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Adobe acted to address a zero-day vulnerability in its Flash Player 10 and lower versions by issuing a a "critical" patch on Wednesday.
- By Editorial Staff
- 09/22/2011
Former eBay chief Meg Whitman has been tapped to replace the now-fired president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co., Leo Apotheker.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/22/2011
Carriers and manufacturers may start rolling out the first batch of Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" updates next week, according to Microsoft.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 09/22/2011
According to Connected Intelligence, a New York-based analytic group that studies the consumer handheld market, 44 percent of current smartphone users are considering buying a Windows Phone 7 device in the future.
Google's Android and Apple's iOS will be the dominant tablet operating systems in the market through 2015, with Microsoft's Windows 8 OS trailing at a distant third, according to the latest Gartner projections.
Microsoft's new extensible virtual switch in Hyper-V 3.0 for Windows Server 8 has already been implemented by 5nine, Broadcom, Cisco, inMon and NEC, among others.
Microsoft last week released a community technology preview version of Windows Management Framework 3.0.
Attacks based on an implementation flaw of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) cryptographic protocol will be demonstrated on Friday by two security researchers.
According to former presidential adviser Richard Clarke, the U.S.'s cyber defense is falling behind the resources and expertise of attackers, which leaves critical infrastructure and data vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated attacks.
- By William Jackson
- 09/20/2011
In a NASA project named Ride the Light, the government organization is researching ways to refuel spacecraft from earth using microwave or laser energy.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 09/20/2011
Microsoft re-released Security Advisory (2607712) yesterday to replace a previous flawed update that failed to include all blocked Web certificates from a Dutch certificate authority firm.
HP's board is meeting on Wednesday to discuss replacing CEO Leo Apotheker, according to several published reports citing unnamed sources that are apparently informed on the matter.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/20/2011
IT professionals wondering what x86 applications "Windows 8" will support in the near future probably will have to wait.
Microsoft provided more details about its upcoming Windows To Go product running Windows 8 at its Build conference on Thursday.
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Microsoft outlined some Windows Azure advances today on Day 2 of its Build conference for developers.
Microsoft described improvements in its next-generation server technology, code-named "Windows Server 8," at its Build conference for developers today.
Five "important" security bulletins arrived as scheduled for September's Patch Tuesday, after an unintentional leak of early details last week from Microsoft.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/13/2011
Microsoft handed out 5,000 Windows 8 tablets to developers today during its Build conference, currently being held in Anaheim, Calif.