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Yankee Group Sees Open-Source Indemnification Nightmare
According to a recent report by The Yankee Group, indemnification is becoming open sources nightmare and Microsofts blessing. However, other analysts and open-source companies...
Centric Acquires Framework to Extend PLM Reach
Following a trend of consolidation thats market the PLM (product lifecycle management) industry over the past year, San Jose, Calif.-based Centric Software Inc. on...
Search Spotlight Pans to Video
After years of taking a back seat to easier-to-crawl HTML pages, multimedia files are beginning to gain respect among search engines.The spotlight this week...
Critical XP SP2 Update Fixes Windows Firewall Bug
Microsoft Corp. has quietly released a "critical" Windows XP Service Pack 2 update to fix a serious flaw in the Windows Firewall utility.
"After you...
The War Against Retail Return Abuses
With the holiday season comes fruitcake, traffic jams and an anticipated onslaught of must-be-returned gifts from well-meaning (and possibly colorblind) friends and relatives.
But sprinkled...
Apple Releases Updated OS X to Fix FireWire, Game Issues
Apple Computer Inc. of Cupertino, Calif., this week released an updater for its Mac OS X operating system, bringing it to Version 10.3.7.According to...
DHS Audit Unearths Security Weaknesses
An audit of the Department of Homeland Securitys system controls for remote access has found an alarming absence of configuration guidelines and several unpatched...
Warning to Oracle: Customers Are Calling the Shots
Larry Ellison has been called many things, some of them not repeatable here. But this year hes being called something new: Hes The Grinch...
New Standards Aim to Reduce Car Gadget Glitches
Drained batteries. Blown fuses that "freeze" windshield wipers. Fried diagnostic chips. As cars get more computerized, equipment failures are growing. Emerging auto supply chain...
New IE Exploit Spoofs Web Sites
Security researchers have uncovered a spoofing flaw in Internet Explorer that could turn out to be the perfect holiday gift for scammers.
The bug, which...