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…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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,…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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,…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

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…

16 years ago

ContentWatch Security Appliance Offers Filtering, Anti-malware

ContentWatch's CP 300 security appliance offers very good content filtering, traffic shaping and anti-malware capabilities, as well as excellent reporting.…

16 years ago

Testing Microsoft’s Windows Application Whitelisting Tool

The SRP feature in Microsoft Windows doesn't offer the same granularity of control or change management capabilities as whitelisting options…

16 years ago

MetaGeek Wi-Spy DBx Offers Cheap, Easy WLAN Analysis

With the proliferation of WLANs in businesses and homes, the need to plan and police wireless networks is growing. The…

16 years ago

Microsoft Virtualization Goes Cross-Platform with VMware Support

With System Centre Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Microsoft adds support for VMware ESX Infrastructure virtualization technology. With Hyper-V virtualization technology,…

16 years ago

Microsoft’s Exchange Isn’t the Only Way to Get the Message Out

Updated offerings from Gordano and IBM Lotus prove compelling alternatives to Microsoft Exchange Server.

16 years ago

Treo Pro Looks Good, but Needs Improving

The Treo Pro from Palm is bringing a sleek new look to the smartphone for business users. However, the erratic…

16 years ago

Nokia’s E71 Is a Well-Equipped Smartphone

Nokia's E71 is a slim, feature-packed smart phone with an excellent thumb keyboard and enough battery life to last a…

16 years ago

Novell Adds Application Virtualization to Portfolio

Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization does a good job of virtualising software on Microsoft Windows desktop PCs. It is also a…

16 years ago

HP ProLiant DL185 G5 Storage Server Is Capable, Quick

With the ProLiant DL185 G5, Hewlett-Packard introduces a major update to the management software that improves usability over earlier versions…

16 years ago