Monthly Archives: November 2006
Study: Developer Use of Visual Basic Plummets
A recent Evans Data survey shows that the use of Microsofts Visual Basic among developers is down significantly, but Microsoft says otherwise.
Evans Data, in...
PC Buyers Mostly Happy, Despite Battery Recalls
A survey by market research firm IDC has found the battery recalls the occurred earlier this year will have no dramatic effect on the...
Holiday Robot-Buying Guide
Welcome to my first annual Consumer Robot Buying Guide! Were living in the golden age of robotics, which means the choices are...Wait. I cant...
Password Theft, Video Files Top List of Security Threats
McAfees Avert Labs research group on Nov. 29 released its annual report on the Top 10 security threats likely to grow in severity during...
Sage Software Exceeds $652M in Revenue
Sage Software announced Nov. 29 that their total North American revenue for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 was $652.2 million, a 16...
Microsoft, Gemalto Team on Digital Security
Gemalto, a digital security provider, and Microsoft announced Nov. 29 that Windows Vista will support Gemalto .Net security devices.
With Gemalto .Net devices, enterprises will...
Oracle Zero-Day Project Cancelled
UPDATED: Cesar Cerrudo has suddenly cancelled plans to release daily zero-day flaws in Oracle databases during the first week in December. Just days before...
Psiphon Project to Fight Net Censorship
UPDATED: Researchers at the University of Toronto are working on a free tool to allow Web surfers to bypass government censorship of the Web....
Sun Announces Hospital Infrastructure Deals
Rush University Medical Center is scrapping its 20 legacy IT systems in favor of software from Epic Systems Corporation, and as part of the...
Insightix Revamps NAC Software
Network security software maker Insightix released the latest version of its NAC package on Nov. 28, adding new features for managing remote users access...