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- Consortium tackles cloud computing standards
- The Open Cloud Consortium is a newly formed group of universities that is both trying to improve the performance of storage and computing clouds spread across geographically disparate data centers and promote open frameworks that will let clouds operated by different entities work seamlessly (...)
8 January 2009
- Researchers applying P2P to traffic control
- University of California, Irvine researchers are applying lessons learned from music and video peer-to-peer file transfer networks to a system for reducing traffic jams on the roads.
8 January 2009
- Kerio unveils Mac client for its VPN
- Messaging and security vendor Kerio in March will release a Mac-based VPN client for its WinRoute Firewall.
7 January 2009
- Data breaches rose sharply in 2008, says study
- More than 35 million data records were breached in 2008 in the U.S., a figure that underscores continuing difficulties in securing information, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC).
7 January 2009
- Sun buys cloud-computing vendor Q-layer
- Sun has bought Q-layer, a vendor of software for automating the management of computing clouds, it said Wednesday. The acquisition provides a clue as to how Sun plans to go about delivering on the cloud computing strategy it outlined last (...)
7 January 2009
- AT&T builds $23M IPv6 network for U.S. military
- AT&T is building a production-quality IPv6 data network for the U.S. Army in Germany that will cost approximately $23 million when it is completed next year.
7 January 2009
- Nearly 1 million jobs could be created by IT stimulus package, think tank says
- An information technology think tank proposes a $30 billion stimulus plan for the IT industry, saying it would create nearly 1 million jobs.
7 January 2009
- Mumbai gunmen used U.S. VoIP service to talk to their superiors during their spree
- A U.S. VoIP phone service kept one of the terrorists who carried out deadly attacks in Mumbai, India, in November in touch with his handlers based in Pakistan, according to reports describing a dossier of evidence compiled by Indian (...)
7 January 2009
- Cisco: Huge international interest in developer contest
- Cisco is claiming that international interest in its recently launched contest for router-centric application development has been so strong that it must extend the first-phase deadline from Jan. 12 to Feb. 27.
7 January 2009
- Rogue SSL certificate exploit puts VeriSign on the spot
- Following the success of researchers last week in creating a false SSL certificate based on VeriSign's RapidSSL brand, the company is scrambling to explain how it happened, how it's preventing it from reoccurring, and whether its other SSL certificate-generation services are at (...)
6 January 2009
- Apple lacks broad corporate strategy but still sees gains
- Apple's iPhones and Macs are gaining in the enterprise despite the company's consumer focus.
6 January 2009
- Group's plan for Inauguration Day: Telework
- With Washington, D.C., residents bracing for traffic gridlock and overwhelmed public transportation systems on Inauguration Day, one advocacy group is encouraging employers to allow their workers to telecommute.
6 January 2009
- 'Leap second' snafu affects Oracle clusterware
- The additional second that time-tracking scientists added to 2008 to adjust for the slowing of the earth's rotation is causing problems with Oracle's Cluster Ready Services (CRS) clusterware, but a pair of fixes are available, said an Oracle document dated (...)
6 January 2009
- Microsoft makes Muglia server/tools president
- Microsoft Monday promoted 21-year veteran Bob Muglia to president of its server and tools division, which pumps out 20% of the company's total revenue.
6 January 2009
- Network failure spurs IT overhaul at law school
- When the New England School of Law in Boston suffered a total network failure that lasted almost a week, the IT department knew a major overhaul was in order.
6 January 2009
- Trend Micro, BigFix integrate antimalware and systems management wares
- Vendors partner to combine Trend Micro's antimalware and Web protection technologies with BigFix's patch management and security configuration functionality.
6 January 2009
- Twitter Hack: How It Happened and What's Being Done
- Twitter is tackling a series of security issues, starting with a hack that hit some well-known celebrity accounts. Someone broke into Twitter accounts belonging to President-elect Barack Obama, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, and Britney Spears over the weekend. At the same time, a phishing scam is (...)
6 January 2009
- HP says netbook can run for up to 8 hours between charges
- Hewlett-Packard today announced a netbook PC that it said will be able to run for up to a full business day on a single battery charge.
6 January 2009
- Clearwire set to launch its first WiMax city
- Clearwire will formally launch its first commercial WiMax network on Tuesday in Portland, Oregon, laying down the second piece of a planned nationwide system that was first unveiled last year in Baltimore.
6 January 2009
- Encryption top IT security initiative in 2009
- Encryption seen as biggest IT security initiative in 2009, according to a Forrester Research survey.
6 January 2009
- New Palm Handset and OS Coming on Thursday?
- Palm is set to preview this week its latest incarnation of mobile operating system - Nova - in a bid to re-ignite the company as a smartphone leader. Latest developments say that Palm will also release a new device that runs Nova as well. The unveiling is expected during the Consumer (...)
6 January 2009
- Force 10, Turin Networks merging
- Data center switching vendor Force 10 Networks this week says it is merging with Turin Networks, a provider of wireless backhaul, Carrier Ethernet and converged access systems for service providers.
6 January 2009
- IP call centers will do well despite VoIP slowdown
- Sales of IP contact centers will grow in 2009, but probably not as dramatically as they did in 2008 due to an expected slowdown in sales of IP telephony gear, according to a new Infonetics report.
6 January 2009
- SolarWinds acquires Kiwi Enterprises
- SolarWinds acquires New Zealand company to add log management and other capabilities to its network and systems management software suite.
6 January 2009
- Twitter hit with phishing scam
- As has happened with virtually every other popular Web site over the past decade, it seems that Twitter is being used in a phishing scam.
6 January 2009
- EMC buys parts of SourceLabs to bolster cloud strategy
- EMC acquisition of SourceLabs' assets is targeted at the storage vendor's cloud division.
6 January 2009
- Microsoft layoff rumors continue their swirl
- The on-again, off-again rumors of layoffs at Microsoft appear to be off again after CNBC reported that the company would not have layoffs ahead of its January earnings report.
6 January 2009
- CA to buy data-leak prevention vendor
- CA Monday announced an agreement to acquire for an undisclosed sum data-leak prevention vendor Orchestria, boosting the software maker's security, privacy and compliance technologies.
6 January 2009
- Apple CEO Steve Jobs' health problems caused by hormone imbalance, letter says
- Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been suffering from a hormone imbalance that's led to a gradual but steady weight loss for most of the past year.
5 January 2009
- As conflict rages, Israel seeks supporters online
- Embroiled in a deepening military campaign in Gaza, Israel is using the Internet to relay its side of conflict.
5 January 2009
- IE lost share to Firefox, Safari and Chrome in December
- Web sites saw visitors deserting Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser in favor of Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome in December, according to Web analytics company Net Applications.
2 January 2009
- With Gaza conflict, cyberattacks come too
- The conflict raging in Gaza between Israel and Palestine has spilled over to the Internet.
1 January 2009
- Jobs health rumor hits Apple stock
- Apple's stock fell abruptly on Tuesday, but later recovered some ground, after an online report said CEO Steve Jobs bowed out of next week's Macworld Expo keynote address because of declining health.
