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Windows 7 may be secure, but are Windows users safe?
Windows 7 users got a nice surprise when Microsoft released its first set of security patches since unveiling the new operating system...
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Logitech’s LifeSize buy bewilders
Logitech’s only video products are commodity Web cams, but that will change when the company closes a deal to buy high-definition videoconferencing...
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Hundreds of Facebook groups ‘hijacked’
An anonymous group calling itself "Control Your Info" has taken over hundreds of Facebook groups to highlight what it claims is a...
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Intel to roll out new low-cost and high-end SSDs
Intel Corp. will release a $120 solid-state disk (SSD) drive positioned as a server "boot drive" with only 40GB of capacity, but...
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Windows 7 early adoption rate outpaces Vista’s
Windows 7 has broken the 4% market share barrier in less than three weeks, a mark that took Windows Vista five months...
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AMD hopes to end GPU shortage by late November
Executives at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. this week said they are hoping that the company’s new 40-nanometer graphics processing units will be...
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Apple delivers mammoth update, patches 58 bugs
Apple patched 58 vulnerabilities in its Mac operating systems, the most since May 2009, including several in the QuickTime media player that...
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Open source software ready for big business
The combination of pumped-up technical features and relatively low prices are giving vendors with open source-based products more inroads to corporate networks...
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First USB 3.0 flash drive has 10X the speed of previous drives
Super Talent Technology announced what it claimed is the industry’s first USB 3.0 compliant flash drive, which can support data transfer rates...
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Firefox flaws account for 44% of all browser bugs
Firefox accounted for almost half of all browser vulnerabilities in the first six months of 2009, a Web security company claimed today....
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Microsoft to release security guidelines for Agile
Microsoft will release guidelines for developers building online applications and for those using the Agile code-development process. The Agile guidelines apply principles...
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Brocade, Oracle partner for database, SAN connectivity
In a sweeping announcement, Brocade and Oracle last week introduced a variety of solutions designed specifically for use with Oracle database and...
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Microsoft, Novell say alliance still bearing fruit
The alliance between Microsoft Corp. and Novell Corp. continues to bear fruit three years after it was first signed, say the two...
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Droid encourages boost for Android game development
According to mobile analytics provider Flurry the release of Motorola’s eagerly-anticipated Android 2.0 smartphone the "Droid" has provoked renewed interest in application...
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Microsoft plans six patches next week, ties November record
Microsoft said it will deliver six security updates Tuesday, less than half the number it issued last month, to fix flaws in...