfee meanwhile is no less focused on preventing data from getting into the wrong hands.
The software maker today took the assets from its acquisition of Onigma last year and delivered the McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Host.

DLP Host, as the name suggests, is host-based, so the agent sits like a security guard on desktops or laptops to stop the leak of confidential data, which happens both through malicious and unintentional mishaps.

Vimal Solanki, senior director of product marketing at McAfee, said the DLP Host prevents data from leaving computers through e-mail, instant messaging, printed documents, USB drives and CD-ROMs.

"We are all data leakers," Solanki said. "When we transmit data, we put it at risk, or when we print something and forget to pick it up, or copy something onto a USB drive and lose it in an airline seat pocket."

Careless copying or transmission of data aren't the only ways data gets compromised; sometimes disgruntled employees or perpetrators are the culprits, copying data to USBs and e-mailing them from a Web e-mail account to competitors.

Protection against such instances, he argued, is something that today's security gateways can't reliably provide from their positions at the edge of a network.

DLP Host doesn't just protect assets in the workplace; the software works for remote users at home or on the road by enforcing data protection policies even when laptops are disconnected from the corporate network.

Moreover, Solanki said the DLP Host also provides granular policies, authorizing whether someone is permitted to exchange data via e-mail, USB devices or Web mail.
Solanki said such features make McAfee like its chances of cracking into the data leakage market versus vendors WebSense, which recently bought PortAuthority for data leakage technology, Tablus and Vontu.

"It's a crowded market, but we believe our solution and our presence and brand is going to be very well received," he said.

Regardless of who is offering what, evidence suggests that the data leakage market will be big; the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse claims more than 100 million data records of U.S. residents have been exposed due to security breaches since February 2005.

These data losses have wreaked havoc of some corporate entities, causing lost revenues, damage to brand reputation and reduced consumer confidence.

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