In the five months since its release, Microsoft’s Windows 7 has captured twice the usage share than did Vista in …
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 …
Global IP traffic to increase fivefold by 2013, Cisco predicts
Our fixed mobile convergence coverage has typically focused more on bringing IP telephony to the mobile device than on the …
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 …
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. …
Outlook Social Connector a worthwhile add-on
Microsoft’s just-released beta of the Outlook Social Connector aims to solve a formidable problem: How to retain Outlook’s centrality when …
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 …
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 …
NEC supports cloud computing services for telcos
Global provider of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions NEC has announced support of cloud computing services for telecommunications …
Google closes On2 acquisition for $124.6 million
Google has finished its acquisition of video-compression-technology vendor On2 Technologies, boosting its efforts in online video. The deal closed after …
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 …
3M partners with Aptec
The distribution partnership will focus on 3M Premise Solutions, which offers full data cabling systems in both copper and optical …
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 …
Intel wants to put Moorestown chips into tablets
Intel is going after the tablet market for its low-power processors, including an upcoming Atom processor designed for mobile phones, …