Monthly Archives: April 2007
Gartner Says HP No. 1 in Worldwide PC Shipments
Hewlett-Packard is continuing to dominate the worldwide PC marketplace at the expense of its main rival, Dell, according to an April 18 report by...
Researcher: JavaScript Attacks Get Slicker
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Malicious JavaScript is getting smarter. Its now able to fingerprint victims Web browsers, vulnerable components and accessible CLSIDs, and deliver custom-tailored exploits,...
BlackBerry Devices Up and Running Again
BlackBerry users can breathe a sigh of relief today, April 18, now that their BlackBerry devices are back up and running. However, its not...
Wireless Problems Played Part in Chaos at Virginia Tech
The inability of students and others at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., to make cell phone calls during the April 16 shooting tragedy added...
IDC: HP Continues to Dominate World PC Market
Once again, Hewlett-Packard is on top of the PC hill.
HP accounted for 19.1 percent of the worldwide PC market in the first quarter of...
HP Expands with New Deskjet Printer Line
Hewlett-Packard announced April 18 that it will be launching two new deskjet printers and a Photosmart printer, adding to its range of printer products.
The...
Spectra Logic Pulls Out Swiss Army Knife Server
SAN DIEGO—Data archive and backup provider Spectra Logic on April 18 proposed a new angle on consolidation by introducing a kind of storage Swiss...
Microsoft Tools Group Set to Tap MySpace Generation
Microsoft is prepping a new service from its Developer Division to attract the MySpace.com generation.
In a little more than a month, Microsoft is slated...
Man Pleads Guilty in P2P Piracy Probe
A fifth defendant pleaded guilty Tuesday in connection with a piracy ring that used BitTorrent technology to distribute copyrighted movies, software, games and music...
Don’t Hold Your Breath for a MS DNS Hole Patch
Microsoft says it hopes to patch the hole in its Domain Name System Server—which is now leaving vulnerable PCs open to a worm attack—by...