A hard-to-detect rootkit may be causing Windows XP systems to crash following Microsoft’s latest security updates. Windows users began flooding …
EU approves HP’s 3Com acquisition
The European Commission has approved Hewlett-Packard’s $2.7 billion takeover of 3Com without attaching conditions, the Commission announced. HP and 3Com …
Researchers find huge weakness in European payment cards
Hundreds of millions of payment cards throughout Europe have a flaw that could allow criminals with a stolen card to …
Google tweaks Buzz to address privacy concerns
Just two days after launching its Buzz social networking tools, Google said it has tweaked the technology address early privacy …
Adobe to rush out another critical Reader patch
Just weeks after patching a critical flaw, Adobe Systems is rushing out another patch for its Reader and Acrobat software. …
Motorola will split up in Q1 2011
Motorola will be split into two publicly traded companies in the first quarter of next year, with one focusing on …
APC plans new push into containerised data centres
Power and cooling company APC by Schneider Electric will make a new push this year into the market for containerized …
Credit card data security: Who’s responsible?
About a year ago security at Heartland Payment Systems Inc. was breached and information affecting more than 100 million credit …
It’s Microsoft’s Game to Lose with Windows Mobile 7
Speculation is mounting that Microsoft will show off the Windows Mobile 7 operating system at a wireless industry conference in …
Microsoft announces Office for Mac 2011
Microsoft provided the most extensive look yet into the next version of the Mac version of its popular Office suite …
Google buys social search company Aardvark
Google is buying Aardvark, a company that fields questions and routes them for answers to the most qualified respondents within …
Mozilla retracts Firefox add-on malware claim
Mozilla Corp. acknowledged that it had falsely accused a developer of infecting a Firefox add-on with attack code. The admission …
Opera to reveal alternative iPhone browser next week
Opera Software plans to demo a version of its Opera Mini browser for the iPhone at the Mobile World Congress …
Judge dismisses Windows anti-piracy software lawsuit
A federal judge last week dismissed a three-year-old lawsuit that accused Microsoft of duping customers when it fed them company …