31 December 2008
- Dell reorganizes business sales units
- Dell will reorganize its divisions focused on selling to business customers, with the new units focused on types of customers instead of geographic regions, the company announced Wednesday.
31 December 2008
- Fiber showdown looms as Verizon builds in AT&T territory
- Verizon is setting up a Wild West-style telecom showdown by expanding its FiOS network further into territory traditionally held by rival AT&T, says a new report from Information Gatekeepers.
31 December 2008
- Google on the prowl, Web attacks increase, social networks unravel: All part of bold 2009 prophesies
- 2008 is nearly spent, but there’s no shortage of forecasts for the coming year -- including the idea that some unemployed IT pros may soon turn to life of crime.
31 December 2008
- Securing DNS should trump budget-cutting for enterprise IT, experts say
- With economic concerns weighing heavy on enterprise IT executives' minds in 2009, revamping DNS systems might not seem like a top priority. Infoblox offers reasons why DNS should stay top-of-mind in 2009.
31 December 2008
- 9 Web sites IT pros should master in 2009
- Here's a time-saver for IT executives swamped by last-minute budget cuts and end-of-the-year performance reviews: We've written your 2009 goals for you, with our list of nine Web sites you need to study during the next 12 months.
31 December 2008
- On botnets, encryption and mega-worms: Security predictions for 2009
- My predictions for information security in 2009 are just predictions, not recommendations. I am trying to guess what will happen, not suggesting what should. As always, take these with a grain of salt.
30 December 2008
- BroadSoft acquires Sylantro as VoIP market consolidates
- BroadSoft, a provider of VoIP applications to telecom service providers, this week said it acquired competitor Sylantro Systems for an undisclosed sum.
30 December 2008
- Windows 7 may add spice to CES
- Software could overshadow gadgets at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show, with Microsoft expected to shed light on its upcoming Windows 7 OS.
30 December 2008
- AT&T restores service after outages
- AT&T on Monday said it had restored service after power outages and bad weather caused its service to go down in parts of the U.S.
30 December 2008
- Norton 360 expands backup and security capabilities
- Version 3.0 of Symantec's Norton 360 desktop software, available in beta, includes new backup and security capabilities.
30 December 2008
- New versions of Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE
- When you're talking Linux, three big names always pop up: Canonical's Ubuntu, Novell's openSUSE and Red Hat's Fedora. Ubuntu has ridden a groundswell of both consumer and commercial support to its current ranking as the most popular Linux distribution. OpenSUSE, with its business underpinnings, (...)
30 December 2008
- What not to wear to an IT job interview
- IT professionals may be able to dress casually once they've got a job, but recent survey results show that job seekers shouldn't expect to land a position if they show up to an interview in jeans.
30 December 2008
- More IT budget, staff cuts expected in first half of 2009
- An increasing number of IT workers expect to see budgets and staff cuts during the first half of 2009 as earlier plans for growth give way to current economic realities.
30 December 2008
- Juniper poaching Nortel’s channels?
- Juniper has the most to gain from Nortel's tenuous financial position, according to a bulletin issued this month by investment firm Oppenheimer & Co.
30 December 2008
- Verizon wins $31 million judgment in cybersquatting case
- Verizon Communications has won USD$31.15 million in damages in a cybersquatting case it brought against domain registry OnlineNIC, while Microsoft is seeking judgment against the same company and Yahoo has recently filed similar (...)
27 December 2008
- Panasonic to show powerline network prototypes at CES
- Panasonic plans to unveil a networking system that can connect an electric car to home devices via electrical wiring at January's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
27 December 2008
- Top 10 Biggest Bogus Tech Rumors of 2008
- Hollywood gossip mongers have Paris Hilton and Brangelina to spread rumors about. In the tech world, we have Apple-product and Yahoo-merger rumors to mull over. And just as Brad and Angelina didn't split in 2008 (contrary to rumors), neither did Yahoo find someone to hook up (...)
27 December 2008
- Samsung shipped infected digital picture frames
- For the second year in a row, some of those digital photo frames lying under the Christmas tree may come with a nasty surprise.
25 December 2008
- Google, Apple, Microsoft sued over file preview
- A small Indiana company has sued tech heavyweights Microsoft, Apple, and Google, claiming that it holds the patent on a common file preview feature used by browsers and operating systems to show users small snapshots of the files before they are (...)
25 December 2008
- Microsoft confirms it's been working on SQL bug since April
- Microsoft Wednesday confirmed that it has been working on a critical vulnerability in SQL Server for more than eight months, but declined to say whether it has had a patch ready since September, as an Austrian security researcher has (...)
25 December 2008
- Fake antivirus peddlers helped by Microsoft, IRS
- Just weeks after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission shut down two companies accused of selling fake antivirus software, a new player has moved into the market, aided by glitches in the Microsoft and U.S. Internal Revenue Service Web (...)
24 December 2008
- Half of data centers surveyed plan 2009 cutbacks
- About half of data centers are responding to the economic crisis by cutting their budgets an average of 15% for 2009, according to a new survey by the AFCOM Data Center Institute.
23 December 2008
- Choppy water ahead for VMware?
- Question marks have been raised over the ability of VMware to meet its fourth quarter revenue numbers, after a turbulent 12 months for the virtualisation giant that saw the ousting of its co-founders, and a massive decline in its share (...)
23 December 2008
- Will Google and Microsoft own the Web?
- It's something of an open secret that Mozilla, the organization behind the open source Firefox Web browser, gets most of its funding from Google -- 91 percent, to be exact. The deal gives Google top placement in Firefox's search engine bar. But now that Google is also shipping Chrome, its own (...)
23 December 2008
- Microsoft warns of SQL attack
- Just days after patching a critical flaw in its Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft is now warning users of a serious bug in its SQL Server database software.
23 December 2008
- Mobile Web use hits an upward curve at last
- Data traffic to mobile phones jumped 463 percent in November compared to the same month last year, according to the latest State of the Mobile Web report from Opera Software.
23 December 2008
- Jobs won't even be giving a keynote at Macworld
- In a move likely to spark renewed questions about the health of Apple Inc.CEO Steve Jobs, the company said last week that the keynote speech at next month's Macworld Conference & Expo will be delivered by a marketing executive instead of (...)
22 December 2008
- North Pole bailout
- "Billions," sighed Santa, gazing forlornly across the busy North Pole workshop. "There's $700 billion for the bankers , $14 billion for the car companies, $50 billion for some guy named Ponzi. How am I supposed to compete with giveaways like (...)
22 December 2008
- Job seekers flood IT staffing site
- About 20,000 people looking for jobs signed on to oDesk Corp.'s online staffing marketplace in November, the largest monthly increase -- by at least 40% -- that CEO Gary Swart has seen since joining the firm in 2005. Swart said he expects another 15,000 people to sign up this (...)
22 December 2008
- The Internet's 100 oldest dot-com domains
- The Internet's been around in some form for decades. It wasn't until the mid-80s, though, that the Web as we know it started coming together -- and those precious dot-com domains started getting snatched up.
