Friday, July 10, 2009
Experts: Don't rely solely on patches
Following unresolved ActiveX vulnerability in Internet Explorer, security experts say users should take extra precaution and not rely on critical patches alone.
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Apple patches two critical Safari bugs
Update fixes two bugs that put Mac and Windows systems at risk of cross-site scripting attacks or of being taken over.
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DirectX targeted in Microsoft security updates
Microsoft Patch Tuesday preview shows that one of six security updates slated for next week will target critical hole in DirectX.
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E-books won't reign over traditional books
Readers have access to soft versions of books and other reading materials but such options remain only as alternatives, says Singapore's national library.
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S'pore SOEasy to roll out this month
Mega project to standardize desktop, network and messaging elements across government agencies begins in July, but authorities are sketchy on details.
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Europe falling behind US in cloud
Small European businesses need Europe-hosted cloud computing services within five years, according to region's commissioner for telecoms and media.
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Can RIM get mojo back with BlackBerry Tour?
New BlackBerry Tour arrives this weekend in the United States, even as Research In Motion seems to be be unsettled by the likes of Apple's iPhone and Pre by Palm.
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Memory price hikes make SSDs less attractive
Surging prices for NAND-type flash memory creates new hurdle for adoption of solid-state drives by making them significantly more expensive.
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Google names Chrome OS hardware partners
The search and advertising giant has named the companies it will work with to develop hardware to support its Chrome operating system.
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Users upset after CA antivirus detects Windows system file as virus
Computer Associates says it will offer a tool to search for affected files and restore them to original extension.
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Fujitsu to plug in Citrix virtualization
Citrix's Xen technology will be combined with Fujitsu's servers and workplace virtualization portfolio to provide an integrated bundle for setting up VDIs.
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Silverlight 3 debuts ahead of official launch
Microsoft posts final version of its Adobe Flash rival, a day ahead of its official launch in San Francisco.
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First open source Symbian software released
With release of OS Security Package code, the Symbian Foundation takes first step to eventually open source its entire mobile operating system.
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Hotmail gets more Bing with new quick add menu
Users of the popular Web mail service can now do Bing searches that can be stuck inside of outgoing messages and replies.
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Google image search gets usage rights filtering
Google updates its image search to let users filter by images they can reuse and repurpose, which may keep the search giant from getting into hot water with content creators.
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Thursday, July 09, 2009
S'pore firms investing more on innovative tools
CIOs in the country will increase investments on Web 2.0 technologies and emerging business management tools this year, according to IDC survey.
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'Great ICT Sale' to target Malaysian SMBs
Country's government agency plans business-to-business fair, in bid to narrow "SME digital divide" and urge small and midsize firms to embrace IT.
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Report: Still jobs for retrenched IT workers
Despite downturn, opportunities remain for retrenched IT candidates in Asia-Pacific region, where companies face skills shortage, says recruitment firm Randstad.
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To challenge Google, Microsoft might want to think Apple
Redmond's challenge is to prove the Windows experience is worth paying for. If it is looking for a game plan, it might want to look at how the Mac has tackled the PC.
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US govt review of Apple disclosure now more complex?
US Securities & Exchange Commission inquiry into whether Apple made misleading statements over CEO Steve Jobs' health is ongoing, according to report.
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PC makers mum about Chrome OS
None of the major PC vendors is ready to publicly commit to Google's newly announced operating system.
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Gartner finds lukewarm response to SaaS
Research firm's findings contradict general impression that software-as-a-service could help alleviate costs in economic downturn.
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Steven Sinofsky to head Windows division
Former Office executive has been leading engineering efforts in the post-Vista era and will now assume business responsibility as well.
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Google reveals its Chrome OS cohorts
The company names software, PC and chipmakers it's working with to bring its new operating system to netbooks.
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Developers will decide Pre's fate
For Pre to stamp smartphone competition, Palm must court developers whose support can "make or break" the device's success, analyst says.
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Facebook debuts 'fan box' tool
Aimed at brands, celebrities, nonprofits, and marketers, the new widget lets site visitors add themselves as Facebook "fans".
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Data protection laws vital for outsourcing hubs
Countries positioning themselves as outsourcing hubs must show they have stringent security regulations that protect customer data, say Symantec execs.
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US govt takes DDoS in its stride
Department of Homeland Security reports series of distributed denial of service attacks on U.S. government networks since July 4.
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EMC wins NetApp in Data Domain bidding war
NetApp's proposed merger agreement with Data Domain was terminated after the former declined to raise its bid. EMC will now have the rights to acquire in US$2.1 billion deal.
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Mozilla calls on coders to build Web-tool index
It is asking programmers to help build an Open Web Tools Directory in a bid create a comprehensive index of all open source developer tools available.
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Android on PC gets new input
A new alpha version of LiveAndroid has been released, adding mouse-controlled cursor and keyboard functionality to the PC port of Google's mobile operating system.
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Why Chrome OS? Google says, why not?
