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Article | 16/10/2007 Researcher posts unofficial patch for Windows URI bug
A researcher beat Microsoft to the patch punch over the weekend by publishing an unofficial fix for a critical flaw in Windows XP and Server 2003 on P...
Article | 16/10/2007 AOL to lay off 20 percent of staff
AOL will lay off about 2,000 employees, or approximately 20 percent of its staff, as it continues its transformation into an online, ad-supported busi...
Article | 16/10/2007 Motorola, Sony Ericsson to share Symbian UI company
Motorola took a 50 percent stake in UIQ, a move that is likely a reaction to stepped up competition from the iPhone.
Article | 16/10/2007 IDF TAIWAN - Intel shows off UMPCs designed with Menlow
Intel showed off six new ultramobile PCs on Monday. The PCs are designed around its Menlow chips, which will debut around the middle of next year.
Article | 16/10/2007 IDF TAIWAN - Intel to unveil OLPC chips in Shanghai next April
Intel plans to unveil a new microprocessor for the One Laptop Per Child notebook and other ultra-low cost laptop PCs at the Intel Developer Forum in S...
Article | 16/10/2007 ICANN to test domain names in 11 languages
The organization that oversees the Internet address system is launching an evaluation of International Domain Names (IDN) that will allow Internet use...
Article | 16/10/2007 Greenpeace blasts Apple over toxic materials in iPhone
Greenpeace International, which has clashed with Apple over toxic chemicals in its products and post-sales electronics recycling, has slammed the comp...
Article | 15/10/2007 Best practices for implementing messaging security
Most enterprises have some type of messaging security in the form of spam and virus filtering. When installing a new or replacement messaging-security...
Article | 15/10/2007 Microsoft adds event planning to Live services
Microsoft is adding an event planning offering to its expanding Windows Live suite of services.
Article | 15/10/2007 Universal rousing an iTunes rebellion, report says
The head of Universal Music Group is enlisting the support of other major record labels to launch a new music subscription service that will try to lo...
Article | 15/10/2007 Symantec to buy DLP specialist Vontu
Security software giant Symantec is preparing to announce an acquisition of Vontu, one the largest remaining independent providers of data leakage pre...
Article | 15/10/2007 Microsoft explains Windows URI patch strategy
Microsoft has clarified what it plans to patch to fix a bug in Windows XP and Server 2003, but said it had no plans to overhaul the operating system's...
Article | 15/10/2007 IT a culprit, savior in climate change
Climate change is both a large-scale crisis and a huge opportunity, and IT has a role in both, industry executives said at a panel discussion this wee...
Article | 15/10/2007 Red Hat, Novell sued for patent infringement
Linux vendors Red Hat and Novell are being sued for patent infringement by IP Innovation and Technology Licensing.
Article | 13/10/2007 Researcher: Mac OS, Linux probably have URI issues too
This week Microsoft said it would patch Windows to reduce the risk of a new kind of Web-based security vulnerability, but security researchers say tha...
Article | 13/10/2007 Blogger preaches Internet download freedoms
Efforts to fight copying on the Internet were criticized in a presentation by blogger and author Cory Doctorow, a frequent critic of copyright regulat...
Article | 13/10/2007 'Storm' flaunts crazy cat to build out botnet
After lying low for several weeks, hackers responsible for spreading the Storm Trojan have returned to the attack with e-mail that leads to an exploit...
Article | 13/10/2007 Charity uses widgets to provide accountability to donors
A children's charity is using widget technology -- traditionally used with a single purpose application like updating weather or news on a Web site --...
Article | 13/10/2007 Security professionals poke holes in Viagra Spammer murder
If rumours are correct, there should be a dramatic decrease in Viagra and Penis Enlargement spam from today, with the so-called 'murder' of a Russian ...
Article | 12/10/2007 Quantum cryptography working with Australian company to secure ballots in Swiss election
Swiss officials are using quantum cryptography technology to protect voting ballots cast in the Geneva region of Switzerland during parliamentary elec...

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