22 December 2008
- Check Point acts on my advice
- While I admit that senior management at Check Point Software does not arise every day and ask themselves "What would Stiennon do?", sometimes I think they should.
22 December 2008
- The tech-iest holiday light show
- Georgia garden uses palm-sized computer "bricks" to control 8 million LED lights, turning them on and off in a precise time code that's set to music.
20 December 2008
- Analyst: Early Nortel bankruptcy might be smart
- It might make sense for Nortel to declare bankruptcy sooner rather than later in an effort to be in as strong a position as possible when it happens, an industry financial analyst says.
20 December 2008
- Microsoft's mobile challenge: creating a browser you can love
- With the pending 2009 release of Internet Explorer Mobile 6, Microsoft is making a major change in its approach to the mobile Web. And it's about time, according to some.
20 December 2008
- Buyer beware: Outsourcing not economic panacea in 2009
- Poorly constructed contracts, inadequate service delivery could negate the cost-cutting benefits of outsourcing. IT executives need to proceed with caution when signing service deals in the rush to lower fixed expenses.
20 December 2008
- Does the AT&T breakup still matter 25 years on?
- When AT&T agreed to break itself up 25 years ago, it was seen as one of the most momentous events in the history of the telecommunications industry. Today, however, some analysts are questioning not only whether the breakup of AT&T was necessary, but whether it even had any long-term impact on (...)
19 December 2008
- BMC tools will be key to Cisco's 'California' blade server
- BMC Software will contribute data-center automation tools for Cisco's upcoming "California" blade server.
19 December 2008
- IT operations, security pros at odds over virtualization risks
- Does transitioning to virtualization increase security risks within a company? IT managers appear to be at loggerheads with IT security professionals over that question, even while sharing similar opinions on where risks might lie, according to a new (...)
19 December 2008
- Google productivity tools still looking to impress corporate users
- While Google is often cited as having a golden touch, the company's productivity application suite is still a mere bronze competitor to Microsoft's Office and collaboration tools despite upgrades over the past year that focused on evolving and securing the online tools for corporate (...)
19 December 2008
- Retail standards group to tackle virtualization security in '09
- In 2009, Payment Card Industry standards may establish technical guidelines for virtualization, end-to-end encryption and card storage.
19 December 2008
- Avaya looking to catch unified communications wave in 2009
- For Avaya, 2009 could solidify the company's top spot on the unified communications sales charts, putting it in the best position to reap even more as the world economy improves in later years, industry experts say.
19 December 2008
- 10 tips to preserve data for the long haul
- Data growth is getting out of control. Here are a few tips for making a data preservation plan.
19 December 2008
- Symantec unveils Norton Internet Security 4.0 for Mac
- Symantec Thursday announced Norton Internet Security 4.0 for the Macintosh, desktop antimalware, firewall, antiphishing and online Web-threat protections for the Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" and 10.5 "Leopard" platforms.
18 December 2008
- Cisco among 3 bidders for Nortel's Ethernet biz: report
- Nortel is reportedly entertaining bids from three companies, including Cisco, for its Metro Ethernet Networks business unit.
18 December 2008
- Novell axes BrainShare
- Novell has alerted customers and partners that it is cancelling its annual Brainshare conference, which was to have been held in Salt Lake City in March, due to would-be attendees’ restricted travel budgets.
18 December 2008
- Reproduction of 2,100-year-old calculator deepens mystery
- A new working model of a 2,000-year-old astronomical calculator reveals the sophistication and precision of mathematics, astronomy and engineering in the ancient world.
18 December 2008
- The top 10 Cisco stories of 2008
- 2008 was a huge year for Cisco in terms of product transitions, strategic initiatives and business imperatives against the backdrop of a global economic recession. The following is a lineup of key events for the company as it closes out one of the most eventful years in its (...)
18 December 2008
- Could a management titan topple in 2009?
- Get ready for a shakeup, analysts say, when one of the big four management-software makers succumbs to acquisition by a high-tech heavyweight, such as Microsoft, Oracle or SAP.
18 December 2008
- Cisco revs up competition with '09 blade plans, security moves
- Next year will see Cisco deliver a "Big Bang" in switching, blade servers for the data center, high-definition TelePresence conferencing for the home, and a security plan for virtualized and cloud computing environments.
18 December 2008
- MIT's sticky-notes killer
- An MIT team has developed software dubbed list.it that's designed to computerize many of the things people currently do through sticky notes: organize e-mail addresses, passwords and the like.
18 December 2008
- Outsourcing firms warn of H-1B visa cutbacks
- In filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, companies that use H-1B and L-1 visas are alerting investors that it may become more difficult to obtain them in the future. Some firms are also noting that they don't know whether President-elect Barack Obama and the new Congress (...)
18 December 2008
- Yahoo to scrub personal data after three months
- Yahoo said Wednesday it will anonymize most of the data it collects about people's Web searches after three months, a move that could put further pressure on competitors Google and Microsoft to do the same due to privacy concerns.
17 December 2008
- Firefox issues eight patches for Web browser
- Mozilla has issued eight patches for its Firefox Web browser, three of which fix problems classified as critical.
17 December 2008
- AMD rallies in effort to reinvent itself
- Next year will be critical for Advanced Micro Devices, as the chip company pursues two major initiatives designed to reverse its financial losses and compete better with industry leader Intel.
17 December 2008
- Apple: Last year at Macworld Expo, no Jobs keynote
- Apple on Tuesday announced that Macworld Conference & Expo 2009 will be the company's last. The company also said Steve Jobs will not deliver his traditional keynote at the event this year.
17 December 2008
- Microsoft Issues Emergency Security Patch For IE
- Microsoft will issue an emergency security patch Wednesday for all versions of Internet Explorer. The patch is considered a critical fix for the security flaw currently plaguing the IE browser. So far, more than 2 million computers are believed to have been (...)
17 December 2008
- Macworld 2009 will be Apple's last
- Apple Tuesday announced that the January 2009 Macworld Conference & Expo will be its last.
17 December 2008
- Top 10 Ethernet switching stories of 2008
- In terms of significant announcements, 2008 did not disappoint in Ethernet switching: Juniper entered the market, Cisco unveiled its next-generation platform, and other major vendors consolidated. It will be hard for 2009 to match. Here's a countdown of the top 10 stories for the year soon to (...)
17 December 2008
- HP on a roll, but challenges await in 2009
- HP has been successful in a difficult financial time, but keeping up the pace in 2009 will be tough.
17 December 2008
- Juniper maps out 2009 plans
- Juniper plans to stay the course in 2009 -- stick hard and fast to its high-performance networking mantra, invest in areas where customers can lower costs, and not be distracted by trendy markets such as video, collaboration and wireless (...)
17 December 2008
- Tool helps manage bulk file-transfers
- Aspera, which specializes in gear that accelerates bulk Internet file transfers, has added a management console to its client-server software package that is designed for businesses that use Aspera acceleration at multiple sites.
