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Article | 25/08/2010 Apple fixes big security bugs in Mac OS X
Apple has released a security update to its Mac OS X operating system, fixing a number of critical security issues in the software.
Article | 24/08/2010 Neverwinter Nights reborn as online roleplaying game
No more lonely Neverwinter Nights, that's what Atari's signaling with today's announcement that Neverwinter Nights is returning as an online roleplayi...
Article | 24/08/2010 Microsoft: 'We love open source'
Everyone in the Linux world remembers Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's famous comment that Linux is a "cancer" that threatened Microsoft's intellectual p...
Article | 23/08/2010 Researcher told Microsoft of Windows apps zero-day bugs 6 months ago
Microsoft has known since at least February that dozens of Windows applications, including many of its own, harbor bugs that hackers can exploit to se...
Article | 24/08/2010 Hacking toolkit publishes DLL hijacking exploit
The appearance Monday of exploit code for the DLL loading issue that reportedly affects hundreds of Windows applications means hackers will probably s...
Article | 24/08/2010 Microsoft lines up developers for Windows Phone 7
The Windows Phone Developer Tools have been downloaded more than 300,000 times, Microsoft said, as the company prepares to offer a new application sto...
Article | 24/08/2010 Requiem for an OS: OpenSolaris board closes shop
Seemingly abandoned by its new owner, the open-source version of the Solaris operating system, called OpenSolaris, has now lost its governing board as...
Article | 23/08/2010 Technology's Biggest Myths
As it turns out, Windows Vista really wasn't all that slow; and no, your PC probably won't fry if you open it up without wearing a wrist strap. Thanks...
Article | 23/08/2010 Canonical takes a step in bringing Ubuntu to tablets
Canonical this week released a software framework that brings multitouch interaction to the open-source Ubuntu OS, which could accelerate adoption of ...
Article | 19/08/2010 40 Windows apps contain critical bug, says researcher
About 40 different Windows applications contain a critical flaw that can be used by attackers to hijack PCs and infect them with malware, a security r...
Article | 20/08/2010 Vim editor updated with modern language support
The latest edition of the widely used Vim text editor now supports both the Lua programming language as well as the latest versions of Python and Perl...
Article | 20/08/2010 Zero-day Windows bug problem worse than first thought, says expert
An unpatched problem with Windows applications is much worse than first thought, with hundreds of programs, not just 40, vulnerable to attack, a Slove...
Article | 19/08/2010 Microsoft touts Mac-Windows compatibility in Office 2011
Microsoft today announced that the next version of Office for the Mac will include a pair of key features that debuted in the Windows edition of Offic...
Article | 18/08/2010 Windows 8: Wish List of Features and Functions
Windows 7 is only 10 months old, but it's never too early to glance on down the road at Windows 8.
Article | 17/08/2010 Apple plans online support changes
Apple has announced plans to revamp its support forums to add a personalized start page where users can collate their questions and track potential an...