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Test Center review: Whitelisting security offers salvation

Die, unknown executable! Keeping up with malware signatures is becoming unsustainable, so blocking all but known good programs may be our only hope. A review of five whitelisting security packages yields a clear winner in the battle for 21st century security... more

PC vs. Mac deathmatch: Snow Leopard beats Windows 7

Windows 7 is a worthy rival, but Mac OS X Snow Leopard is the better operating system by a whisker for discriminating professionals... more

Windows 7 on multicore: How much faster?

Microsoft has been touting its superior handling of threads in Windows 7. InfoWorld's tests show that speed isn't the only benefit, or necessarily the main one... more

The best free open source software for Mac OS X

If you live and work on a Mac, you'll want to try these 10 killer open source apps -- InfoWorld's top picks... more

Office suites in the cloud: Microsoft Office Web Apps versus Google Docs and Zoho

Microsoft's fledgling Web-based productivity apps have one key advantage over SaaS rivals: amazing fidelity to the desktop-bound Word, Excel, and PowerPoint document formats... more

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Cisco UCS 1.0	9.0	Excellent
CoreTrace Bouncer 5	8.9	Very Good
Polycom QDX 6000	8.9	Very Good
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