Monthly Archives: January 2013
Ruby on Rails Security Flaw Severe, but Not Widespread: Researcher
The developers for Ruby on Rails fixed a subtle bug in the Web development framework that could allow an attacker to take control of...
Google Dodges FTC Antitrust Charges, Will Change Business Practices
Google could have been hit with a government sledgehammer in connection with charges of anticompetitive behaviors against rivals, but instead the search giant has...
A Divided Vote
A Divided Vote
Nearly half (48 percent) of IT leaders surveyed said they anticipate growth in their organizations' 2013 IT budgets. The other 52 percent...
Lenovo, EMC Launch Joint Venture for New SMB Servers
Lenovo continues to expand its market reach beyond making laptop PCs.Last September the Chinese IT hardware maker ventured into the software world for the...
Lexmark Buys Acuo to Expand Vendor-Neutral Medical Image, EHR Platform
Lexmark International continues its series of acquisitions tied to the health care space by purchasing Acuo Technologies, a medical image archive company.Acuo offers a...
Sprint to Offer Contract-Free ‘As You Go’ Plans: Report
Sprint appears to have a new plan up its sleeve. If images, said to be leaked internal Sprint documents, prove to be up to...
Industrial Control Systems Faced Nearly 200 Attacks: DHS
Industrial control systems came under increasing scrutiny and attack in 2012, with almost 200 documented incidents, according to a report released last week by...
Microsoft C#: 8 Reasons to Use it for Mobile Development
Cutting Edge
Asynchronous programming is a first-class language feature and turns what is typically regarded as boring, repetitive and error-prone coding into a more simple...
AMD Gains a CFO, but Loses a Chip Engineer to Samsung
Advanced Micro Devices continues to see change in its executive ranks, naming a permanent chief financial officer just weeks after a vice president and...
Linux-Based Tizen, Ubuntu Platforms to Make Push Into Mobile
Android and iOS so overwhelmingly dominate the mobile operating system market that analysts have suggested there's no room for even a third player. Microsoft...