Monthly Archives: July 2010
Third-Party Windows Apps Not Using Microsoft Security Features, Researchers Find
Danish security company Secunia revealed July 1 that many popular third-party Windows applications are not taking advantage of two built-in Windows security measures that...
GPUs, IBM Chip Increase Energy Efficiency of Supercomputers
Supercomputers that use accelerators-including graphics chips-along with traditional CPUs are gaining a growing share of the list of the world's most energy-efficient systems.According to...
Adobe PDF Security Issue Still Exploitable, Researchers Say
A security researcher has found a way to circumvent Adobe Systems' effort to address the /Launch action issue that made headlines a few months...
Palm Deal Gives HP Chance to Revitalize Smartphone Business
Hewlett-Packard's completion of its Palm acquisition July 1 means that the smartphone business has a new, highly important player that could change the landscape...
Microsoft Windows 8: 10 Features That Should Be Included
Microsoft Windows 8: 10 Features That Should Be Included
by Don Reisinger
A Web-Based Version
With Google planning to deliver a Web-based operating system, Chrome OS, in...
Microsoft Releases Data on Windows Zero-Day Attacks
Microsoft reported June 30 that more than "10,000 distinct computers" have been attacked at least once using the Windows vulnerability uncovered in June by...
How Do You Take Mac Management to the Next Level?
One of my goals for this summer is to focus on how our readers are using Macs in the enterprise. This is a subject...
IBM Adopts Firefox as Its Default Browser
IBM has standardized on the Mozilla Firefox Web browser as the default browser for its employees.In a July 1 blog post, Bob Sutor, vice...
HP, Palm Deal Complete, webOS Developments Ahead
Hewlett-Packard has completed its $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm.HP, the world's top-selling PC maker, with access to Palm's webOS mobile platform and Pre and...
Apple Adds Features to MobileMe Gallery for iPhone 4
Apple released an update for MobileMe allowing owners of the recently released iPhone 4 to view and download photos on the phone's high resolution...