17 December 2008
- Google, Microsoft say they still support net neutrality
- Google and Microsoft said Monday that they have not backed away from their support for net neutrality principles, despite a report to the contrary.
16 December 2008
- Bribes, scams cost Siemens $1.6 billion
- Siemens and some of its subsidiaries admit they spent more than $1.4 billion to bribe foreign officials, scammed the United Nations Oil for Food program and cooked their books for years until they were caught by prosecutors in Germany and the United (...)
16 December 2008
- Trapeze swings for Newbury Networks
- WLAN vendor Trapeze Networks - itself owned by Belden - Monday announced its acquisition of Newbury Networks, a Boston-based vendor of WLAN-based location systems.
16 December 2008
- Cisco: Cyberattacks growing, looking more legit
- Internet-based cyberattacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and specialized as profit-driven criminals continue to hone their approach to stealing data from businesses, employees and consumers, according to a Cisco study released this (...)
16 December 2008
- Mobile phones to be primary Internet device by 2020, experts predict
- By 2020, mobile phones will be the primary Internet devices for most people in the world, according to a panel of experts, who also predict that Web technologies will probably not lead to increased social tolerance.
16 December 2008
- VMware wants a bigger role in your data center
- VMware is moving beyond its original stomping ground of x86 virtualization and eyes a broader role managing data center resources.
16 December 2008
- Private clouds showing up on IT’s agenda
- Enterprise IT shops are starting to embrace the notion of building private clouds, modeling their own networks after public service providers such as Amazon and Google.
16 December 2008
- Cloud-like service offers customizable servers, storage and network
- A new cloud-like managed hosted service offers quick access to customizable servers, storage and network resources.
16 December 2008
- New top-level domain plan dangerous, too costly, critics tell ICANN
- A controversial proposal to create hundreds of new generic top-level domains is generating harsh criticism as corporations and individuals question the need for additional competition in the domain name marketplace and expense for businesses. (...)
16 December 2008
- In IBM, HP and Apple we trust
- According to Ponemon Institute's "2008 Most Trusted Companies for Privacy" report, which is based on input from close to 6,500 American adults, the top-three ranking goes to American Express, eBay and IBM. Rounding out the list are Amazon, Johnson & Johnson, HP, the U.S. Postal Service, Procter (...)
16 December 2008
- Alcatel-Lucent cuts jobs, focuses attention on three sectors
- Alcatel-Lucent is naming enterprises as one of three markets it will focus on as it lays off 1,000 more workers and makes cuts in other areas in an attempt to turn the company around.
13 December 2008
- Microsoft: IE5, IE6 also affected by browser vulnerability
- An unpatched vulnerability found in Internet Explorer 7 also affects older versions of the browser as well as the latest beta version, Microsoft warned Thursday.
13 December 2008
- Microsoft's 2009 to-do list: Deliver services, get virtualized, storm the Googleplex
- Here’s a look at five key issues and a handful of honorable mentions that will be in the Microsoft spotlight over the next 12 months.
13 December 2008
- Cisco planning significant data center assault
- Cisco has a number of significant product introductions on tap for 2009 as the company continues to morph from a pure networking player into an overall IT supplier.
13 December 2008
- Security vendors leaving 'old school' malware detection methods behind
- Security vendors say traditional signature-based virus scanning will take a back seat to whitelisting, blacklisting, behavior-based detection and reputation analysis in 2009.
13 December 2008
- Tech M&A expert warns CIOs: Be careful what you ask for
- M&A expert reviews 2008’s merger and acquisition activity in network-based computing industry and discusses impact of consolidation on innovation.
13 December 2008
- Corporate IT budgets evaporating, report says
- U.S. corporate IT spending will plummet 10% to 20% in 2009, according to the latest projections from Citi Investment Research, which is reporting a "rapid deterioration" of CIO budgets in recent weeks.
13 December 2008
- Top execs would roll up sleeves to fight cyber war, according to think tank study
- Top executives of major corporations should expect to serve on new government cybersecurity panels if president-elect Barack Obama follows the recommendations released this week by a think-tank panel.
12 December 2008
- Virtual data center brings cost, efficiency benefits to Kronos
- Software vendor Kronos virtualizes its data center to gain cost and efficiency benefits.
12 December 2008
- Computing for Good: Web technology to solve human problems
- Two Georgia Tech students created an easy-to-use Web application that lets health agencies in Africa monitor and protect blood supplies. It’s one of several projects from the schools’ Computing for Good course, and part of an emerging trend to give technology a human (...)
12 December 2008
- Cisco sued by Free Software Foundation for copyright infringement
- The Free Software Foundation Thursday slapped Cisco with a lawsuit claiming copyright infringement related to Cisco's Linksys wireless routers.
12 December 2008
- Cisco exec rationalizes data center invasion
- Cisco sees an opportunity to broaden its data center presence into areas traditionally occupied by longtime partners.
12 December 2008
- Smartphone subsidies spell trouble for telcos, Yankee Group predicts
- If you think paying $200 for an iPhone, Instinct, G1 or BlackBerry Storm sounds too good to be true, that's probably because it is, according to the Yankee Group.
12 December 2008
- Migrating to cloud computing? Don't forget DNS
- Before you mothball your data center and start using servers distributed across the 'Net, you need to rethink your DNS infrastructure.
12 December 2008
- Wireless invention jams teen drivers' cell phones
- University of Utah researchers have invented technology that could come to be embraced by teenagers with the same enthusiasm they have for curfews and ID checks. And like those things, it could save their lives.
12 December 2008
- $41 billion deal to buy Bell Canada collapses
- A $41 billion deal to buy Bell Canada in what was once billed the leveraged buyout ever collapsed on Wednesday after failing a solvency test.
11 December 2008
- Intel, Ericsson team up on mobile security for laptops
- Intel and Ericsson are offering to protect lost or stolen laptops by sending an SMS (Short Message Service) to the laptop will render it useless to thieves.
11 December 2008
- Mozilla security chief calls it quits
- Window Snyder, the head of security at Mozilla, will resign her position at the end of the year, she said in a blog post Wednesday.
11 December 2008
- Tech industry's biggest M&A deals of 2008
- A recap of 2008's top technology M&A deals, featuring HP, Microsoft, AT&T, Oracle and others.
11 December 2008
- Cisco to broaden unified communications package
- Cisco next year will unveil a new release of its unified communications software that will let companies more effectively collaborate with each other.
11 December 2008
- Virtual management start-up grabs $4 million in VC cash
- Virtualization management software maker Embotics closes $4 million Serious B round of venture capital financing, led by Covington Capital.
11 December 2008
- Nortel mulls bankruptcy
- Nortel has hired lawyers to consider whether it should seek bankruptcy protection, but the company says it has made no decision to do so.
11 December 2008
- Microsoft snaps up identity expert
- Noted identity innovator Dick Hardt has agreed to join Microsoft to help the company shape its identity platform.
11 December 2008
- Citrix to extend desktop virtualization to the iPhone
- Citrix plans to deliver desktop virtualization to the iPhone and other mobile devices next year.
