Browser-based attacks, bot vector incursions, targeted phishing, mobile hacking and insider espionage rank as top five security menaces for 2008.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/18/2008
Green IT. Everyone wants it or is paying lip service about wanting it.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 01/18/2008
Following reports that Microsoft released "Milestone 1" for Windows 7 to several partners, TG Daily reports that software will get released in late 2009.
ChangeWave says Apple's Leopard operating system gets high marks from consumers, with Vista editions trailing the pack.
Microsoft hired a former Disney executive for its chief information officer vacancy. Tony Scott, 56, will start as CIO in February and report to Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/17/2008
Redmond's MEDC will be rolled into ESC and Tech Ed 2008.
Business software maker Oracle Corp. agreed Wednesday to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion, a compromise price that ends a months-long dispute over the value of the company that pioneered Web services software.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/16/2008
Sun Microsystems today said it will acquire MySQL, the leading supplier of open source database software, for $1 billion.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/16/2008
A Microsoft spokesperson said today that Rob Short, corporate vice president of Windows Core Technology, left the Redmond, Wash.-based company last month.
Microsoft Corp. said hackers have found a way to use some older versions of its Excel spreadsheet program to take over control of people's computers.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/16/2008
Privacy concerns stemming from online shopping rose in 2007, a new study finds, as the loss or theft of credit card information and other personal data soared to unprecedented levels.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/16/2008
Microsoft today followed up on its earlier promise to start releasing the .NET framework library source code for .NET 3.5.
VMware, the world's largest maker of virtualization software, is expanding its empire with the acquisition of application virtualization vendor Thinstall.
Microsoft this week has rolled out a turnkey solution that ties front-end CRM functions with back-end ERP and supply chain management systems.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/15/2008
At the Macworld Conference & Expo, Microsoft today is releasing Office 2008 for Mac, the latest version of the company's ubiquitous office productivity suite.
European Union regulators investigating whether Microsoft is using monopoly powers to squeeze out competing Internet browsers and software rivals.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/14/2008
IBM's new Rational Team Concert Express aims to make it easier for dispersed development teams to work together writing software and better track changes and contributions more efficiently
- By Barbara Darrow
- 01/14/2008
Microsoft Corp. is bringing digital advertising to the grocery cart. The software maker spent four years working with Plano, Texas-based MediaCart Holdings Inc. on a grocery cart-mounted console that helps shoppers find products in the store, then scan and pay for their items without waiting in the checkout line.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/14/2008
The fourth quarter usually is the best time of the year for IBM Corp., but rarely does it look this good.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/14/2008
A flock of new-age tech powers -- Amazon.com, Google, eBay, Facebook -- want your developers to target their pieces of "the Cloud."
- By Barbara Darrow
- 01/10/2008