Monthly Archives: July 2009
Microsoft Vulnerability Underscores Importance of Strong SDL
Sometimes it's the little things. According to Microsoft, one of the bugs in the Active Template Library was the result of a typo.An ampersand,...
Report: Recession, Enterprise Acceptance Spur Open Source
According to a recent IDC study, the market for open-source software has been accelerated by both the slow economy and increased acceptance from enterprise...
Black Hat: Microsoft Touts Progress of Security Initiatives
Heading into yet another annual Black Hat USA conference during which its products will no doubt be publicly hacked, cracked and attacked by numerous...
Black Hat: Security Research Celebs Prepare to Rock Black Hat
Every corner of the IT industry, or the business world for that matter, claims to have its own set of "rock stars."However, unlike almost...
Samsung Launches 1TB HDD for Servers, Desktop PCs
Following on the heels of big new spinning-disk storage drives released by Western Digital, Toshiba and Seagate, Samsung rejoined the capacity party July 29...
10 Reasons Why Microhoo Is Good for Enterprise Search
After more than a year of an on-again, off-again courtship with many twists and turns, Microsoft and Yahoo finally announced a search partnership that...
Microsoft Bing to Power Yahoo Search in 10-Year Deal Aimed at Google
Microsoft and Yahoo officially inked on July 29 the search ad deal everyone's been talking about: Microsoft agreed to power Yahoo's search engine, and...
Symantec Profits Fall in Q1
Symantec saw profits drop year-over-year for the first quarter of fiscal 2010, as the company has found enterprises less willing to sign long-term deals."On...
Verizon BREWs a New Mix for Mobile App Developers
At its Verizon Developer Community Conference, Verizon Wireless rang in with the new but also made clear that it is not forgetting developers focusing...
Barnes and Noble, ATandT Partner on In-Store Wi-Fi
Bookseller Barnes & Noble has announced a partnership with mobile carrier AT&T to provide complimentary Wi-Fi Internet access in B&N's stores across the United...