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HP quadruples virtual machines in new blade server

HP says the ProLiant WS460c Gen8 blade server adds server efficiency and cuts operational costs

Software Development Technology Industry

Feb 19, 2013 4 mins

Amazon launches Chef-based management platform

OpsWorks will give enterprises more integrated tools for managing the complete application life cycle

By Mikael Ricknäs

Amazon Web Services Amazon.com Web Development

New report says cyber spying group linked to China’s army

Security company Mandiant said in a report that the cyber spying group was a People's Liberation Army unit under cover

By John Ribeiro

Cybercrime Hacking Technology Industry

Tilera developing chip with more than 100 cores

Tilera also announced a 72-core chip to fill the void of a canceled 100-core chip

Feb 19, 2013 4 mins

Wireless vendors gear up for small-cell boom

Several vendors at Mobile World Congress will unveil wireless gear designed to link small cells to wired networks to fuel more voice and data and ease mobile bottlenecks

By Stephen Lawson

Feb 19, 2013 6 mins

Cisco unveils software, hardware for hybrid wireless networks

New technology that can link 3G, 4G, and Wi-Fi networks is set for demonstration at Mobile World Congress next week

By Matt Hamblen

Data and Information Security Malware Patch Management Software

Adobe to release emergency patches for Reader, Acrobat

The vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to steal passwords and record keystrokes and other information

By Jeremy Kirk

Feb 19, 2013 2 mins

13 IT security myths debunked

Security pros warn about believing everything you hear about malware, zero-day attacks, compliance, and more

By Ellen Messmer

Feb 19, 2013 8 mins

Application Security Cybercrime Malware

Microsoft’s Outlook.com comes out of preview phase

Hotmail users will be upgraded to the new email service by summer

By John Ribeiro

Feb 19, 2013 2 mins

Software Development Technology Industry Web Development

Intel thinks integration as it moves toward exascale

Intel is taking steps to integrate fabric controllers into processors, starting with the Infiniband fabric

Feb 15, 2013 4 mins

Facebook defends Graph Search’s privacy controls for teens

The site explains how search results for minors are displayed with its new search tool

Privacy Software Development Technology Industry

Feb 15, 2013 4 mins

Microsoft warns of looming retirement for Windows 7 RTM

Customers must upgrade to SP1 to continue to receive security patches after April 9

By Gregg Keizer

Feb 15, 2013 3 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

Google+ suffers outage

Google reports the problem on Friday morning has been cleared up, but provides no details on how many were affected

By Sharon Gaudin

Feb 15, 2013 2 mins

Amazon Web Services Data Warehousing Web Development

Amazon’s cloud-based data warehouse Redshift now available

The data warehouse service, which costs from $0.85 per hour on-demand, is a lower-cost alternative to on-premise deployments

By Mikael Ricknäs

Feb 15, 2013 3 mins

Jaspersoft offers BI software by the hour in the cloud

Open source company Jaspersoft is one of the first to offer its analytics software from the cloud on a pay-by-the-hour rate

By Brandon Butler

Feb 15, 2013 3 mins

Amazon Web Services Business Intelligence SaaS

Opera acquires Skyfire Labs for faster mobile video delivery

Skyfire says its Rocket Optimizer software, which compresses multimedia content, gives mobile networks a 60 percent increase in bandwidth capacity

By Jeremy Kirk

Feb 15, 2013 2 mins

Certificate Authorities form group to push for better certificate-revocation checking

The newly formed Certificate Authority Security Council will raise awareness about OCSP stapling

Feb 14, 2013 5 mins

Encryption Privacy

Oracle blasts Forrester report on Fusion Applications adoption

The analyst report is 'speculative' and uses out-of-date information, according to Oracle

By Chris Kanaracus

Software Development Technology Industry Web Development

Make performance and scalability testing continuous … or else

Write and run integration tests continuously. No excuses. It's that simple.

By Andrew C. Oliver

App Testing Build Automation Java

Why Java APIs aren’t the same as a Harry Potter novel

Oracle wants its code copyright protected, but that's not how the law works

By Ted Samson

Java Open Source Technology Industry

Topaz aims to be the fastest Ruby implementation

Now in development and expected to be ready in 'a year or two,' planned version of the language would feature quick interpreter

By Paul Krill

Feb 14, 2013 2 mins

Software Development

Adobe confirms zero-day exploit bypasses Adobe Reader sandbox

The attacks are highly sophisticated and likely part of an important cyber espionage operation, a Kaspersky Lab researcher says

Cybercrime Intrusion Detection Software Malware

Intel cuts back Itanium plans, raising questions about chip’s future

The upcoming Kittson chip will no longer be manufactured on a new process or be socket-compatible with Intel's Xeon

By James Niccolai

Feb 14, 2013 6 mins

Google updates Google Now, makes it more prominent on phones

Enhancements put the Google Now mobile app front and center on users' smartphones, and could make the tool a bigger part of people's daily lives

Feb 14, 2013 3 mins

Security pros say their companies invest in the wrong technologies

Almost two-thirds of those surveyed by SafeNet said they expect to suffer a data breach in the next three years

By John P. Mello Jr.

