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 ...
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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 ...
Conficker USB Worm Spreading Quickly
Security researchers are reporting that the Conficker worm virus, which preys on a recently reported vulnerability (MS08-067) in the Microsoft Windows server service, is spreading rapidly even as we speak.
Sun Begins Carrying Out Planned Layoffs
UPDATED: Sun confirms that layoff notifications were sent to about 1,300 employees as the result of its action 14th November, 2008. Reductions were made across all levels, including vice presidents and directors, the company says.
Obama Wins Smartphone Compromise
What mobile wireless device costs £2.500, comes loaded with Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol and High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor Interoperability Specification, and secures calls to classified government netwo ...
Autonomy to Acquire Web Content Management Provider Interwoven for £571m
The two companies' areas of expertise appear to dovetail well. Autonomy's "meaning-based" legal search capabilities should work well with Interwoven's Web content management platform.
Apple Plugs Security Holes in QuickTime
Apple updates QuickTime, fixing a number of remote code execution flaws. One security researcher expects malware writers to launch exploits via drive-by attacks.
Researchers Develop New Semiconductor Ink
U.S. researchers have developed a new type of semiconductor ink that brings companies a step closer to making bendable computer screens or inexpensive sensor tags to help retailers keep track of their inventory. The soluble semiconduct ...
BlackBerry Maker RIM Drops Certicom Quest
Following a court order slapping a permanent injunction on BlackBerry maker Research In Motion's £38.5 million hostile takeover bid for Certicom, the developer of elliptic curve cryptography technology, RIM drops its offer.
Firefox Plug-in Lets Users Import Google Notebook to Zoho
Messaging and collaboration SAAS company Zoho updates its Firefox plug-in for Zoho Notebook to make it easy to import a Google Notebook to Zoho's cloud computing environment. The move is a shrewd one on the part of Zoho, which is lo ...
Microsoft Releases Web Platform Installer
Microsoft delivers Version 1.0 of its Web Platform Installer (Web PI), a free download manager that enables developers to install the Microsoft Web Platform or at least part of it. Web PI simplifies the installation of Microsoft's deve ...
Yahoo Turns on Wikipedia SearchMonkey App but Twitter Is the BOSS
Yahoo unleashes the SearchMonkey Wikipedia application, a Web service that augments Yahoo search results with Wikipedia articles. Will SearchMonkey, a jewel of application development for Yahoo, fall prey to new CEO Carol Bartz' plans ...
Intel, Citrix Collaborating on Desktop Virtualization
Intel and Citrix are planning to bring desktop virtualization technologies to a wider enterprise audience by combining their respective capabilities to make running and managing virtual machines within corporate desktops and notebooks ...
Whois Abuse Still Out of Control
It's still easy to try to steal an identity with false whois information. There are rules against it and ICANN pretends to enforce them, but I personally know that it doesn't really happen.
Is There Life After iPhone?
So far, the answer is yes. I don't need no stinkin' App Store. In mid December, I bought a Nokia N96 cell phone from Amazon, and I'm simply in love. While there's no touchscreen and some usability deficiencies compared to iPhone 3G, th ...
Millions Hit with Windows Worm as Infection Spreads
A new variant of a worm that exploits a vulnerability patched by Microsoft in October has infected millions of users, security researchers say. According to experts, the Conficker worm is using multiple mechanisms to spread.
Google Axes Unpopular Applications
Google announced plans to end support for a variety of Web-based applications such as Google Video, Google Notebook and Google Catalog Search.
Seagate Solves Firmware Issue, Offers Fix for HDD Owners
Seagate has isolated a potential firmware issue in certain products, including some Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives and related drive families based on this product platform, manufactured through December 2008
Microsoft Silverlight to Stream Obama Inauguration
Microsoft announces that the Presidential Inaugural Committee has selected Microsoft's Silverlight technology to enable live and on-demand video streaming of the official inauguration swearing-in ceremony on the PIC Web site.
IBM Bluehouse Becomes LotusLive to Challenge Microsoft, Google in SAAS
IBM sheds the Bluehouse moniker for its SAAS messaging and collaboration applications, which are hosted in the cloud or over the Web. LotusLive Engage is IBM's enterprise applications challenge to Microsoft Windows Live and Google Apps ...
RIM Now Supports IBM Lotus Quickr, Lotus Symphony on Smartphones
Research In Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie celebrates RIM BlackBerry's 10th anniversary in enteprise mobility by pledging support for IBM Lotus Quickr, Lotus Symphony and additional support for Lotus Connections. Also, application develop ...
DiVitas Offers a Solid Unified Communications Option
DiVitas Networks' newest mobile UC platform moves beyond the usual fixed mobile convergence features to include secured instant messaging, presence and visual voicemail. Such features made up for a disappointing set-up experience.