The New Nation - Internet Edition

Blade server market leaders IBM and Hewlett-Packard continue to battle feature for feature on new enhancements to their platforms. IBM on Monday introduced I/O virtualization capabilities that can enable businesses to manage up to 100 separate blade chassis from a single console.

IBM's BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager can reduce management complexity and operational cost by virtualizing the I/O switching process in a wide range of third-party Ethernet and Fibre Channel technologies, allowing IT managers to easily move workloads between as many as 1,400 blade servers in an environment, said Stuart McRae, business line manager for IBM BladeCenter.

"Open Fabric Manager works with a full range of switches, providing an openness that gives customers a flexibility benefit," McRae said. "They have the flexibility to choose the switching solution they want that can be optimized both in function and price for their specific server application."

A week ago, HP introduced its Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager, which also provides single-console management of up to 100 of HP's BladeSystem chassis. The HP chassis fit up to 16 servers each, to provide for total server management of up to 1,600 servers. The IBM BladeCenter chassis hold up to 14 blades, allowing its Open Fabric Manager to provide management of up to 1,400 servers.

Having control across a large deployment of blade chassis allows a business to implement greater control over the entire environment, and enables automated management of issues such as failover, McRae said.

For example, if Blade 1 on Chassis 1 should fail, the infrastructure can be set up to automatically move the workload to Blade 14 on Chassis 1, or even Blade 14 on Chassis 100, depending on available capacity, he said. The moves can also be made with Open Fabric Manager without the need to reconfigure MAC or worldwide name addresses.

The changes can made across a wide range of switches, including equipment from Blade Network Technologies, Brocade, Cisco, Emulex, NetXen and QLogic.

BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager will be available in mid-December and is priced at $1,499 per chassis. BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager Advanced Upgrade is priced at $1,999 per chassis. IBM is offering an early customer promotion in the United States that provides for discounts of $500 to $1,000 per chassis, McRae said.

Cyber crime consists of specific crimes dealing with computers and networks (such as hacking) and the facilitation of traditional crime through the use of computers (child pornography, hate crimes, telemarketing /Internet fraud). In addition to cyber crime, there is also "computer-supported crime" which covers the use of computers by criminals for communication and document or data storage. While these activities might not be illegal in and of themselves, they are often invaluable in the investigation of actual crimes. Computer technology presents many new challenges to social policy regarding issues such as privacy, as it relates to data mining and criminal investigations.

Domestic Initiatives

In our country recently held a workshop about cyber crime. We newly introduce cyber crime. We try to protect and limit cyber crime. In our country its not limit the cross. But now we use lots of computer and internet. So cyber crime should happen. We follow the other country what's they do protect cyber crime and what kind of step take against cyber criminal. In Bangladesh our circumstance is different. So first try to identify what's type of crime held in Bangladesh then design to plan protect cyber crime and criminal.

International Initiatives

Internationally lots of country affected by cyber crime and criminal. Different country face different problem. They design their plan depended on their problem. America design one type of plan protect cyber crime, china design another type of plan, Canada design other plan. So every country designs their plan so solve their problem. Finally we need to international cyber crime institute like Interpol. Every country have own plan but one organization monitor the whole world and help the affected country overcome their problem.

Preventing credit/debit card fraud

By taking certain precautions, a user can prevent their credit or debit card from being misused both online and offline.

1. Do not provide photocopies of both the sides of the credit card to anyone. The card verification value (CVV) which is required for online transactions is printed on the reverse of the card. Anyone can use the card for online purchases if the information is available with them.

2. Do not click on links in email seeking details of your account; they could be phishing emails from fraudsters. Most reputed companies will ask you to visit their website directly.

3. While using a credit card for making payments online, check if the website is secure The CVV will also be required.

4. Do not give any information to persons seeking credit card information over phone

5. Notify your bank / credit card issuer if you do not receive the monthly credit card statement on time. If a credit card is misplaced or lost, get it cancelled immediately.

Online Safety Tips

We all know that the Internet is a cool place to hang with friends and check out new things. But don't forget about the Internet's risks and dangers. If you're going to use the Web, do it safely! Here are some suggestions on what you should and shouldn't be doing online to help protect you against the bad stuff.

Be careful online.

Never reveal personally - identifiable information online. A lot of creeps use the Internet to take advantage of other people, especially kids and teens. Never reveal any personally-identifiable information online, whether it's on your profile page or in a blog, chatroom, instant messenger chat or email.

Always use a screen name instead of your real name.

