The results of an online test conducted by U.K. anti-virus firm Sophos found that more often than not, PC users don't install Microsoft's monthly patches.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/23/2008
When it comes to having superuser privileges in an IT environment that's host to sensitive information, absolute power can absolutely corrupt, a study shows.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/23/2008
Customers of Bloomberg LP's real-time market data who have long been receiving feeds on their BlackBerrys can now receive them on their Windows Mobile-based devices, thanks to a recently completed development effort.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/20/2008
The subprime meltdown that has roiled the financial markets since last fall will negatively impact the amount large investment houses, banks and brokerages will spend on IT overall -- and on software development projects in particular -- in the coming years.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/20/2008
On Thursday, Version 11.0 GM of the openSuSE Linux-based operating system was publicly released.
Microsoft reissues a "critical" patch relating to Bluetooth wireless technology that was released last week as part of its June update cycle.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/19/2008
It took only five hours from the release of Firefox version 3.0 for a researcher to report a critical vulnerability in the open source browser.
- By William Jackson
- 06/19/2008
An Nvidia representative today confirmed the view that Intel is delaying release of the Universal Serial Bus 3.0 specification to chipmakers.
At the International Supercomputing Conference being held this week in Germany, Microsoft announced that it will roll out the first release candidate (RC1) of its Windows HPC Server 2008 for high-performance computing in the last week of June.
The volunteer-led Mozilla project has released version 3 of the Firefox browser.
- By Joab Jackson
- 06/18/2008
Just as Microsoft seems to be patching up antitrust relations with the U.S. government, a Chinese newspaper suggested today that the company could be subject to antitrust legal actions in China.
Outsourcing "megadeals" appear to be on the wane. According to market watcher Gartner Inc., the number of reported megadeals -- contracts of $1 billion or more awarded to a single vendor -- actually declined last year. Does this mean that outsourcing itself is on the way out?
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 06/17/2008
Computer Economics released a new report characterizing the adoption rate of Windows Vista by businesses as "slow."
Microsoft yesterday kicked off the NXTcomm08 event by showcasing its IPTV telco and service provider offerings.
The High Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N), a Swedish consortium of universities and research centers based out of Umea University, is installing a supercomputer that combines IBM Cell Broadband Engines and Power processors with quad-core Intel Xeon processors running both Windows and Linux in a dual-boot configuration.
For over a year now, IBM Corp. has made "greening" a centerpiece of its marketing efforts, kicking off a $1 billion green IT investment last spring called "Project Big Green," touting mainframe-centric greening initiatives and, just recently, trumpeting a new "green" approach to software.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 06/17/2008
Microsoft and 15 partner companies, including Unisys and EDS, announced a new working alliance intent on forging technology architecture for the heath and human services (HHS) market.
Novell announced last Wednesday that it has joined Microsoft's Server Virtualization Validation Program.
- By Chris Riedel
- 06/16/2008
Microsoft has joined the Open Source Census as a sponsor, according to an announcement issued by OpenLogic, which founded the group.
Microsoft works to correct issue that kept some administrators using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 from downloading the latest security updates.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/16/2008