Monthly Archives: August 2010
Hot Certified, Noncertified IT Skills: What You Need Now
Hot Certified, Noncertified IT Skills: What You Need Now
by Don E. Sears
#10 Noncertified SkillPython
Python is an open-source, object-oriented programming language and has gained steam...
Adobe Patches Shockwave Player Flaws
Adobe Systems patched 20 bugs in its Shockwave Player in a critical update Aug. 24.The vulnerabilities were "identified in Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.7.609 and...
Red Hat Paves Open, Portable Path to the Cloud
Red Hat announced updates to its Cloud Foundations portfolio and moved to deliver a cloud strategy the company described as the ultimate in openness...
IBM, HP, Dell Seeing x86 Server Sales Climb, Analysts Say
Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Dell and other systems makers are benefiting from the resurgence in the x86 server market, according to market research by Gartner and...
Dell Aero Smartphone Gets Mixed Reactions
Dell introduced the Android-running Aero smartphone Aug. 24, and already reactions are mixed.Dell calls the Aero its first U.S. smartphone-which may come as news...
BlackBerry Maker RIM Purchases Cellmania
Research In Motion Aug. 24 made its latest move in a game of strategy to stay alive in the North American mobile marketplace and...
HP Cloud Effort Will Be on Display at VMworld
Hewlett-Packard is looking to make it easier for businesses to deploy private cloud computing environments.HP officials on Aug. 25 announced the creation of an...
INSIDE MOBILE: Why Intel’s Acquisition of McAfee Is Important for Mobile
You have to hand it to firms such as Intel and Microsoft. When they are determined to succeed in a new market, they try...
Defense Department Confirms Critical Cyber-attack
A senior Pentagon official has revealed details of a previously classified malware attack he declared "the most significant breach of U.S. military computers ever."In...
ATandT Offers VOIP Services to VPN Customers
Customers of AT&T's VPN can now take advantage of voice-over-IP services over the network cloud, according to the carrier.The converged offering, AT&T announced Aug....