Monthly Archives: April 2007
Critical Photoshop Bug Out
A highly critical vulnerability that can allow attackers to hijack a user's system has been reported in Adobe Photoshop.A Secunia advisory said the vulnerability...
Numbers Can Be Misleading
Full employment is a concept that should make everyone happy, correct? Not exactly. In its latest—and much-anticipated—technology employment report, the American Electronics Association points...
Passlogix and RSA to Combine Authentication Technologies
Passlogix and EMC security division RSA have entered into a strategic partnership to combine RSAs two-factor authentication technology with Passlogixs single sign-on platform.
The agreement...
McAfee Turns In Ninth Consecutive Record-Breaking Quarter
McAfee may have gotten in trouble with the Securities and Exchange Commission over securities fraud, and it may have had to cough up $50...
BDS Offers Unlimited Online Backup for Macs
Online storage startup Berkeley Data Systems, which only three days earlier announced it had signed General Electric to a multimillion-dollar backup contract, was back...
IBM Mainframes Go 3-D
IBMs System z mainframes are about to get a microprocessor makeover.
The company is announcing April 25 that it will begin integrating its Cell Broadband...
Meet the New Linux Kernel: 2.6.21
It took longer than Linux creator Linus Torvalds would have liked, but the latest Linux kernel, version 2.6.21, has arrived. It brings many minor...
Websense to Acquire Security Rival SurfControl
Websense announced April 26 that it will acquire fellow Web security provider SurfControl for $400 million.
The deal is expected to close in about four...
Adobe Open-Source Move Sets Showdown with Microsoft
Adobe Systems has announced its plans to open-source its Flex Web development framework.
The San Jose, Calif., company is releasing its Adobe Flex source code...
Florida Might Be Techs Next Big Hub
When most people think of big high-tech hubs, what comes to mind is Silicon Valley. In-the-know IT workers might also add Northern Virginia, Denver...