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Article | 3/03/2010 CEBIT: Cisco develops VPN client for PCs, smartphones
Cisco Systems will soon release a VPN client for smartphones and PCs aimed at enterprise administrators who want to provide secure access to their net...
Article | 2/03/2010 Windows turns table on Mac OS X, gains share
Microsoft Windows climbed out of its rut last month to gain market share, Web measurement company NetApplications.com said today.
Article | 24/02/2010 Amazon EC2 boosts memory, Windows support
Amazon Web Services has added a new "high memory extra-large" instance option for its AWS' Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service, which provides scalabl...
Article | 19/02/2010 Firefox 3.5.8 Closes Security Holes
Mozilla yesterday released updates for its Firefox Web browser to shore up vulnerabilities in the 3.5.x and 3.0.x browser versions.
Article | 20/02/2010 Must-have keyboard shortcut apps for Windows
I've been a keyboard shortcut fan for a long time. Sure, icons and eye candy have their place -- I'd rather double-click an icon than, say, type run c...
Article | 7/01/2010 Italian class action to sue over preinstalled Windows
An Italian consumers association is set to mount a class-action lawsuit to obtain compensation for customers who buy PCs with preinstalled Microsoft s...
Article | 10/12/2009 VeriSign ensures security in the cloud
VeriSign has been chosen to provide cloud-based security and authentication for the Windows Azure platform.
Article | 3/12/2009 Falling PC Prices Pit Microsoft Against PC Makers
Last week, research firm Gartner released a PC sales forecast that initially sounded like good news for Microsoft and its hardware partners, but likel...
Article | 2/12/2009 Windows Black Screen of Death: What you need to know
Any Windows owner is familiar with the Blue Screen of Death, that much-dreaded white text on a blue background that essentially says you're through. B...
Article | 1/12/2009 Microsoft investigates Windows 'black screen of death'
Microsoft today confirmed that it is looking into reports that November's security updates have triggered a black screen on some Windows users' PCs.
Article | 25/11/2009 Windows 7 passes Mac OS X in market share race
Windows 7 passed the 5 per cent market share milestone last weekend, which put it, if only temporarily, above the total market share of all versions o...
Article | 25/11/2009 Microsoft issues security advisory on IE vulnerability
Microsoft Monday night issued a security advisory that provides customers with guidance and workarounds for dealing with a zero-day exploit aimed at I...
Article | 21/11/2009 Ruby shining on Java, Windows, and Mac OS
Ruby, the popular open source dynamic language, is making headway not only on Java but also on the Windows and Mac platforms.
Article | 20/11/2009 Microsoft Windows chief decries standards grandstanding
Los Angeles – Microsoft will be compliant with industry standards in Internet Explorer 9 such as HTML 5, but Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows...
Article | 12/11/2009 Windows 7 may be secure, but are Windows users safe?
Windows 7 users got a nice surprise on Tuesday when Microsoft released its first set of security patches since unveiling the new operating system last...