Google says it is building Chrome OS because it wants to improve the experience of using a computer. Of course, getting more people to spend their lives online and searching can't hurt.
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Netbooks get boost with telco deals
Operators' netbook giveaways for mobile broadband sign-ups have moved netbook units, but not had much impact on 3G subscriptions, says analyst.
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Chrome's new-tab page gets more interactive
Google's browser presents new options to try to take better advantage of the time when a person is launching the browser or opening a new tab.
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News sites stay up during Jackson memorial
News sites manage to stay up during Michael Jackson's memorial service, which brought in record numbers of traffic to both written content and streaming video.
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'Disintegrated' IT didn't help financial crisis
Financial firms could have better handled economic perils if they integrated technology-business infrastructure for more effective risk monitoring, say experts.
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Web radio, music industry reach agreement on royalties
After two years of negotiations, larger online radio stations agree to pay music industry 25 percent of revenue or a flat per-stream rate, whichever is greater.
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Analyst: June MacBook sales boost overall Mac numbers
New lineup of MacBooks unveiled at WWDC, along with fresh price cuts, should push Mac sales back up, says Piper Jaffray analyst.
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Outages cost large firms US$288K
update Over 90 percent of firms worldwide had to execute their disaster recovery plan last year, new report notes. Downtime in Asia costs US$150,000 on average.
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Judge sides with YouTube on several copyright issues
US Federal court dismissed some of the copyright complaints made by a class of plaintiffs because they were made overseas and aren't protected by US copyright law.
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Kindle patents lay out plan for ads
Patents, both approved and pending, show that Amazon may bundle free, ad-supported digital books with sales of physical books.
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Palm Pre set for European launch
The smartphone will arrive in Spain, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom in time for the holidays, in an exclusive deal with carrier Telefonica.
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Google plans OS based on Chrome browser
Google's browser project is the foundation for a Web-based operating system. Chrome OS netbooks are due in 2010.
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Microsoft promise lets Mono off the hook
The software maker is to extend its Community Promise to cover standards that underpin the .NET framework, thus clearing up some of the uncertainty surrounding the Mono project.
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Symantec backup gets client dedupe
The next update of NetBackup will add deduplication at the client, which should allow users to cut both storage and network bandwidth needs, according to Symantec
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Microsoft's Gazelle browser takes a radical path
Helen Wang, researcher behind Microsoft's Gazelle, discusses the effort to make the browser more like an operating system.
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Report: Microsoft, EU in talks over antitrust issues
Bloomberg says that Microsoft is looking to settle several pending issues before European Union Competition boss Neelie Kroes steps down at year's end.
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Security expert blesses Google Native Client technology
Researcher who wins bug-finding contest says Google Native Client technology is architecturally sound.
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MessageLabs: Short URLs in e-mail spam spikes
E-mail spam that includes truncated Web addresses sees a dramatic increase, MessageLabs says.
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Cloud, mobile take intelligence to shop floor
Mobile devices and cloud computing pave ways to reach more employees, but cloud holds some limitations for enterprises, says QlikTech executive.
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SAP user benchmark tests get underway
The business software provider and its European users have launched a benchmarking scheme to measure the performance of its services, a precursor to proposed increases in prices for support.
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Microsoft warns of hole in Video ActiveX control
Vendor says limited attacks exploit a hole in ActiveX control, a component of Windows Media Center used for recording and playing television video.
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Windows 7 testers have long path to upgrade
Moving from the test to final version of the operating system is not as easy as just forking over the money. In some cases, two installations are required.
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Dell eyes more indirect income in South Asia
Hardware maker will boost enterprise partnerships as it seeks more revenue from indirect channel, which now accounts for 37 percent of its revenue.
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EMC ups Data Domain bid as NetApp deal proceeds
Even as NetApp receives clearance from U.S. authorities to buy Data Domain for US$1.9 billion, rival EMC ups stakes to US$2.1 billion.
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India's budget 'retains IT competitiveness'
Government unveils budget that is warmly welcomed by national trade body Nassom, but deemed inadequate by some industry watchers.
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Report: US Justice Dept looks into telecom dominance
Department of Justice is reviewing potential anticompetitive practices by large phone companies.
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Marc Andreessen: Facebook revenue to top US$500M in 2009
Netscape founder says the social network has the potential to be a billion-dollar company already.
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Report: US Social Security numbers can be predicted
Researchers say they have proven that it is possible to predict Social Security numbers knowing the state and date of birth.
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Apple patents point to haptics, fingerprints, RFID
Three just-published patent applications hint at company's future plans, but it is not clear when the features will be built into iPhones or other Apple devices.
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Nokia to bridge Maemo, Symbian with Qt
Use of Qt is expected to make it easier for developers to write apps both for the Maemo mobile Linux OS and for Symbian, Nokia's smartphone platform.
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Nokia Android rumors earn outright denial
Reinstating its focus on Symbian, handset maker issues "outright denial" to report that says Nokia will launch touch-screen Android device later this year.
