By now you've probably heard that Italy's Hacking Team, a company that sells intrusion and surveillance tools to governments and law enforcement agencies, has had its private information laid bare for the entire world. Almost 400GB of data, published in a single Torrent file, made its way onto the Internet for all to enjoy. The initial entry point for the attack is unclear, but one thing is certain: The Hacking Team needs to attend a seminar on password security.

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Along with the preview for Windows 10, Microsoft has released a technical preview of the upcoming Windows Server. The focus is on functions for complex environments. Microsoft has introduced some new features, especially in the area of virtualization.

Apache Aurora is a service daemon built for the data center.

Hardware RAID controllers are optimized for the I/O characteristics of hard disks; however, the different characteristics of SSDs require optimized RAID controllers and RAID settings.

When you buy a Microsoft server license, you don't get client access licenses by default. Client licenses are part of the equation when calculating costs, and admins must come to terms with the many rules that apply.

OrientDB is a NoSQL document and graph database with a flexible data model and an elegant approach to querying.

The intelligent, modular SpamAssassin email filter provides a variety of advanced tests for detecting unwanted junk email.

Cockpit makes it easy to manage Linux servers: Four mouse clicks in the browser restart the crashed web server, and four more interconnect the server's network interfaces. Pilots flying in this cockpit, though, have to cope with a few limitations.