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January 08, 2009
Open Cloud Consortium addresses the technical issues facing cloud computing; University of California, Irvine researchers are applying lessons learned from music and video peer-to-peer file transfer networks to a system for reducing traffic jams on the roads. (6:49)
January 07, 2009
AT&T is building a production-quality IPv6 data network for the U.S. Army in Germany that will cost approximately $23 million when it is completed next year; An information technology think tank is urging Congress to devote $30 billion toward the IT industry, saying such a move will create or retain nearly 1 million jobs, more than half of them at small businesses. (6:30)
January 06, 2009
Network-management vendor SolarWinds announced Monday it has acquired the assets of New Zealand-based software maker Kiwi Enterprises; Users of social-networking and micro-blogging site Twitter have been caught in a phishing scam and tricked into revealing their Twitter user names and passwords. (5:27)
January 05, 2009
Verizon is setting up a Wild West-style telecom showdown by expanding its FiOS network further into territory traditionally held by rival AT&T. Juniper has the most to gain from Nortel's tenuous financial position, according to a bulletin issued last month by investment firm Oppenheimer & Co. (5:17)
December 29, 2008
Pirated copies of a Windows 7 build pegged by many as the beta Microsoft will release next month have leaked to the Internet. In other news, efforts to restore normal communications between Europe and Asia have suffered a setback after an important undersea cable broke for a second time, this time at a much greater depth. (4:52)
December 19, 2008
Does transitioning to virtualization increase security risks? Some state CIOs are hoping that their aging IT systems -- some so old that the source code is missing -- can get a similar makeover. (7:05)
December 18, 2008
Security experts say that Web surfers should immediately install a new bug-fix for Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, released Wednesday morning. Novell has alerted customers and partners that it is cancelling its annual BrainShare conference, which was to have been held in Salt Lake City in March, due to would-be attendees’ restricted travel budgets. (5:21)
December 17, 2008
Apple Tuesday announced that the January 2009 Macworld Conference & Expo will be its last. Government lawyer: "Bribery was nothing less than standard operating procedure for Siemens" (6:05)
December 16, 2008
Wireless local-area-network vendor Trapeze Networks – itself acquired by Belden six months ago -- announced Monday it has acquired Newbury Networks. Which are the "most trusted" companies in terms of data privacy -- those that are good stewards of the personal information they collect in the course of doing business? (5:51)
December 15, 2008
Cisco has a number of significant product introductions on tap for 2009, as the company continues to morph from a pure networking player into an overall IT supplier. Alcatel-Lucent is naming enterprises as one of three markets it will focus on as it lays off 1,000 more workers and makes cuts in other areas in an attempt to turn the company around. (4:46)
December 12, 2008
Citi projects 10% to 20% decline in 2009; could be worst-ever year for CIOs; FSF alleges Cisco's Linksys products violated its software licenses. (5:43)
December 11, 2008
The Federal Trade Commission today got a court to at least temporarily halt a massive "scareware" scheme, which falsely claimed that scans had detected viruses, spyware, and pornography on consumers' computers; Cybercriminals operating worldwide are benefitting from ineffective law enforcement and a growing economic recession that could make jittery people more susceptible to cybercrime scams. (5:29)
December 10, 2008
A leading management consulting firm is predicting tough times ahead for CIOs, as companies cut IT spending and turn to commodity services to preserve cash during the recession; Microsoft Tuesday released its final eight patches of 2008, which address 28 vulnerabilities including a critical flaw in the new search component in Vista and Windows Server 2008. (6:47)
December 09, 2008
Liquid Machines Monday announced it is integrating McAfee's data-loss prevention technology into its enterprise rights management software; Microsoft Monday released the first public beta of the BizTalk Server 2009 and made available radio-frequency identification -- RFID -- mobile features for the current version of the software. (5:46)
December 08, 2008
Cloud services, such as software-as-a-service and cloud storage, will outperform more traditional IT alternatives; U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has outlined an ambitious plan to give every child in the U.S. access to the Internet and to connect the nation's hospitals with "cutting edge technology." (3:43)
December 05, 2008
Imprisoned former WorldCom chief Bernie Ebbers is hoping that President Bush will give him the gift of clemency this holiday season; AT&T hopes to standardize on a single operating system for AT&T-branded smartphones as part of a "dramatic consolidation" of its mobile platforms over the next few years. (5:15)
December 04, 2008
In the largest monthly layoff toll since January 2002, U.S. companies cut 181,671 jobs in November; Capital spending among service providers may decrease by more than 10% next year. (5:49)
December 03, 2008
VMware View, a product that VMware previewed in September, is now available; Unisys has developed an encryption-based method that lets “communities of interest” using Microsoft Windows desktops and servers securely share data based on group policies with the Unisys Stealth Solution for Network. (6:00)
December 02, 2008
With cyber Monday comes an FBI warning against spam containing malware and phishing attempts that appear to be greeting cards and ads for shopping bargains; Internet security gurus and leading vendors are urging the U.S. federal government to rapidly deploy security and authentication mechanisms at the top level of the DNS hierarchy, which is known as the root zone. (6:50)
December 01, 2008
Microsoft is warning users of a rise in attacks on a vulnerability in Windows that could trigger a worm infestation on networks. And the company is encouraging users to apply an emergency patch released in October. A talking Web, solar technology embedded in windows and cell phones, and the end of forgetting - will all come in the next five years, IBM predicts in its third annual Next Five in Five list, detailing innovations that could change our lives in the next half-decade. (5:24)
November 26, 2008
For the first time in its history, Cisco will be shutting down during the year-end holiday season to save money; Mozilla will probably add a third beta to the development schedule for Firefox 3.1 to get a better handle on remaining bugs and give several new features. (6:09)
November 25, 2008
IBM is working on a platform for collaborative mashups that requires little more than a browser and a server to create a shared environment that includes audio and videoconferencing; The 40 gigabits-per-second market is moving into a general deployment phase because video is stressing network capacities, according to research firm Ovum. (2:40)
November 24, 2008
The criminal market online for buying and selling stolen credit cards, pirated software and information about financial accounts is thriving, according to a report published Monday by Symantec. Alcatel-Lucent this week is expected to unveil a range of enhancements to its enterprise product portfolio, including an upgraded data center switch and IP telephony extensions. (5:31)
November 21, 2008
The Nokia 6010 and the Motorola RAZR V3 have topped one electronics-recycling firm's list of the most-recycled cell phones in 2008; Standards body debates fixing DNS or pushing new security scheme. (5:43)
November 20, 2008
Microsoft will no longer play under the bright lights of Major League Baseball, which has decided to throw out the vendor's Silverlight browser add-on in favor of Adobe's Flash; A change at the helm of Yahoo won't revive a Microsoft takeover offer, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said during the company's annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday. (4:42)
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