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Test Center Daily: Elluminate the collaboration possibilities

10.08.2007 17:01

Dive into Elluminate Live: Test Center Contributor Mike Heck has dabbled in many a Web-conferencing tool for InfoWorld, so when he finds something he considers innovative, it's worth noting. In this case, it's Version 8 of Elluminate Live. "The live, interactive environment with high-quality video improves the meeting and learner experience," Mike observes. Plus it's platform agnostic and boast some nifty features such as breakout rooms.

RocketStream fuels file transfers: Thanks to high-speed Internet, I think we've all become less and less patient waiting for pages to load or files to up- or download. InfoWorld Senior Analyst Mario Apicella has discovered a potential cure for slow file transfers between far-flung locations: RocketStream, a suite "built around the company's proprietary PDP (Parallel Delivery Protocol), which harvests the best characteristics of TCP and UDP (User Datagram Protocol) and adds features such as on-the-fly data encryption and compression."

Reaching into Black Hat: Security wizard Roger Grimes today is sharing some take-aways from the Black Hat conference. Among them: Hacking Macs is easy -- though don't blame Grimes for that tidbit; it's from Mac enthusiast and security researcher, Dr. Charles Miller. Roger also discovered a tool for cloning RFID cards, prompted the warning that "If you use 125KHz proximity cards, your doors are highly insecure!"

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