Never give out your address, telephone number, hangout spots or links to other websites or pages where this information is available.

Be careful about sending pictures to people you do not know very well.

Never tell people personal or private information about your friends or family.

Never assume you're completely anonymous online. Even if you don't put personal information online, there are different ways that people can still figure out who you are and where you live.

Never share your password with other people (except for your parents).

Your passwords to websites, email accounts and instant messenger services should not be shared with friends or strangers. Your friends may not be as safe as you are and may unknowingly subject you to danger. You should, however, share your passwords with your parents if they ask so they can make sure you're using the Internet safely.

Never arrange meetings with strangers.

Just because you've seen a person's picture and read his or her profile, does not mean you know them. Many people online lie about who they are and what their intentions are. Just because someone seems nice online, does not mean they really are. They could be trying to hurt you. Never arrange a meeting with a stranger you've met online. Even meeting a stranger in a crowded place could be dangerous as he could follow you home. If you wish to meet an online friend in person, talk to your parents and arrange a time and place where your friend can meet your parents first, just in case. If you are worried about your parents meeting one of your online friends, you probably shouldn't be friends with them in the first place.

Don't believe everything you read or see online.

Be wary of everything you see online unless it is from a trusted source. People lie about their age, who they are, what they look like, where they live, how they know you and what their interests are. Also, a lot of websites and emails contain information that is misleading or just plain untrue. If a person or deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Ask your parents to help you figure out what information is really true.

Don't download files or software without your parents' permission.

There are a lot of files on the Internet that are unsafe to download to a computer. Some files will bombard you with pop-up ads all day long. Some files will actually track everything you and your family does on your computer, including your logins, passwords and credit card information, which criminals then use to steal money from you and do other harm. There is no easy way to tell which files are bad and which are ok to download. That free desktop wallpaper you want to download might also steal your parents' credit card information. Ask your parents before you download any files or software from the Internet.

Don't respond to inappropriate messages or emails.

Some people send inappropriate messages just to see if you will respond. If you do, you are simply encouraging them to send more inappropriate material to you. Don't respond to inappropriate messages. Instead, talk to your parents about how to report them to the right place.

Don't post inappropriate content.

. If you post information about tennis, you will attract people who are interested in tennis. If you post inappropriate content or pictures, you will attract people who have inappropriate interests. If you post jokes, photos or other content that contain sexual references you will probably attract people who are only interested in talking about sex. Be mindful of what you are communicating to the rest of the online world through the content you put onto the Internet.

Be leery of personal questions from strangers.

People you don't know who ask personal questions are often up to no good. Don't continue communicating with strangers who ask you personal questions. Talk to your parents about how to block them from communicating with you and report them to the right place.

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The Napster Mobile service lets subscribers search a catalog of five million songs, preview snippets of songs, and download them wirelessly.

Elena Malykhina

AT&T on Monday unveiled the SLM by Samsung, a lightweight clamshell cell phone that's designed for music and multimedia.

The phone is AT&T's first to include Napster Mobile, a new service that allows subscribers to search a catalog of five million songs, preview snippets of songs, and download them wirelessly.

AT&T initially announced its plans to roll out the mobile service with Napster in October. Subscribers interested in using the service have a choice of downloading five tracks a month for $7.49 with the Napster Mobile Five-Track Pack plan or purchasing songs for $2 each without the plan.

The carrier has been ambitiously rolling out various music capabilities on its phones in hopes of attracting a large group of mobile users. Earlier this month, AT&T also made available a popular Internet service called Pandora on select cell phone models. The service allows subscribers to find music and create personalized radio stations on their phones.

In addition to Napster Mobile, the new 3-ounce SLM phone includes other features, such as AT&T Video Share, stereo Bluetooth, a 2.0-megapixel camera with video capture, and expandable memory through a microSD card slot. AT&T claims the phone offers download speeds of 600 Kbps to 1,400 Kbps on its HSDPA third-generation cellular network.

The phone also will be the first to come pre-loaded with a mobile banking application, which AT&T announced last week. The carrier collaborated with financial firms Wachovia and SunTrust Banks, as well as mobile banking and payment provider Firethorn Holdings and its strategic partner CheckFree, which specializes in financial e-commerce services, to enable mobile banking on cell phones. The app is accessible through a mobile banking icon in the phone's applications folder and lets AT&T subscribers view their bank account balances and history, transfer funds, and pay bills.

The SLM costs $150 with a two-year subscription to AT&T and a $50 mail-in rebate. It will be available in stores and online starting this Friday.