Google threw the gauntlet down before the software industry to clean up its mistakes faster than has been done in …
LANDesk buys Protect product family from VMware
To concentrate more on software-defined data centres, hybrid clouds and end-user computing, VMware has sold the Protect product family to …
Apple infected by Java-based malware
Apple on Tuesday said that some computers belonging to its employees had been targeted by hackers originating from China – …
Adobe Reader exploit ‘part of cyber espionage operation’
The head of the malware analysis team at antivirus vendor Kaspersky said last week that a recently found exploit that …
Flash Player vulnerabilities trigger emergency update
Adobe updated Flash Player on Thursday in order to patch a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers have reportedly been …
Microsoft responds to Internet Explorer vulnerability
Microsoft will deviate from its regular Internet Explorer repair schedule today by releasing a patch for older versions of its …
Google Maps sparks 29% rise in iOS 6 adoption
The launch of Google Maps in Apple’s App Store last week has boosted iOS 6 adoption by 29 per cent, …
Facebook acts to block mass harvesting of phone numbers
Facebook has restricted the rate at which users can perform phone number searches on its mobile website in order to …
Google pays $29k to Chrome bug bounty hunters
Google yesterday patched 24 vulnerabilities in Chrome, and paid out $29,500 in bounties to nine researchers, more than half of …
Android virus can also disable SIM cards, says researchers
A variation of the attack that can wipe data from Samsung Android devices when visiting a malicious Web page can …
VMware acquires desktop management company Wanova
VMware has acquired Wanova, a developer of software used to centralise and simplify image management on physical and virtual desktops, …
Apple, Oracle, Google lead major vendors with software vulnerabilities in Q1
Apple led all major technology vendors in reported vulnerabilities in its operating system and software during the first three months …
Microsoft retires Vista, Office 2007 from mainstream support this week
Microsoft will shift Windows Vista and Office 2007 into what it calls extended support over the next two days. Vista, …
HP unifies software support services
Hewlett-Packard has launched a new set of services that combine software support and professional services into a single unified offering. …
Microsoft says malware causing blue screen crashes
A hard-to-detect rootkit may be causing Windows XP systems to crash following Microsoft’s latest security updates. Windows users began flooding …
Microsoft says malware causing blue screen crashes
A hard-to-detect rootkit may be causing Windows XP systems to crash following Microsoft's latest security updates. Windows users began flooding …
Gmail to drop IE6 support this year
Google will suspend Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) support for its Gmail and Calendar services later this year, the company said …
Is Google hack an attack on cloud computing?
Google and proponents of cloud computing were quick to say that this week's Google hack should not raise questions about …
Facebook users booted for hitting message limit
Some Facebook users sending messages about the Haitian earthquake may have been a bit dismayed at times this week to …
Hackers used rigged PDFs to hit Google — and Adobe, says researcher
Adobe confirmed that the cyberattack that hit its corporate network earlier this month was connected to the large-scale attacks Google …