Careers Cybercrime Data and Information Security

Apple cuts MacBook Pro, Air prices as much as 15 percent

The company rarely lowers prices, but hopes to give sales a kick in the pants in the face of competition from tablets and smartphones

By Gregg Keizer

Open Source Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Microsoft embraces open source — to a point

The company is expanding its participation in open source endeavors, no longer believes Linux is a 'cancer'

By Paul Krill

Feb 14, 2013 6 mins

Opera moves to the WebKit rendering engine

The move causes observers to worry about the diminishing diversity of Web rendering engines

By Joab Jackson

Feb 13, 2013 3 mins

Technology Industry Web Development

Smartphone sales skyrocket amid decline for feature phones

Samsung finishes 2012 on top with Apple second as demand for full feature phones dropped

By Matt Hamblen

Feb 13, 2013 3 mins

iOS 6.1 devices hobble Exchange 2010 servers when they sync

Microsoft and Apple recommend that businesses deny certain iPhones, iPads, and iPods access to calendar items until the companies can clear up the problem

By Tim Greene

Feb 13, 2013 3 mins

Careers

Zero-day PDF exploit affects Adobe Reader 11 and earlier versions, researchers say

Adobe is investigating the report, but has yet to confirm that the exploit bypasses the sandbox protection in Adobe Reader 10 and 11

Cybercrime Intrusion Detection Software Malware

Yahoo’s Mayer says mobile mail is broken

Fixing issues in how smartphones and desktop computers are synchronized is part of a larger company goal to improve its mobile offerings

Software Development Technology Industry Web Development

Microsoft patches Exchange, Windows, Internet Explorer

Latest round of patches addresses 57 vulnerabilities in 12 security updates — one of the largest sets Microsoft has ever released

By Joab Jackson

Microsoft Exchange Patch Management Software Small and Medium Business

Mozilla delivers ‘Metro-ized’ Firefox to testers

Mozilla still has not set a timetable for a finished Windows 8 browser

By Gregg Keizer

Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry

Oracle contests Google’s ‘fair use’ of Java code in appeal

Oracle is contesting a decision that cleared Google of copying Oracle's Java APIs in its Android OS

By John Ribeiro

Feb 13, 2013 2 mins

Intellectual Property Java Technology Industry

Oracle faces ‘dilemma’ with its Fusion Applications

Two-thirds of Oracle customers have no plans to implement Fusion Apps, so Oracle's challenge is to spark greater adoption without riling customers of older releases

By Chris Kanaracus

Careers Technology Industry

Adobe releases patches for Flash Player and Shockwave Player

The new updates address 19 critical vulnerabilities

Patch Management Software Software Development

Yahoo aims to strengthen mobile presence with Alike buy

The app is designed to give recommendations based on user favorites

Software Development Technology Industry Web Development

DaVinci surveillance malware distributed via zero-day Flash Player exploit, researchers say

The attacks targeted activists from the Middle East, according to Kaspersky Lab researchers

Endpoint Protection Malware Privacy

Feb 12, 2013 5 mins

So far, NewsGator's Social Sites has been a SharePoint-specific add-on

By Juan Carlos Perez

Feb 12, 2013 5 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

PaaS primer: What is platform as a service and why does it matter?

A sit-down interview with Sacha Labourey, founder and president of PaaS company CloudBees

By Brandon Butler

Feb 12, 2013 6 mins

Java PaaS

Apple CEO shoots down idea of inexpensive iPhone

Tim Cook says there are other ways to approach the issue, like lowering older model prices and creating new products

Feb 12, 2013 4 mins

Cybercrime Malware Technology Industry

Mobile malware still small, but ‘malnets’ to rise up

With 70 percent of employees across corporate networks using a personal smartphone or tablet, the growing attack surface is too big to ignore

By Taylor Armerding

Feb 12, 2013 5 mins

McAfee enhances business security management platform

The company added real-time querying capabilities to ePO and enabled SIEM to automate security response to suspicious events

Data and Information Security Endpoint Protection Intrusion Detection Software

IT sites more targeted by malware than sex sites, report says

The websites most favored by cyber criminals planting malware-laden links are for information technology, including vendor websites and content like blogs and news

By Ellen Messmer