11 December 2008
- HP gets cost-conscious with management software, licensing
- At HP Software Universe in Vienna, Austria, HP introduces upgrades and integrations across its Business Technology Optimization products that the company says will help customers reduce costs, mitigate risks and generate revenue during tough economic (...)
11 December 2008
- Cisco is big tease about 'Big Bang' switch upgrade
- Cisco's 'Big Bang' switching upgrade will emerge in late January and encompass more than just the Catalyst 6500.
10 December 2008
- Sun takes another swing at cloud computing
- Having coined the phrase "the network is the computer" more than a decade ago Sun could expect to be leading the march towards cloud computing, but in some ways it is still at the start line.
10 December 2008
- Ineffective law enforcement, bad economy fueling cybercrime
- In its annual cybercrime report, McAfee says ineffective law enforcement and the growing recession are giving cybercriminals the upper hand.
10 December 2008
- Verizon aims for LTE deployment in 2009
- Verizon Wireless expects to begin deploying next-generation LTE (Long-Term Evolution) wireless broadband within a year, a top executive of the carrier said Tuesday.
10 December 2008
- Microsoft issues slew of critical security patches
- Microsoft Tuesday released its final eight patches of 2008, which address 28 vulnerabilities including a critical flaw in the new search component in Vista and Windows Server 2008.
10 December 2008
- Tech trade groups AeA, ITAA merge
- The boards of the AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association) and the Information Technology Association of America have approved a merger of the two trade associations, and the groups will become the Technology Association of (...)
9 December 2008
- Forrester slashes IT spending forecast as recession deepens
- U.S. tech spending growth will drop sharply but recover in late 2009.
9 December 2008
- Bashing Google: For fun or for profit?
- I do not know Scott Cleland but I've seen his blog postings from time to time. I rarely read them, mostly because their titles tend to put me off, but I did read through his latest because of the title ("Google uses 21 times more bandwidth than it pays for -- per first-ever research (...)
9 December 2008
- Get ready for CIO musical chairs, consultancy warns
- Booz & Co. is predicting tough times ahead for CIOs, as companies cut IT spending and turn to commodity services to preserve cash during the recession.
9 December 2008
- VeriSign, NeuStar and others team on DNS security
- Momentum continues to build for rapid deployment of DNS encryption mechanisms.
9 December 2008
- Maryland court tackles online anonymity
- The Maryland Court of Appeals is taking up a case this week that could have major implications for Internet users' ability to anonymously post their opinions on the Web.
9 December 2008
- FCC leadership ripped in congressional report
- The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce issued a blistering report Tuesday alleging that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin manipulated data in an effort to enable the FCC to regulate cable television (...)
9 December 2008
- Dell, EMC extend storage partnership to 2013
- Dell and EMC have agreed to extend their worldwide storage partnership, even though the existing deal -- which has generated billions in sales for the two companies -- doesn't end until 2011.
9 December 2008
- Microsoft ships BizTalk beta, RFID Mobile add-on
- Microsoft Monday released the first public beta of the BizTalk Server 2009 and made available RFID mobile features for the current version of the software.
8 December 2008
- Feds tone down security warning about Asterisk IP PBX software
- The FBI is toning down its warning about security flaws in Asterisk IP PBX software and is acknowledging that the company that markets the software already found the problem and fixed it back in March.
8 December 2008
- Cisco to video-optimize networks
- Cisco this week is expected to unveil the first in a series of enterprise products designed to intelligently process video traffic in a network.
8 December 2008
- Obama outlines plan to put every child online
- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has outlined an ambitious plan to give every child in the U.S. access to the Internet and to connect the nation's hospitals with "cutting edge technology."
8 December 2008
- Liquid Machines, McAfee partner on data-loss prevention
- Liquid Machines and McAfee partnership links enterprise rights management and data-loss prevention software.
8 December 2008
- Broadcom combines 11n WiFi, Bluetooth, FM radio on one chip
- Broadcom Monday is unveiling a chip that packages 802.11n, enhanced data rate Bluetooth and FM radio for mobile phones.
8 December 2008
- IT struggles to close the cell phone gap
- Want or need to bridge the gap between cellphones and enterprise networks? You've got options when it comes to fixed-mobile convergence (FMC).
8 December 2008
- HP updates desktop virtualization software
- HP hopes to widen the use of its desktop virtualization products with new software that will improve video playback and allow the use of USB peripherals such as Webcams, the company announced Monday.
8 December 2008
- Intel tries to get devices to communicate faster
- Intel on Sunday is expected to detail advances in an emerging field of technology that it said will boost optical communication speeds, allowing for faster data transfers between devices.
8 December 2008
- 'Disruptive' tech will drive 2009 spending: IDC
- Despite the IT spending cutbacks brought on by the global recession, the gloomy economy will actually accelerate the adoption of transformative technologies, according to research firm IDC.
6 December 2008
- SonicWall beefs up storage offerings
- SonicWall is revamping the hardware for its storage appliances, giving them much more capacity from the top of the line to the bottom.
6 December 2008
- Virtual server sprawl kills cost savings, experts warn
- Virtual server sprawl can eliminate the cost savings so many IT shops covet when they embrace server virtualization.
5 December 2008
- Let's be clear about Clearwire
- Clearwire's ambitious WiMAX buildout faces cost, device and competitive challenges, according to Burton Group Senior Analyst Paul DeBeasi.
5 December 2008
- Ex-WorldCom CEO Ebbers wants sentence commuted
- Imprisoned former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers is hoping that President Bush will give him the gift of clemency this holiday season.
5 December 2008
- IP contact centers pose significant challenges
- IP contact centers are proliferating, but they still pose a set of potential gotchas that businesses need to beware of as they consider upgrading from the TDM world, experts say.
5 December 2008
- Elastic IT resources transform data centers
- The enterprise data center of the future will be a highly flexible and adaptable organism, responding quickly to changing needs.
5 December 2008
- AT&T hopes for single smartphone OS
- AT&T hopes to standardize on a single operating system for AT&T-branded smartphones as part of a "dramatic consolidation" of its mobile platforms over the next few years, a company executive said Thursday.
5 December 2008
- Microsoft taps ex-Yahoo VP to run online services group
- Microsoft on Thursday appointed Qi Lu, who was executive vice president in Yahoo's search and advertising technology group, as the president of its Online Services Group.
5 December 2008
- Microsoft trying to blow the roof off data-center design
- Microsoft has seen the future of the data center, and oddly enough it's missing a roof.
5 December 2008
- Mobile phone market continues to weaken
- Weakening economies are slowing sales of low- and high-end mobile phones.
5 December 2008
- Microsoft slates 8 bug updates for year's final Patch Tuesday
- Microsoft will deliver eight security updates next week, six of them marked "critical," to plug holes in Windows, Internet Explorer, Office and other products.
5 December 2008
- Firefox users targeted by rare piece of malware
- Researchers at BitDefender have discovered a new type of malicious software that collects passwords for banking sites but targets only Firefox users.
4 December 2008
- AT&T to cut 12,000 employees through 2009
- AT&T will lay off 12,000 workers through 2009 as the company reorganizes and faces a tough economic environment, the company said Thursday.
