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A Solid State Drive Boom
After the recent CES show more and more pundits and analysts are predicting that 2008 will be a big year for solid state of...
Google Apps for the iPhone Get Faster, Better
Just over a month after launching Google Apps tailored for the iPhone, Google celebrated the first day of Macworld in San Francisco by adding...
Using a Browser, Hackers Can Hijack Wi-Fi Routers
Hackers armed with a Web browser and a rigged SWF (Shockwave) file can fire code execution exploits at most modern Wi-Fi routers, according to...
Oracle DBAs Slow to Apply Patches
Oracle puts out its share of security patches for its software. However, for many database administrators and IT professionals, the amount of manual labor...
IBM’s Very Good Year
Maybe IBM should change its name to IBS, as in International Business Services. Today, company officials couldn't contain their enthusiasm and issued preliminary revenue...
SonicWall Looks to Expand SSL VPN Space
Roughly six months after SonicWall snapped up Aventail, the newly merged network security company launched another entry into the SSL VPN space as it...
NRF’s Offbeat Rollouts, From Kiosks To Kleptomania
Among the major announcements at the National Retail Federation show in New York will be a major 2-D barcode trial backed by Microsoft. The...
Google Search to Know What You Think … and How
Nicholas Carr, the man who slapped the IT world upside the head by saying IT doesn't matter, is talking to folks about his new...
IBM Opens Jazz to Developers
IBM is opening up its collaborative development platform, known as Jazz, to the community at large.In addition, IBM also is rolling out a new...
EU Launches Two New Microsoft Investigations
Just when Microsoft thought the bulk of its antitrust woes were behind it, regulators in the European Union announced that they have opened two...