Monthly Archives: April 2008
Adobe Issues Critical Flash Player Update
Adobe Systems has released a major Flash Player update to fix at least seven cross-platform vulnerabilities that put users at risk of PC takeover...
HP Exstream Takes Printing Business in New Direction
Early in 2008, just days before IBM agreed to shutter its printing business to focus more on enterprise software, Hewlett-Packard made what might have...
U.S. Takes Fourth in Global Network Economies
The U.S. ranks fourth among the world's networked economies, according a new report issued April 9 by the World Economic Forum. Denmark came in...
Microsoft Details IE 8 Security Default Change
SAN FRANCISCO-Microsoft plans to make a key Internet Explorer default change to thwart attackers trying to hack into its Web browser.The software maker will...
Yahoo to Buy Online Analytics Company IndexTools
Yahoo announced on April 9 that it will acquire IndexTools, an online advertising analytics provider, a purchase that should improve Yahoo's position to take...
Gartner: Google Doesn’t Understand the Enterprise
LAS VEGAS-Google Apps is like a "fog rolling into the harbor," permeating businesses quite possibly at the expense of Microsoft and IBM, Gartner analyst...
Sun Readies New Niagara Systems
Sun Microsystems is rolling out its latest hardware based on its UltraSPARC T2 chip.On April 9, Sun will officially begin selling two new servers,...
Motorola Finds a New Chairman
Former AT&T Chairman and CEO David Dorman will assume the role of Motorola's non-executive chairman May 8, replacing Ed Zander, the company's current chairman...
Maryland Repeals Controversial Tech Tax
The Maryland House of Delegates April 8 waited just one day to join the Maryland Senate in repealing a controversial 6 percent tax on...
Mitigating Virtual Machine Security Vulnerabilities
San Francisco (4/8/2008)--The "Mitigating Virtual Machine Security Vulnerabilities" panel with newcomer Fortisphere, old-timer Configuresoft and nonprofit security adviser the Center for Internet Security was...