4 December 2008
- Gartner's Top 10 disruptive data-center technologies
- A new computing fabric replacing today's blade servers and a "pod" approach to building data centers are two of the most disruptive technologies that will affect the enterprise data center in the next few years.
4 December 2008
- New virtual Linux desktop bundle comes 'Microsoft-free'
- IBM and Canonical Thursday announced a virtualized software bundle combining Lotus desktop applications running on top of Ubuntu Linux that they say is far cheaper than running Microsoft's Office suite on conventional Windows (...)
4 December 2008
- Printing firm dumps MPLS service
- Shortcomings of an MPLS service led printing firm Wise Business Forms to dump the network service in favor of an Internet-based VPN that delivers better speed at less cost and will pay for itself in 16 months.
4 December 2008
- Microsoft, EMC partner on data-loss prevention
- Microsoft Thursday said it plans to integrate RSA data-loss prevention (DLP) technology into its products to enable security managers to monitor sensitive data and block unauthorized use. RSA is EMC’s security division.
4 December 2008
- Criminals take control of CheckFree Web site
- Online criminals took control of the Domain Name System (DNS) record for payment processor CheckFree and briefly redirected the site's visitors to a their own server.
4 December 2008
- LinkedIn Etiquette: 5 Dos and Don'ts
- Building a strong profile on LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, has taken on greater importance as the economy slips deeper into a recession. What information you decide to include, or exclude, could affect future job opportunities as well as your overall identity on the public (...)
4 December 2008
- Telco spending could drop more than 10% next year
- Capital spending among service providers may decrease by more than 10% next year, potentially crimping the sales of major vendors, according to investment firm UBS.
4 December 2008
- 5 Must-Do Cyber Security Steps for Obama
- As President-Elect Barack Obama looks for ways to deal with a shattered economy and an ongoing war on terrorism, security experts are urging him to pay attention to something that has a big impact on both: The nation's growing -- and fragile -- cyber (...)
4 December 2008
- Number crunching: Stats about energy consumption, virtualization and cloud computing
- Gartner reveals how much data centers really cost, virtualization's impact on the enterprise, and other interesting data center metrics
4 December 2008
- 'Tis the season for layoffs, firm reports
- In the largest monthly layoff toll since January 2002, global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas reports 181,671 jobs were cut in November, a 61% increase over October and a 148% increase over November 2007.
4 December 2008
- Apple removes antivirus support page
- A support page on Apple's Web site recommending users purchase antivirus software for their Macs received a lot of attention over the past couple of days, but on Tuesday Apple removed the page from its Web site.
3 December 2008
- Microsoft tools build bridge between OpenXML, other formats
- Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled a free plug-in for Firefox to translate Open XML documents, an update to its document translator and a toolkit for Java developers that was built under the umbrella of its Document Interoperability (...)
3 December 2008
- Apple antivirus advice 'big to-do about nothing'
- Apple recently recommended that Mac users consider running antivirus software -- a move some see as a change of heart by the computer maker, which has poked fun at Windows for being susceptible to attacks.
3 December 2008
- Cisco renews call for national broadband strategy
- Cisco this week renewed its call for a national broadband strategy to be a priority for the new Congress and the incoming Obama administration.
3 December 2008
- VMware expands desktop virtualization capabilities
- VMware has renamed and expanded upon its desktop virtualization software, with features that reduce storage requirements and allow offline access to desktops.
3 December 2008
- Open source developers set out software road map for 2020
- A group of open source software advocates set out a road map for the software industry through 2020 at the Open World Forum conference in Paris on Tuesday.
3 December 2008
- FastSoft technology speeds downloads for Getty Images
- The Getty Images organization relies on the Internet to distribute increasingly large media files and needed a non-intrusive way to speed up the transfers so end users didn't wait for them any longer than they had to. The company had looked at several alternatives but chose one that required no (...)
3 December 2008
- Wanted: A long-term data center strategy
- Global corporations do not have adequate policies for dealing with additional data centers gained through mergers, acquisitions and other factors.
3 December 2008
- Nokia's new N97 vs. the iPhone: Latest smartphone showdown
- Nokia N97 vs. Apple iPhone: Nokia swings for the fences with new N97 "mobile computer" designed to blend tightly with mobile Web services and applications.
3 December 2008
- SP2 beta for Windows Server 2008, Vista available
- Microsoft Tuesday gave its MSDN and TechNet subscribers access to the beta of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 and will make the software available to the general public in two days.
3 December 2008
- Verizon trounces competition in wireless quality survey
- Despite improvements by carriers across the industry, Verizon has retained its top spot in Consumer Reports' annual report on wireless customer satisfaction.
2 December 2008
- FBI warns of holiday cyber scams
- With cyber Monday comes an FBI warning against spam containing malware and phishing attempts that appear to be greeting cards and ads for shopping bargains.
2 December 2008
- U.S. Open used Web filtering to prevent online gambling
- The U.S. Open tennis tournament provides network access for the players, guests and media, but this past summer the association running the event took an extra security step: It used Web filtering to prevent online gambling.
2 December 2008
- Sprint completes Clearwire WiMAX deal
- Sprint officially spun off its WiMAX division to Clearwire today, thus paving the way for Clearwire to construct a nationwide WiMAX network.
1 December 2008
- Google Earth used by terrorists in India attacks
- The terrorists that attacked various locations in south Mumbai last week used digital maps from Google Earth to learn their way around, according to officials investigating the attacks.
1 December 2008
- Mumbai terrorist attacks don't deter technology companies
- Terrorist attacks late Wednesday in Mumbai are unlikely to make multinational technology companies change their strategies for India.
27 November 2008
- The Blockbuster set-top box has arrived
- Blockbuster has officially entered the "battle of the boxes" with the launch of its new set-top box yesterday. The box will serve movies to TVs over the Internet and is going against Netflix's set-top box solutions (Xbox, Roku, and Tivo). Blockbuster's MediaPoint box allows users to watch (...)
26 November 2008
- Grim forecast for holiday e-commerce sales
- Judging by the first 23 days of November, retailers can expect flat spending growth for the 2008 holiday e-commerce season, predicts Web measurement firm comScore.
26 November 2008
- Massive botnet returns from the dead, starts spamming
- A big spam-spewing botnet shut down two weeks ago has been resurrected, security researchers said Wednesday, and is again under the control of criminals.
26 November 2008
- Google admits to violating iPhone development terms
- Google's voice search function on the latest version of its Google Mobile search app is pretty slickly implemented: it knows when you put it up to your ear, prompts you to speak, and then searches when you move it away from your ear. No other application has leveraged that same functionality (...)
26 November 2008
- Talking Web, memory assistants and solar-powered cell phones headed mainstream, IBM says
- A talking Web, solar technology embedded in windows and cell phones, and the end of forgetting will all come in the next five years, IBM predicts in its third annual Next Five in Five list.
