The end of support for XP SP2 also marks the end of an era, security experts said today as they gave, if not eulogies, then best wishes and a retirement gold watch to the service pack.
Read more..The MySQL community is mostly neutral or positive about the open-source database's prospects under Oracle's stewardship, according to a newly released study.
Microsoft is bringing its Azure cloud to the local data center with the introduction of the Windows Azure Platform appliance.
Read more..while VMware claims operating systems such as Windows and Linux are becoming less important because of the virtualization software VMware created, the company doesn't necessarily expect the OS to disappear any time soon.
Read more..Popular social games like Farmville, Mafia Wars and Fishville may soon be available to Google users, if recent rumors turn out to be accurate.
With the help of hardware partners, Microsoft has released a version of its Windows Azure cloud platform as an appliance, the company said during the kickoff of its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) being held this week in Washington D.C.
Read more..This coming Patch Tuesday will have only four security bulletins, but it's a crucial day for many IT administrators, as it also marks the end of Microsoft support for Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP2.
Read more..Microsoft faces a rash of zero-day vulnerabilities in some of its most important software, according to recent disclosures of unpatched bugs, including flaws in Windows XP, Internet Explorer and its flagship Web server.
Read more..Verizon announced on Wednesday a new cloud-based service offering for healthcare providers that will handle the sharing of patient information electronically between disparate platforms.
Some companies are slashing costs and improving production by using on-demand high-performance computing services.
Read more..Working Web developers primarily want to know: What can I do with HTML5, and when can I start using it? The good news is that there's a lot you can do with HTML5.
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Developers are hopping on the Windows 7 bandwagon, according to survey results released recently by database and developer tools vendor Embarcadero Technologies.
Read more..After a slow start, a larger number of PCs are using the 64-bit version of Windows 7, and the OS will soon become the norm as users move to 64-bit computing, Microsoft said last Thursday.
Read more..Indian film stars are making a beeline for Twitter, updating fans on what they are doing, exchanging pleasantries, promoting their movies, and at times even settling scores with one another.
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The inevitable anti-Apple backlash has begun. Consumer Reports says the iPhone 4 is broken. Will a product recall salvage Apple's suddenly tattered reputation?
Read more..Skip past some of the ad and timed-wait screens for popular download sites with SkipScreen's help.
Microsoft today patched five vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, including a bug hackers have been exploiting for almost a month.
Read more..With support expiring tomorrow for Windows 2000 and XP, here are five reasons to consider making the switch to Windows 7
Read more..Cloud computing will top the Internet in importance as development of the Web continues, according to a university professor who spoke Friday at the World Future Society conference in Boston.
Read more..Compatible with shipping Symbian devices, JRT supports open source API implementations. A virtual machine for JRT has been provided by IBM under a license that allows it to be used for research and development purposes and Java application development.
Read more..Two simple techniques could be used to strangle botnets, a security expert has claimed. First, block email port 25 by default. Second, tell users when they are spewing spam from compromised PCs.
Read more..IPv6 has been around and touted by the networking industry as "coming soon" for many years, yet there is no grand, worldwide launch date. Some parts of the world, notably Asia, and some Internet service providers (ISPs) and related companies, are leading others in the transition.
Read more..IBM on Wednesday said it was establishing a consortium with the European Union and universities to research new cloud-computing models to reduce the cost of hosting and maintaining Internet-based services.
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By its very nature, business especially the auto industry cannot work in isolation. Rajesh Uppal shows the benefits of bringing suppliers and dealers on the same page as one's organization.
It took one ERP implementation and a series of crises for Sanjay Jain to realize the secrets of project success.
You can get data classification right, but still end up with wrong information or data that’s not in the form your business users want. And then you would not have done a great job.
Work-life balance doesn’t have to be a tightrope walk, as the CIO of the world’s third-largest spirit’s company tells you. Work with a merged calendar, he says. "It helps me ensure that no clashes — like birthdays — take place".
