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Who gains from Microsoft's free Morro antivirus? (Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:58:43 -0800)
Microsoft is dropping its subscription-based antivirus software in favor of a free package, code-named 'Morro'. ScanSafe Internet-security expert Mary Landesman investigates Microsoft's motives. Commentary--Microsoft is to replace its paid-for antivirus product with a free one, citing an altruistic desire to spread protection around the world. But many are less...
Sun warns of bugs as it releases MySQL 5.1 (Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:48:08 -0800)
MySQL's founder has released version 5.1 of the open-source database software, but simultaneously warned of a number of bugs present in the new features that still need to be fixed. Sun has released version 5.1 of the open-source MySQL database software, but the software's founder simultaneously warned...
Text analytics helps find what you're searching for (Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:20:32 -0800)
As search becomes more and more of a commodity, many people are beginning to ask whats next for the enterprise search industry. The answer may lie with the fast-evolving area of text analytics, says Lexalytics' Jeff Catlin. Commentary--Enterprise search is still growing, evolving and improving....
Benchmarks: AMD's 45nm 'Shanghai' Opteron (Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:27:16 -0800)
AMD's 'Shanghai' processors are the company's first chips to utilize the improved performance and efficiency of 45nm technology. ZDNet Germany tests show that they have made up important ground on Intel Xeon chips. AMD's 'Shanghai' processors are the company's first chips to utilize the improved performance and efficiency of...
A guide to cutting IT costs (Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:05:10 -0800)
Reduction of spending in the IT department is more art than science. Metri consultant Paul Michaels offers some advice on how to get it right. For the past few months everyone was hoping the IT industry might be saved the worst of the credit crunch fallout, on the...
Mac OS X targeted by Trojan and backdoor tool (Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:38:55 -0800)
Two new pieces of malware affecting Mac OS X appeared this week, a Trojan horse and a hacker tool for creating backdoors. Two pieces of malicious software affecting Apple's Mac OS X appeared this week: a Trojan horse with the ability to download and install malicious code of an...
Sun updates NetBeans with PHP support (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:21:55 -0800)
Version 6.5 of the open-source NetBeans IDE has support for the PHP scripting language and a preview of Python support. Sun Microsystems on Wednesday introduced a version of the open-source NetBeans integrated development environment IDE, with expanded support for web and Java software development. The...
Mozilla to end support for Firefox 2 (Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:08:07 -0800)
Stability and security releases for the browser will end next month, despite ongoing problems with Firefox 3 The Mozilla Foundation is planning to end support for the Firefox 2 browser in mid-December, despite the persistence of significant flaws in the most-recent version of the popular browser. ...
Mobile industry calls for RFID payment push (Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:01:25 -0800)
The GSM Association has called on manufacturers to build technology for contactless payments into their handsets by the middle of next year The GSM Association has called on phone manufacturers to build RFID technology into handsets from mid-2009, in a bid to kick start the mobile-payment industry. ...
Greening the data center (Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:06:41 -0800)
Rising costs of energy - along with limited availability of energy in some areas are forcing the IT industry to take a new approach in designing and managing data centers, says IBM's Christopher O'Connor. Commentary--Energy efficiency is a significant global issue today, and is expected to be even...
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