26 November 2008
- Microsoft warns of malware exploiting known vulnerability
- Microsoft is warning users of a rise in attacks on a vulnerability in Windows that could trigger a worm infestation on networks, and the company is encouraging companies to apply an emergency patch released in October.
26 November 2008
- Apple working on always-on status indicators for iPhone?
- One of the features the iPhone lacks is the ability to display status indicators when the phone is in sleep mode. If you're out and about and just want to know how much battery power is left, you have to press the Home button, which lights up the whole display, and then check the status icon (...)
26 November 2008
- Mozilla eyes extra beta for Firefox 3.1
- Mozilla will probably add a third beta to the development schedule for Firefox 3.1 to get a better handle on remaining bugs and give several new features, including a faster JavaScript engine and a private browsing mode, more testing time, the company's browser director said (...)
26 November 2008
- Spam levels fluctuate as crooks try to revive botnets
- Two weeks after a hosting firm's shutdown sent global spam volumes plummeting, some researchers continue to claim that junk mail rates remain dramatically down, while others say spam has already bounced back.
26 November 2008
- Cisco shutting down between holidays
- For the first time in its history, Cisco will be shutting down during the year-end holiday season to save money.
26 November 2008
- Sun, wind, algae: Future data center power sources?
- Researchers and policymakers gathered at E3 2008 to share progress in the development of renewable energy sources including wind, solar and biofuels.
26 November 2008
- Experts to Feds: Sign the DNS root ASAP
- Internet security gurus and leading vendors are urging the U.S. federal government to rapidly deploy security and authentication mechanisms at the top level of the DNS hierarchy, which is known as the root zone.
26 November 2008
- Start-ups starting to feel economic pain
- I spoke this week with Justin Perreault, a general partner of Commonwealth Capital Ventures in Waltham, Mass., about how enterprise IT start-ups are holding up against the tough economy. His investments include enterprise mobility outfit Antenna Software and security firm Ounce Labs. Here's a (...)
26 November 2008
- Mobile sales to beat economic gloom, forecasts Ovum
- Revenues from wireless services will see strong growth over the next year despite widespread economic gloom, projects research firm Ovum.
26 November 2008
- IT 'help wanted' listings on hold
- The number of available IT jobs dwindles as hiring managers take a wait-and-see approach during tumultuous economic times and the upcoming holiday season, a time of year when demand typically is slower than normal.
25 November 2008
- No one gets fired for banning IM
- The argument for security that enables business risk where the risk brings a compelling ROI or competitive differentiation
25 November 2008
- Google layoffs: 10,000 jobs being cut, report claims
- Google may be preparing to lay off thousands of workers, if a Silicon Valley information service is to be believed. WebGuild cites anonymous inside sources as saying up to 10,000 Google jobs could be on the way out, with smaller scale layoffs already (...)
25 November 2008
- AlgoSec upgrades analysis platform to paint big picture of firewall protection
- AlgoSec is releasing new software that enables its Firewall Analyzer to simulate the effect multiple firewalls have on traffic, making simpler to determine the net effect of the firewalls and to streamline their rule sets.
25 November 2008
- HP results lifted by laptop PCs, EDS buyout
- Hewlett-Packard reported a 19 percent jump in revenue for the October quarter, lifted by its EDS acquisition and strong sales of laptop computers and blade servers.
25 November 2008
- IBM working on Web-based collaboration platform
- IBM is working on a platform for collaborative mashups that needs little more than a browser and a server to create a shared environment that includes audio and videoconferencing.
25 November 2008
- Five steps to creating a "mobile office"
- The Canadian expert agency shares five steps for creating a mobile office.
25 November 2008
- New HP division makes data centers green
- HP focuses on building green data centers with new consultancy division
25 November 2008
- 40G market gaining steam
- The 40Gbps market is moving into general deployment phase due to video-stressing network capacities, according to research firm Ovum.
25 November 2008
- Fighting e-waste one cell phone at a time
- ReCellular vice president Mike Newman talks about how his company is helping to reduce e-waste, as well as how enterprises can benefit from donating their mobile devices for reuse and recycling.
25 November 2008
- How to survive a hurricane without halting business
- Baton Rouge, La., firm Lamar Advertising uses data replication, co-location to survive hurricane.
25 November 2008
- Contact center software gains SMS support
- Interactive Intelligence is adding Short Message Service support to its Customer Interaction Center call center platform so businesses can provide services to more mobile devices.
25 November 2008
- Judge orders Ballmer to testify in 'Vista capable' case
- A federal judge in Seattle has ordered Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to testify in a class action lawsuit against Microsoft that alleges the company misled consumers in a marketing campaign for its Windows Vista operating system in which computers sold with an older Microsoft OS were labeled (...)
24 November 2008
- Symantec takes cybercrime snapshot with 'Underground Economy' report
- The criminal market online for buying and selling stolen credit cards, pirated software and information about financial accounts is thriving, according to a Symantec report published Monday.
24 November 2008
- Judgment favors Novell in ongoing SCO case
- Another chapter in the lengthy legal saga between SCO and Novell is closed, with the release of a final judgment by a Utah court on Thursday.
24 November 2008
- Alcatel-Lucent unleashes on large enterprises
- Alcatel-Lucent is expected to unveil a range of enhancements to its large enterprise product portfolio, including an upgraded data center switch and IP telephony extensions.
24 November 2008
- Demand for Storm crashes ordering system
- Verizon expected the BlackBerry Storm to be a hot-ticket item, but it probably didn't anticipate that demand for the device would crash its online ordering portal.
22 November 2008
- Old worm infects Department of Defense computers
- Department of Defense computers have been hit with an old worm that the DoD won't discuss other than to say it is taking steps to mitigate its effects.
22 November 2008
- Internet's bandwidth health still in trouble, report says
- Nemertes Research continued to throw cold water on the future of the Internet this week, releasing a study projecting that demand for bandwidth on the Web will exceed its capacity by 2012.
22 November 2008
- IT slowdown hits Dell's revenue, net profit
- Dell's revenue and net income dropped in its third quarter as the company tries to cope with a global IT spending slowdown and less demand for its products.
21 November 2008
- VMware security chief leaves to run OpenDNS
- The head of VMware's security group has left to join San Francisco's OpenDNS, a startup that provides Internet infrastructure services.
21 November 2008
- Check Point appliances fight spam, protect industrial networks
- Check Point Software is upgrading its multifunction security appliances with antispam capabilities, support for secure wireless connectivity and protection for devices that control industrial infrastructure.
21 November 2008
- IBM tries to bring brain power to computers
- IBM Research on Thursday is expected to uncover work it is doing to bring the brain's processing power to computers, in an effort to make it easier for PCs to process vast amounts of data in real time.
21 November 2008
- Foreclosures, consumer cutbacks freeze carrier spending on VoIP
- Home foreclosures and a generally bad economy are driving down demand for wired phone lines, which will freeze much carrier spending on VoIP infrastructure until 2011, according to a new Infonetics report.
21 November 2008
- 12 myths about how the Internet works
- Thirty years have passed since the Internet Protocol was first described in a series of technical documents written by early experimenters. Since then, countless engineers have created systems and applications that rely on IP as the communications link between people and their (...)
