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IT faces 'dire shortage' of core skills, study (Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:13:54 -0800)
The skills needed to modernize core IT assets are in short supply, according to latest report from the application-management company The lack of core IT skills is a major impediment to modernizing key IT assets, according to a survey by application-management company Micro Focus. ...
Hackers boot Linux on iPhone (Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:39:18 -0800)
A new front has opened in the ongoing arms race between Apple and iPhone hackers, with one hacker group making the iPhone boot with a Linux 2.6 kernel. A new front has opened in the ongoing arms race between Apple and iPhone hackers, with one hacker group making the...
Survey: CIOs 'out of the loop' (Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:16:14 -0800)
CIOs are often seen as "glorified IT directors", looking after the day-to-day running of IT systems, instead of being used to align IT with business aims. Chief information officers are "out of the loop", according to a survey carried out by London-based Deloitte and the Cranfield School of Management....
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...
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