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Article | 4/09/2010 Apple had two months to fix critical QuickTime bug, says researcher
A critical bug in QuickTime was reported to Apple two months before a second researcher independently revealed the vulnerability this week, the direct...
Article | 4/09/2010 Pigs fly! Duke Nukem Forever to ship in 2011
To paraphrase Mark Twain, there are lies, damned lies, and Duke Nukem Forever stories. The game's been vaporware for over a decade.
Article | 4/09/2010 Apple browsing share tops Linux, Android steals share
More people browsed the Internet last month with a device running Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, than used Linux to do so.
Article | 3/09/2010 A guide to today's top 10 Linux distributions
One of the most confusing things for the newcomer to Linux is how many distributions, or versions, of the operating system there are. Ubuntu is the on...
Article | 2/09/2010 Disable a laptop touchpad while you type, Win 7 edition
Many moons ago I wrote about TouchFreeze, a free laptop utility that solves one of life's most maddening problems: accidental swipes of your touchpad ...
Article | 2/09/2010 Suse Linux for VMware ships
VMware and Novell announced on Wednesday general availability of Suse Linux Enterprise Server for VMware, geared for use in virtualized and cloud envi...
Article | 2/09/2010 Microsoft revives Windows 7 Family Pack discount
Microsoft today said it will revive last year's multi-license Windows 7 Family Pack in early October for U.S. customers.
Article | 2/09/2010 6 useful Wi-Fi tools for Windows
We live in a mobile world; if you have a laptop (and who doesn't?), that means constantly connecting to the Internet via Wi-Fi. You most likely use Wi...
Article | 1/09/2010 Microsoft still mum on programs prone to DLL hijacking attacks
Microsoft on Tuesday again abstained from naming which of its Windows programs, if any, contain bugs that could lead to widespread "DLL load hijacking...
Article | 1/09/2010 Software patents hurt everyone, but especially SMBs
Software patents have figured prominently in the news in recent weeks, thanks not just to Oracle's attack on Google but also--more recently--to Paul A...
Article | 1/09/2010 VMware aims to displace Windows with cloud-based desktop apps
VMware is developing a new hosted service with the code name "Project Horizon" that will allow delivery of cloud-based desktop applications to any sor...
Article | 31/08/2010 Old Apple QuickTime code puts IE users in harm's way
Apple's failure to clean up old code in QuickTime leaves people running Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerable to drive-by attacks, a Spanish security rese...
Article | 28/08/2010 Does $500 Million Mean Windows Phone 7 Will Flop?
Microsoft is reportedly spending $500 million to launch its Windows Phone 7, and maybe the product needs it. But does that mean it will be a flop or s...
Article | 27/08/2010 What will Ubuntu 10.10 look like?
When Canonical broke the news recently that Ubuntu 10.10 will include uTouch 1.0, a multitouch and gesture stack, it caused a flurry of excitement abo...
Article | 27/08/2010 Rumored SAP-Red Hat merger seen as a long shot
Rumors swirled once again this week regarding a possible takeover of Red Hat, this time by SAP, but a number of industry observers said Thursday that ...