21 November 2008
- Nokia 6010 tops list of 'most recycled cell phones'
- According to ReCellular, a self-described "electronics-sustainability firm" based in Dexter, Mich., all of this year's ten most recycled handset models were released originally in 2004 or later.
21 November 2008
- Akamai slashes 7% of its workforce
- Akamai said this week it will be laying off 100 workers, or roughly 7% of its global workforce, in an effort to reduce its operating costs.
21 November 2008
- Aruba reports record revenue, but non-GAAP net income drops
- On the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average continued its fall, by another 455 points, WLAN vendor Aruba Networks reported record first quarter revenue, but also a much higher net loss compared to a year ago.
21 November 2008
- IETF: Should we ignore the Kaminsky bug?
- The Internet engineering community is grappling with what to do about a serious flaw in the DNS discovered this summer, and the ongoing debate brings to mind a famous quotation from Voltaire: "The perfect is the enemy of the (...)
20 November 2008
- Researchers find vulnerability in Windows Vista
- An Austrian security vendor has found a vulnerability in Windows Vista that it says could possibly allow an attacker to run unauthorized code on a PC.
20 November 2008
- Start-up offers rootkit protection, partitions virtual machines
- Start-up Integrity Global Security is coming out with a businesses version of technology used on military fighters and bombers that can provide the features of virtual machines but with built-in security.
20 November 2008
- Plug-and-surf Wi-Fi module and solar-powered access point on tap from Meraki
- Meraki has unveiled two products that make it even simpler to deploy its Wi-Fi mesh network, one that fits into a electrical wall outlet, the other that runs without relying on an electrical grid at all.
20 November 2008
- Microsoft Silverlight loses Major League Baseball to Adobe Flash
- Microsoft will no longer play under the bright lights of Major League Baseball, which has decided to throw out the vendor's Silverlight browser add-on in favor of Adobe's Flash.
20 November 2008
- Microsoft, Novell toast anniversary with tools, support coupons
- Marking the two-year anniversary of their partnership, Microsoft and Novell said Wednesday they were releasing tools to help users manage and support SUSE Linux.
20 November 2008
- Ballmer says Yahoo acquisition won't happen
- A change at the helm of Yahoo won't revive a Microsoft takeover offer, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said during the company's annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday.
20 November 2008
- Alliance outlines national broadband strategies
- The Internet Innovation Alliance, a nonprofit advocate for universal broadband in the U.S., held a symposium at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. today to generate new ideas for how the federal government can bring high-speed Internet connectivity to underserved regions throughout the (...)
20 November 2008
- Nortel adds to Metro Ethernet before it subtracts
- Nortel this week said it will resell customer premises Ethernet termination equipment from ANDA Networks.
20 November 2008
- Baidu blasted over medical paid-search results
- Chinese Internet search leader Baidu.com has removed paid search listings for medical and pharmaceutical customers that do not hold proper licenses for their products or services after a state-owned TV news program condemned the (...)
20 November 2008
- Microsoft to offer free security software
- Two years after trying to build a consumer antivirus business, Microsoft has decide to throw in the towel.
19 November 2008
- Ruby on Rails rolls into the enterprise
- The New York Times used Ruby on Rails to pull together, analyze and display election results in near real time on one of its busiest Web traffic days ever. How did nytimes.com scale up Rails -- a framework known for quick development turnaround but less than lightning fast (...)
19 November 2008
- Femtocell FAQ: Time for a 'personal cell-phone tower'?
- Are you one of those unlucky souls who enjoys decent cell phone reception when you're out and about, but can't get a signal at home or in the office? You're not alone. Indoor phone calls have long been a weak point of cellular (...)
19 November 2008
- Latest robots showcase security, teaching skills
- Robots, already widely found on factory floors, are increasingly encroaching on the human world and a number of robots on display at the RoboDevelopment conference in Santa Clara, Calif., were programmed to not only entertain, but to secure homes, direct lost people to stores in malls and teach (...)
19 November 2008
- Facebook app verification fee draws criticism
- Facebook now gives its developers the option of submitting their applications for review to obtain a seal of approval, but some developers aren't thrilled with the program.
19 November 2008
- CA unveils simplified suite, SaaS portfolio
- CA hosts its CA World 2008 conference in Las Vegas, attracting some 5,000 attendees and announcing a slew of software upgrades across its IT service management, identity and access management, project management and data center automation (...)
19 November 2008
- Struggling Sun faces difficult choices about future
- Bad times just keep getting worse at Sun Microsystems, and the vendor may face hard choices about which parts of its business to keep and which to shed.
19 November 2008
- Researchers getting the lead out of electronics
- Researchers at the University of Maryland say they have discovered a material to replace lead, a potential environmental hazard, in electronics products.
19 November 2008
- IBM buy targets server consolidation
- IBM's newest acquisition lets applications run on multiple platforms even if they were designed for a single type of microprocessor and operating system.
19 November 2008
- Cybersecurity is focus of new University of Texas start-up incubator
- The University of Texas at San Antonio Tuesday announced a technology incubator aimed at fostering IT security-based start-ups within the state.
19 November 2008
- Windows HPC hits top 10 among supercomputers
- Microsoft on Tuesday hit another high-performance computing milestone by placing its server for the first time in the top 10 on the list of the Top 500 super computers as judged by Top500.org.
19 November 2008
- Virtualization infiltrates midsize companies
- Systems management vendor Kace polls some 519 IT professionals and learns virtualization isn't just for enterprise shops anymore.
19 November 2008
- John Thompson retiring as Symantec CEO
- John Thompson to retire as Symantec CEO, Enrique Salem named as president and CEO
18 November 2008
- 5 tech companies that could use a bailout
- While tech companies may not have the same level of clout among Washington policy makers as AIG or General Motors, many of the industry's biggest players have hit hard times in recent months and could certainly use a health infusion of cash to help them right their (...)
18 November 2008
- Proxim unveils 802.11n access points
- Proxim Wireless has released its first draft-802.11n wireless LAN access points, with throughput ranging from 170M to 320Mbps and list price tags of $800 and $1,100.
18 November 2008
- Citrix buys high-def video conferencing player
- Citrix has bought Vapps, a provider of high-definition voice conferencing services geared for businesses and service providers.
18 November 2008
- China Mobile to vie with Apple, Google apps stores
- China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone service provider, plans to open its own mobile applications store similar to those run by Apple for the iPhone and Google for its Android operating system.
18 November 2008
- Yahoo's Yang to step down as CEO
- After a tumultuous year and much searing criticism for his handling of Microsoft's buyout offer, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is stepping aside.
18 November 2008
- Symantec CEO John Thompson to step down
- Symantec CEO John Thompson is retiring.
18 November 2008
- PCI council sharpens oversight of security auditors
- The PCI Security Standards Council introduces plan to sharpen oversight of qualified security assessors and approved scanning vendors.
18 November 2008
- Cisco fights to keep No. 1 spot in network security
- Cisco, dominan