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Red Hat Earnings Beat Forecast
Red Hat on Dec. 21 announced better-than-expected financial results for its fiscal year 2007 third quarter.
The total revenue for the quarter was $105.8 million,...
Vista Exploit Surfaces on Russian Hacker Site
Proof-of-concept exploit code for a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting all versions of Windows—including Vista—has been posted on a Russian hacker forum, forcing Microsoft to...
Solution Providers Face the Cost of Doing Business
Even though the federal reserve has stopped raising interest rates, at least for the time being, borrowing money is still a costly proposition.For solution...
Storage Spending Upsurge Hurts IT Budgets
Its not news that the amount of digital content in the world is increasing much faster than ITs ability to store it and make...
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Pirates crack Vista Activation Server | APC Magazine
(tags: windows vista licensing)
Has the Desktop Linux Bubble Burst? - OSNews.com
A rather melodramatic title -- my first...
This Happy Breed: IT Workers Who Like Their Jobs
When the majority of people talk about work, its almost undoubtedly followed up with a complaint. From "Dilbert" comics to the movie "Office Space,"...
Microsoft Offers One-Year Warranty for Xbox 360
When a new video game platform comes out, there are problems. Whether the issue is games freezing, sound problems, Internet connection or compatibility issues,...
Sun Labs Looks at Search, Online Games
BURLINGTON, Mass.—Sun Microsystems spends about $2 billion a year in research and development, touching on everything from its SPARC and x86 server lines to...
Its Time to Sell Security Services
We all know that the Internet is a dangerous place, and you need protection when you connect your business network to it. But keeping...
Seagate to Acquire EVault for $185 Million
Disk drive sales leader Seagate Technology continued its expansion-by-acquisition strategy Dec. 21 with the announcement that it will acquire privately held EVault, a provider...