Microsoft Corp. today patched eight vulnerabilities — three of them marked “critical” — in Internet Explorer, Office, Exchange and SQL …
Managing software assets
The current climate of company mergers and downsizing is putting CIOs under pressure to keep the lid on software costs …
McAfee touts integrated compliance suite
McAfee has taken steps to integrate its vulnerability assessment and policy management products in a single suite to make it …
Don’t be a data loss victim
Somebody was siphoning customer financial data from a chain of gas station/convenience stores. The perpetrator covered his tracks so well …
Symantec to deliver cloud-based backup service
Symantec will begin offering an online storage service targeted at consumers by the end of next month. The product is …
IBM prepares to take on 21st century infrastructure
IBM aired plans to integrate physical and digital worlds, manage ever-growing amounts of data and reduce inefficient environments for customers …
Kaspersky says Web hack ‘should not have happened’
It's the worst thing that can happen to a computer security vendor: This weekend, Moscow's Kaspersky Lab was hacked. A …
Paramount warns against data theft
Providing a safe and secure environment within the constraints of today’s budgets and regulations is a challenge for top management …
The ‘n’ stands for now
Without delving too deeply into the past, we all remember the war-driving horror stories: buggy Wired Equivalent Privacy implementations, 802.11b …
BlackBerry still targeting businesses
While competitors like the Apple iPhone and the budding Google Android platform have garnered a lot of attention lately, Research …
Economy could slow enterprise adoption of Windows 7
The turbulent economy could hinder enterprise adoption of Windows 7, even though many companies opted to skip Windows Vista and …
HP urges LaserJet users to patch printers
Hewlett-Packard Co. has warned owners of some of its laser printers to update their devices' firmware or risk having remote …
Top 10 spam-friendly registrars named and shamed
Spam-fighting organization KnujOn has released a report on the top 10 registrars it has linked to spam and other illicit …
Microsoft enhances office communication with better voice
Nearly 16 months after launching its unified communications platform and taking aim at replacing the venerable PBX, Microsoft now has …
Critical Flaw in RealPlayer, Firefox Fixes
A serious flaw in the RealPlayer media player from RealNetworks could allow an attacker to take control of a victim …
Virtualization brings EMC and Microsoft closer
EMC and Microsoft have extended a partnership that focuses on interoperability of products related to virtualization, security and content management, …
Give Vista a Windows 7 Makeover
Let's be realistic, Windows 7 is pretty much going to be like Windows Vista with a fresh coat of UI …
Trends that will change our lives
The past two years have been exciting ones for mobility, with the dawn of netbooks, 4G communications and the first …
Cisco warns of four WLAN controller vulnerabilities
Cisco issued a security alert warning of a quartet of vulnerabilities affecting all of its wireless LAN controllers, including the …
Windows 7 to be sold in six versions
Looking to answer complaints about the proliferation of Windows flavors, Microsoft Corp. said today that it will generally deploy two …