A human error caused Google users to received bogus security warning messages for many of the searches the performed for nearly an hour the morning of the 31st January. During that period users received erroneous warnings that their se ...
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The barbarians at your door. How to identify and defeat the cyberthreats facing your business today
Many of the cyberthreats your business faces are invisible. Learn how to shine a light on these threats and discover how to take action to protect your business
Toshiba Looks to Cut Costs as NAND Flash Memory Prices Fall
Toshiba is looking to cut costs by £2.3 billion in the next year as the company looks to deal with the falling prices of NAND flash memory. Toshiba, which is also a major player in the worldwide PC market, and Samsung are struggling as ...
Who Is the Best Skype Suitor? Google, Microsoft or Yahoo?
It's impossible for eBay to report quarterly earnings without the usual deliberations about what the company could, would or should do with Skype. So it comes as no surprise that media hounded eBay CEO John Donahoe about the VOIP unit, ...
CIRBA Virtual Machine Capacity Planning Tool Gets Upgrade0
CIRBA announced Version 5.1 of its virtualization capacity management tool on the 28th January, 2009. I'll be reviewing CIRBA 5.1, and here's why. As virtual infrastructure pervades the data centre, capacity planning--along with other ...
From IE 8 to Google Chrome, Keep an Eye on Clickjacking
First Microsoft touts clickjacking protections in Internet Explorer 8, then a security researcher releases a proof of concept for a clickjacking attack targeting the Google Chrome Web browser. Clickjacking, some say, remains an issue t ...
Samsung, Nokia, Apple Handsets Do Well Despite Recession
ABI Research says mobile and wireless handset sales rocked in the first half of 2008, but bombed in the latter half thanks to the recession. The year closed with 1.21 billion handsets shipped for an annual growth of 5.4 percent compare ...
Adobe AIR, Flash Installations Surge
At Adobe MAX Japan, Adobe announces that Adobe AIR and Adobe Flash Player 10 have reached record adoption numbers to the tune of 100 million installations for Adobe AIR within a year of its release and Flash Player 10 being installed o ...
Songsmith Sings Microsoft’s Hope
Incubation projects can save Microsoft. The company needs them now more than ever.
Panasonic Toughbook Laptops Undergo Makeover, Gain Intel Technology
Panasonic is adding new features and functionality to its line of rugged Toughbook laptops, designed for use in more strenuous environments. The Panasonic Toughbook 30 laptop and the Panasonic Toughbook 19 tablet notebook offer improve ...
How I Harness My Twitter Stream
For the past few months, I've been using Twitter, the microblogging service that you may well be sick of hearing about. Right off the bat, I was attracted to Twitter because the 140 characters per entry that Twitter allows add up to ab ...
IT Industry Joins Energy Efficiency Push
IT companies of all sizes are looking to join the push toward greater energy efficiency by creating new power management tools that can curb carbon emissions. Cisco Systems is one company that is offering new software called "EnergyWis ...
Layoffs to Continue at IBM, Sources Say
IBM has laid off some 2,800 employees, with more to come, according to the Alliance@IBM organisation. Big Blue has had job cuts in both its Software Group and its sales and distribution group, with more to come in the company's Systems ...
Court Rejects Intel’s Request for Delay in Antitrust Case
A European court rejects Intel's request to delay a hearing in front of the European Commission, Europe's main antitrust body. The case against Intel, still the world's largest producer of x86 processors for PCs and servers, dates back ...
Retailer Wireless Devices Largely Unprotected
A new survey shows 44 percent of the wireless devices used by retailers are vulnerable to attacks by data thieves. And that's the good news. A year ago, the same Motorola survey showed 85 percent of retailers were sitting targets for d ...
Websense Buys Spam Protection for Social Web Sites
Websense has acquired Defensio, a spam filtering service designed to protect blogs, social networks and other Web 2.0 sites. According to Websense, the move is in response to the growing amount of spam and malicious content on social W ...
IT: Part of the Problem, or Part of the Solution?
IT is a serious polluter - but it's also the key to reducing carbon outputs, says Dr Hamadoun Touré of the ITU. We can use technology to slash our emissions, and still save the third world, he says. And while we are about it, why do ...
Google Finally Enables Offline Access for Gmail
Google's long-awaited offline access for Gmail is here, bringing a sigh of relief to users of Google's messaging and collaboration software. Google Apps Standard Edition users will be able to access it immediately with a few steps, whi ...
Is Java to Blame for Sun Layoffs?
eWEEK readers weigh in on Sun Microsystems' woes and the reason Sun is laying off over 6,000 employees. Is Java to blame? Some say inroads from other languages and application development frameworks such as Ruby on Rails could further ...
More Malware Targeting Users of Pirated Software for Mac
A new variant of a Trojan is targeting users of pirated Adobe Photoshop CS4 software. The Trojan is related to malware uncovered last week that was packaged with pirated copies of iWork '09.
IE 8 and Windows 7 RC-Beta Mashups
Microsoft gives and gives more. On the 23rd January, the company extended the download availability of Windows 7 Beta 1. Yesterday, 26th January, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1. But the two shall never meet.
Oracle Ups Ante vs. Salesforce.com with CRM On Demand Refresh
Revving its SAAS enterprise applications engine, Oracle introduces Oracle CRM On Demand Release 16. The latest iteration of Siebel cloud computing applications boasts custom object support, better BI and partner relationship management ...
Microsoft Goes After Clickjacking in IE8
Microsoft has introduced a release client version of its latest browser, Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), and the new iteration of the application includes several security improvements, including a noteworthy attempt to address the emerging ...
Sun To Sign EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres
The computer manufacturer has today announced its firm intention to be the first systems vendor to endorse the EU best practices for energy efficient data centre design.
Sun Cools Down the Data Centre
The IT industry has a poor record of wasting energy in data centres, says server maker Sun Microsystems. But the company wants to make amends: it has attacked the source of the problem, and rewritten the rules for cooling and power.
Exalead Takes OEM Approach to Enterprise Search to Compete with Google, Microsoft
Exalead, a challenger to Microsoft Fast, Google, Vivisimo and other providers of enterprise search engines, creates a version of its CloudView platform as an OEM product. Customers will be able to take CloudView and meld it into their ...
Open-Source Cloud Tools Project Spawns Cloud Foundry
The Cloud Tools project, hosted on Google Code, is a prime example of the emerging trend of open-source application developers targeting the cloud and looking at services such as Amazon Web Services solutions and Google App Engine to h ...
Cleaning Conficker: Keeping Your Network Safe from Windows Worm
Much has been written about the Conficker worm, also called "Downadup," in recent days. eWEEK has pulled together some general advice for protecting your systems from infection and remediating them should the worm slither by your defen ...
How to Reduce Network Expenses
In the current economic slowdown, IT administrators are under constant pressure to build and maintain solid networks while every equipment purchase they make is scrutinised. Knowledge Centre contributor Paul Hooper offers five ways tha ...
AMD Updates Opteron Processor Lineup with Energy-Efficient Chips
Advanced Micro Devices is updating its line of 45-nanometer Opteron processors with five new energy-efficient models that work within 55-watt thermal envelopes. In addition, AMD is rolling out a pair of high-performance, 45-nm Opteron ...
Microsoft Results Disappoint, 5,000 Job Cuts Coming
Microsoft reported quarterly results on the 22nd January that missed Wall Street expectations and the software giant announced that it would eliminate 5,000 jobs. The results show that even Microsoft is not immune to the recession and ...