Google has finished its acquisition of video-compression-technology vendor On2 Technologies, boosting its efforts in online video. The deal closed after …
Rhomobile upgrades smarpthone dev platform
Rhomobile unveiled this week an upgrade to Rhodes, its open source framework for building native applications for multiple smartphone platforms. …
nCircle prioritizes Microsoft, Adobe, Apple patches for users
Security auditing vendor nCircle Network announced free priority ratings for patches coming from Microsoft, Adobe, Apple and others, offering IT …
Protect data with encrypted hard drives
If you want to encrypt the contents of an external hard drive to protect its data in case of loss …
EU Windows users get first peek at browser ballot next week
Microsoft announced it would start offering a browser ballot screen to some European users next week and plans to begin …
Ethics of monitoring PC activity
A Pennsylvania school district is under fire, and facing a potential class-action lawsuit related to allegations that it spied on …
How to effectively contract your network privacy
When you use the public cloud, is your data in the “public” space? According to the Department of Justice it …
Botnet revelation shows darker underbelly of malware
Information gathered about a newly discovered botnet called Kneber indicates that multiple infections by different malware on the same host …
Cisco-HP split may not be too painful for customers
Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard probably won't force their mutual customers to take sides after the end of their partnership, though …
Sony/Microsoft rivalry heats up on mobile phones
At the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona this week, both Sony and Microsoft announced new phones that support PlayStation …
Kneber just another botnet?
The Kneber botnet, so christened by security firm NetWitness in describing it to the press, is nothing new and there …
Apple updates MobileMe for iPhone
Gripers take note: Apple has updated and improved the MobileMe experience for iPhone and iPod touch users. If you go …
SAS and Accenture form predictive analytics group
SAS Institute Inc. and Accenture Plc. are teaming up to form the Accenture SAS Analytics Group, a joint venture that …
Active Directory: 10 years old and thinking cloud
Ten years ago, Microsoft released its Active Directory technology to skepticism that it could build an infrastructure technology to anchor …