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December 02, 2008
With cyber Monday comes an FBI warning against spam containing malware and phishing attempts that appear to be greeting cards and ads for shopping bargains; Internet security gurus and leading vendors are urging the U.S. federal government to rapidly deploy security and authentication mechanisms at the top level of the DNS hierarchy, which is known as the root zone. (6:50)
December 01, 2008
Microsoft is warning users of a rise in attacks on a vulnerability in Windows that could trigger a worm infestation on networks. And the company is encouraging users to apply an emergency patch released in October. A talking Web, solar technology embedded in windows and cell phones, and the end of forgetting - will all come in the next five years, IBM predicts in its third annual Next Five in Five list, detailing innovations that could change our lives in the next half-decade. (5:24)
November 26, 2008
For the first time in its history, Cisco will be shutting down during the year-end holiday season to save money; Mozilla will probably add a third beta to the development schedule for Firefox 3.1 to get a better handle on remaining bugs and give several new features. (6:09)
November 25, 2008
IBM is working on a platform for collaborative mashups that requires little more than a browser and a server to create a shared environment that includes audio and videoconferencing; The 40 gigabits-per-second market is moving into a general deployment phase because video is stressing network capacities, according to research firm Ovum. (2:40)
November 24, 2008
The criminal market online for buying and selling stolen credit cards, pirated software and information about financial accounts is thriving, according to a report published Monday by Symantec. Alcatel-Lucent this week is expected to unveil a range of enhancements to its enterprise product portfolio, including an upgraded data center switch and IP telephony extensions. (5:31)
November 21, 2008
The Nokia 6010 and the Motorola RAZR V3 have topped one electronics-recycling firm's list of the most-recycled cell phones in 2008; Standards body debates fixing DNS or pushing new security scheme. (5:43)
November 20, 2008
Microsoft will no longer play under the bright lights of Major League Baseball, which has decided to throw out the vendor's Silverlight browser add-on in favor of Adobe's Flash; A change at the helm of Yahoo won't revive a Microsoft takeover offer, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said during the company's annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday. (4:42)
November 19, 2008
Researchers at the University of Maryland say they have discovered a material to replace lead, a potential environmental hazard, in electronics products; IBM plans to acquire virtualization vendor Transitive Corporation. (6:31)
November 18, 2008
Novell Monday shipped Version 8 of its GroupWise messaging and calendaring platform; NetWitness Corporation Monday said it's offering its Investigator 8.6 network-traffic analysis tool to end users under a freeware license. (5:27)
November 17, 2008
Enterasys this week is expected to announce integration of the Siemens Enterprise Communications WLAN portfolio with its switches and management systems. Cisco is the king of network security, commanding almost a quarter share of the worldwide $6.8 billion market for network security equipment, according to IDC. But can it hold the fort? (5:33)
November 14, 2008
Barack Obama hasn't even appointed a chief technology officer yet, but thousands of people are using a new Web site to suggest and vote on ideas they think his CTO should work on; OpenSocial supporters celebrated on Thursday what they consider major progress in this project to establish a common set of standard APIs and tools for developing social networking applications. (3:10)
November 13, 2008
Intel on Wednesday cut its revenue forecast for the fourth quarter, the latest sign that the global financial crisis is leading to a sharp slowdown in IT spending. Intel cited "significantly" weaker-than-expected demand for its products worldwide, and said companies involved in manufacturing PCs are aggressively reducing their component inventories. In other news, British telecom operator BT Group will lay off 10,000 workers as it seeks to cut costs and improve the profitability of its services branch. Most of the job cuts will come from indirect labor, such as subcontractors and offshore workers. (4:17)
November 12, 2008
Cisco and the New York Yankees chat up $16 million stadium technology infrastructure; Q1 Labs slims down its enterprise software to offer IT managers free log management download. (6:59)
November 11, 2008
Cisco has ushered in the new era of its Carrier Ethernet routers with the ASR 9000 edge system, which is designed to scale to 6.4 terabits per second; VMware is launching a hypervisor for mobile phones. (6:11)
November 10, 2008
EMC today will unveil its long-awaited cloud storage offering, a combination of hardware and software that promises to help businesses build and deliver Internet-based applications on a massive scale. Visa is looking to mimic the 2006 launch of its Operations Center Central (OCC) processing facility in Denver in other data centers around the globe. (6:20)
November 07, 2008
Sprint Nextel posted a net loss of $326 million for the third quarter of 2008, punctuated by the loss of another 1.3 million wireless subscribers for the quarter; Saving money is of paramount importance for CIOs in today's economy, and renegotiating contracts with IT vendors may be one of the best ways to chop expenses.(5:26)
November 06, 2008
Security researchers say they've developed a way to partially crack the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption standard used to protect data on many wireless networks; Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) plans to lay off 500 staff, the second round of job cuts to come from the company this year. (5:41)
November 05, 2008
The Federal Communications Commission Tuesday voted unanimously today to allow conditional unlicensed use of "white spaces" television spectrum; Adobe Tuesday is expected to disclose a security vulnerability in an older version of its Reader document viewing software, according to Core Security. (6:38)
November 04, 2008
A mainframe version of the OpenSolaris operating system is available for download, IBM and Sun announced Monday; Motorola has completed its first over-the-air data transmission using Long-Term Evolution -- or LTE -- technology over the 700MHz spectrum. (5:59)
November 03, 2008
According to an analyst's report, Cisco is expected to unveil a new service provider edge router on Nov. 11 that's likely to succeed its aging 7600 series Ethernet platforms. IBM is suing one of its top executives, a server guru who is trying to take a job with Apple, where he would be working closely with CEO Steve Jobs. (5:21)
October 31, 2008
The Morris worm, considered the first major attack on the Internet, turns 20 on Sunday. In other news, the Department of Justice tells Verizon it needs to divest assets in 100 areas covering 22 states as a precondition to acquiring Alltel Wireless. (5:43)
October 30, 2008
OpenFlow technology can optimize routes through networks to meet critical policies; Motorola plunged to a US$397 million loss in the third quarter, unable to control costs to match its declining revenue. (5:18)
October 29, 2008
The global financial crisis so visible this past month is beginning to take its toll on information-technology spending, though IT security spending is expected to be spared; Microsoft Tuesday introduced Office Web applications, saying it finally would open its Office suite to access via a Web browser. (8:49)
October 28, 2008
Riverbed Technology is upgrading its wide-area network acceleration products' software to improve their performance and enable businesses to get by with fewer software clients; CenturyTel is spending $5.8 billion to acquire Embarq, the Kansas-based telecommunications provider that was formed when Sprint spun off its landline division in 2006. (3:07)
October 27, 2008
AT&T last week completed the transition of its IP traffic to a consolidated IP/MPLS backbone by deploying 40-Gigabit Ethernet technology over its entire U.S. ultra-long-haul network. Foundry Networks' stock closed down more than 25% Friday after the company said it is postponing a shareholder vote on its merger with Brocade. (5:18)
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