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URL shortening is hot--but look before you leap
Fueled by Twitter's popularity, services to abbreviate Web addresses are taking off. They bring a host of problems, but some are working to fix them.
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Yahoo search pad: An online notebook that watches you
The portal will launch new tool to help people organize research conducted on its Internet search engine.
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Monday, July 06, 2009
'Highest' phishing rate to date
June marked increased malware attacks and record number of phishing attacks on Web, according to Fortinet's online threat report for June.
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iPhone 3GS jailbreak hits Web
Hacker who originally unlocked the iPhone has let loose a jailbreaking app, "purplera1n", for the iPhone 3GS. For now, it's Windows-only, but a Mac version is supposedly on way.
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Report: Problems stymie US cyberspy protection
Technical and privacy issues are plaguing the U.S. government's work on the overarching system to protect federal computer networks from cyberspies, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Bing needs to improve when news breaks
Minutes following reports last month that Michael Jackson had been rushed to hospital, Microsoft's search engine buried news results for searches on his name.
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US Justice Dept opens formal investigation into Google Books settlement
Government investigators will probe whether or not Google's agreement with publishers over the digital rights to index books violates antitrust laws.
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Symantec's Ramzan on solving the antivirus puzzle
From puzzles and chess to ciphers and antivirus software, Zulfikar Ramzan talks about how he got into the computer security business and where it's headed.
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Take a trip to the future of air travel
Your mobile phone could become your holiday concierge, reminding you to check-in the minute you arrive at the airport or automatically ordering a taxi for you when your plane lands.
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S'pore Nissan facility goes RFID
update Nissan's exclusive Singapore distributor cuts car storage and retrieval time from 24 to two hours using radio frequency identification in new integrated hub.
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Has in-flight entertainment got wings in the iPod era?
Airlines should scrap in-flight entertainment systems because they cannot compete with the thousands of songs and scores of movies that can be stored on modern media players, according to an aviation expert.
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Windows 7 may offer a 'Family Pack'
Enthusiasts have spotted wording in a leaked test build of the operating system that suggests Microsoft may offer a three-PC deal with the new Windows.
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Google adds global address list to Apps suite
Company also makes it possible for enterprise and education users of Google Apps to share templates for documents, spreadsheets and presentations internally.
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Cern bombards LHC grid with data
Tests of the computing grid that will manage data from the Large Hadron Collider experiment shows the systems successfully handled large amounts of information.
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HTML 5 drops open source video codec
The next version of the Web-coding language will specify neither H.264 nor Ogg Theora as its native video codec, due to a lack of agreement between browser makers.
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Saturday, July 04, 2009
Waledac worm targeting July 4 spam offensive
Researcher warns people to be cautious about clicking on links related to U.S. Independence Day videos in e-mail messages over the holiday.
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Friday, July 03, 2009
Demand for converged services to rocket
Converged services are rising in demand with changing consumer lifestyle, where single-service telco offerings are becoming thing of the past, says analyst.
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Satyam bullish under 'umbrella of governance'
update Rebranded Mahindra Satyam, and armed with new governance model, Indian IT services firm guns for new contract and client wins in the Asia-Pacific.
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Silicon Valley star readies new venture capital firm
Company of Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape Communications, has attracted lots of interest, and US$300 million. Can he deliver with his innovative approach?
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Orange launches managed videoconferencing
Open Videopresence is a managed service that allows interaction between different kinds of videoconferencing kit and across various networks.
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British Airways won't retrofit for mobile communications
Airline is planning to launch a mobile e-mail, Web browsing and texting service on two new Airbus A318 planes this fall. But retrofitting old planes is too costly, CEO says.
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Google sued by makers of Finally Fast
Lawsuit pending over advertisers bidding on keywords involving trademarks they don't own, while also alleging Google has unfairly manipulated search results.
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Net neutrality gets boost from US govt
The Obama administration includes the FCC's net neutrality principles as conditions for some of the funds it will allocate as part of the economic stimulus package.
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Mozilla's crowdsourcing mystique
For-profit companies such as Google and LinkedIn, strain to copy the Firefox Web browser maker's model of relying on volunteer developers.
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RHEL 5.4 beta arrives
Red Hat releases a beta-test version of Red Hat Enterprise Server 5.4, the first version of the server OS to incorporate virtualization based on Qumranet's KVM.
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PostgreSQL 8.4 arrives tailored for admins
Open source database management software update is released with a focus on better tools for admin and monitoring.
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Oracle delivers Fusion 11g updates
Oracle's updated middleware suite slots into its vision of an integrated software stack that pulls together not only a customer's operations but also the software company's many acquisitions.
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AT&T breaks sales records with iPhone 3GS launch
Carrier sells more phones the first day the iPhone 3GS went on sale than it ever has, even on the two previous iPhone launch days, according to an internal memo.
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Apple fixing iPhone SMS security hole
Vulnerability in the way iPhones handle text messages could be used to track the location of the phone, turn on the microphone, or turn phone into botnet zombie.
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