Monthly Archives: November 2011
Adobe’s Retreat in Mobile Underscores Apple’s Dominance
Adobe's announcement last week that it was shifting its mobile development efforts to AIR and ending work on the Mobile Flash Player is an...
Google WiFi Opt-Out Method Met With Skepticism
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Nov. 15 made good on its promise to offer a way for users to opt out of having their wireless access point,...
oVirt at Last
Quite a few years back, I wrote a column titled "At Long Last, Lindows" about much-hyped arrival of the consumer-targeted spin of the Debian...
Duqu Gang Working on Trojan for Years: Kaspersky
The team behind the Duqu Trojan may have been working on the Trojan for at least four years, according to the latest analysis of...
Symantec Sells Stake in Huawei Joint Security, Storage Venture for $530 Million
Huawei Technologies will pay $530 million to buy out Symantec from the joint venture the two companies established in 2008 to sell storage and...
Symantec Instant Messaging Security.Cloud Addresses Security and Compliance Issues
Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) announced the availability of Symantec Instant Messaging Security.cloud (IMS.cloud) with support for Microsoft Lync. Symantec is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendor that...
Small-Business Owners Confident About Next Two Years
Small-business owners are battling regulatory challenges and the war for talent, factors that are negatively impacting their bottom line and potentially altering how they...
‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ Open-Sourced by Google
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Nov. 14 rolled out the source code for its Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" operating system, signaling that platform is moving closer...
Researchers Discover Link Between TDSS Rootkit and DNSchanger Trojan
The infamous TDSS rootkit is known for its versatility, as it has been put to work in drive-by downloads and a wide range of...
Salesforce.com Buys Model Metrics Cloud Consultancy
Per its CEO Marc Benioff's plan for the company, Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) made another acquisition aligned with its goals for padding its mobile, social and...