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Article | 11/03/2008 BlackBerry servers ripe for the hacking
Many companies running BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) could be inadvertently opening a door to attackers, a penetration testing company has found.
Article | 11/03/2008 Microsoft challenges 'Vista Capable' class action
Microsoft on Friday asked that a lawsuit claiming it duped consumers in a Windows Vista marketing program be suspended while the company appeals a jud...
Article | 11/03/2008 Google CIO: Online success rests on talking with customers
If you still think that putting up a colorful and splashy Web site for your company's products, or running online ads about them, is enough to bring i...
Article | 11/03/2008 The first MP3 player in space
Heroic spacemen risking life and limb aboard the International Space Station are braced for their latest trial: not alien attack, nor a malfunctioning...
Article | 11/03/2008 Rise in Gmail spam indicates more solved CAPTCHAs
Spam originating from Google's Gmail domain doubled last month, indicating that spammers are still defeating the CAPTCHA, the distorted text used as a...
Article | 10/03/2008 Jerry-rig Smash Bros. Brawl voice chat because Nintendo won't
Just because the game doesn't support voice chat, doesn't mean you can't.
Article | 10/03/2008 Top cybercrook targets for 2008
A recent Internet Security Outlook Report issued by CA warns that social networks and Web 2.0 are among the top potential targets for online attacks i...
Article | 7/03/2008 Samsung, Adidas take on iPod, Nike
Samsung Electronics and Adidas have joined the race against Apple and Nike to offer people a device that plays music and keeps track of workouts.
Article | 10/03/2008 IE8 balks at Windows Update
Internet Explorer 8, the just-previewed browser from Microsoft, blocks access to the company's Windows Update service, company representatives have co...
Article | 10/03/2008 Opera: IE8's changes don't let Microsoft off legal hook
Microsoft's rivals have applauded some of what they've seen in the new Internet Explorer 8, but the browser maker that's complained to antitrust regul...
Article | 10/03/2008 IBM brings 'Microsoft-free' PCs to Europe
In a move to challenge Microsoft on the desktop, IBM has teamed up with Austrian and Polish system integrators to supply the emerging Eastern European...
Article | 10/03/2008 Wireless system helping send troubles down the drain
Founded in 1935, Roto-Rooter Group has flushed out the competition because its plumbers arrive on the same day of a cry for help to clear a clog or fi...
Article | 7/03/2008 Telstra wholesale access appeal fails
Several telco industry representatives have expressed relief after the High Court of Australia squashed Telstra's bid to raise prices for carriers acc...
Article | 7/03/2008 What iPhone 2.0 will let you do
This June, Apple will release a major update to its iPhone software, including new features for businesses and broad support for third-party software....
Article | 10/03/2008 Hackers find a way to crack popular smartcard in minutes
People are starting to wake up to the fact that RFID-enabled smartcards now can be far more easily, and cheaply, cracked than ever before, as a trio o...
Article | 10/03/2008 Sun: We'll put Java on the iPhone
Sun Microsystems is developing a Java Virtual Machine for Apple's iPhone and plans to release the JVM some time after June, enabling Java applications...
Article | 10/03/2008 Getting iPhone Apps Onto Your iPhone
Jobs is explaining that it's been hard, historically, for developers to distribute their phone apps. Apple is fixing that with the Apps Store, which w...
Article | 10/03/2008 Analysts: Security a concern for business use of iPhone 2.0
While Apple's iPhone 2.0 software announcement last week includes vastly improved security protections, questions remain over whether it will meet the...
Article | 7/03/2008 The world's smallest SLR just got better
Olympus continues to set the trend for size-conscious cameras with its latest entry-level SLR the E-420.
Article | 7/03/2008 Weekly Tech News Update: March 07, 2008
In the news this week: CeBIT - Intel and AMD's new chips, Asus' new Eee PC, Greenpeace, Vodafone's image search service, Blackerry browser updates, an...

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