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Planning for virtualization? Beware of server overload
As virtualization stretches deeper into the enterprise to include mission-critical and resource-intensive applications, IT executives are learning that double-digit physical-to-virtual server ratios...
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Oracle buys AmberPoint for SOA management
Oracle fattened up its already burgeoning middleware stack, announcing that it has purchased SOA (service oriented architecture) management vendor AmberPoint. Terms were...
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Xerox, ACS close $6.4B merger deal
Xerox Corp.’s $6.4 billion acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services Inc., approved by the shareholders of both companies on Friday, creates a combined...
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Report: Google to make Gmail more social
Google plans to tweak Gmail to make it easier for its users to post and share status updates, in an attempt to...
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Adobe apologizes for 16-month-old Flash bug
Adobe apologized over the weekend for letting a 16-month-old bug in Flash Player languish without a patch, even though it updated the...
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Cisco to unleash data center extensions
Cisco next week is expected to unveil new and enhanced data center products that are designed to more easily interconnect and allocate...
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Almasa IT Distribution signs Ericom Software
This agreement authorises Almasa IT Distribution to distribute, market, service and maintain designated Ericom Software in the Middle East and Africa Region....
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IBM details world’s fastest graphene transistor
Thanks to a change in recipe, IBM has created a graphene-based processor that can execute 100 billion cycles per second (100GHz), almost...
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Blackberry spyware source code released
Veracode released Blackberry-specific spyware, which the code-review specialist intends as a “call for defensive research” to show that the BlackBerry is vulnerable...
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Facebook celebrates 6th birthday with redesign
Facebook is celebrating its sixth anniversary with another redesign of its homepage. Employees at Facebook last night were celebrating the company’s anniversary,...
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iPhone, BlackBerry users can make VoIP calls over 3G
With its newest software, Agito lets a cell phone user place a voice call as a VoIP data connection, over a 3G...
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Symantec hit with class-action lawsuit over auto-renewals
A New York man has sued security software maker Symantec for automatically renewing his subscription to Norton Antivirus, alleging that the company...
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How IE flaw can turn your PC into a public file server
In a live demonstration at the Black Hat DC conference, a security consultant showed how it’s possible to exploit a flaw in...
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Google’s leading, but where do other Web giants stand on IPv6?
The most popular Web sites are under increasing pressure to add support for IPv6, a long-anticipated upgrade to IPv4, the Internet’s main...
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Asustek plans Eee Book e-reader and tablet PC to rival iPad
Netbook pioneer Asustek Computer plans to launch its own e-reader and a tablet PC to rival Apple’s iPad in the second half...