As the economic news continues to get bleaker, double-digit budget cuts are becoming a fact of life in many IT …
Unpatched PDF bug poses growing threat, say researchers
An unpatched bug in popular PDF viewing and editing applications is much more dangerous than first thought, according to security …
Blackberry App Store Sets Recession-Defying Prices
Research In Motion (RIM) yesterday announced its application store for BlackBerry devices, now called as App World. The service, previously …
Microsoft confirms IE8 kill switch in Windows 7
Microsoft Corp. confirmed that users will be able to remove Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), as well as several other integrated …
Security expert worries about smart phone, TinyURL threats
It’s just that F-Secure’s chief security advisor doesn’t want people overlooking the other 29,999 malware files his company sees a …
Vista-downgrade lawsuit: Microsoft now accused of price-gouging
The California woman suing Microsoft Corp. over Windows Vista's downgrade rights revised her lawsuit yesterday to focus her charges on …
Sun’s stellar NAS in a can
Not so long ago, we tested the Sun Fire X4500 Storage Server, aka Thumper, which was a dual-CPU, dual-core Opteron-based …
The promise of desktop virtualisation
What is desktop virtualisation? The use of software to abstract the operating system, applications and associated data from the user's …
Users gain options for mobile voice encryption
U.S. President Barack Obama's dilemma over the security of his BlackBerry has given rise to an increased interested in systems …
Microsoft: Enterprises will be able to self-host Windows Azure
Future versions of Windows Server will enable companies to efficiently manage and provide virtualized applications through the Web just like …
Sybase unveils SMS services for mobile location and advertising
Sybase has announced two new mobile services based on SMS messaging, one for phone users to get turn-by-turn directions, another …
PC shipments to recover gradually in 2010, IDC says
Expecting the recession to worsen, IDC updated its PC shipment forecast, saying shipments would decline further in 2009 before showing …
Corporate SaaS considerations myriad, complex
Amid the growing popularity of software-as-a-service, IT managers are faced with a sometimes monumental task of developing big-picture strategies and …
Symantec identifies third, more aggressive Downadup variant
A third version of Downadup has been identified by Symantec, which says the new variant gives infected machines more powerful …