Brian Prince

Microsoft issued a massive Patch Tuesday update Oct. 13 to address 34 vulnerabilities across its products. The vulnerabilities are covered by 13 security bulletins, and span Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, Silverlight, Forefront, Developer Tools and SQL Server. Eight of the bulletins were given a critical rating, Microsoft’s highest severity classification. To read about how […]

Hewlett-Packard is deepening its relationship with Oracle with the release of new HP BladeSystem Matrix provisioning templates and reference configurations for Oracle solutions. The company made the announcement Oct. 12 at Oracle OpenWorld 2009 in San Francisco, touting technology the company believes will ease the deployment of infrastructure services for Oracle applications. According to HP, […]

Oracle’s annual budget for research and development is $3 billion-a large sum of money that has made its way to customers in the form of product innovation, enhancements and integration. It is that third area, integration, that was the subject of much of the joint keynote speeches by Oracle co-presidents Charles Phillips and Safra Catz […]

Computer hacker Gary McKinnon may finally be heading to the United Statesto stand trial on charges of breaking into U.S.military and NASA computers. McKinnon, who has fought extradition for seven years, was denied permission today by a court in the UK to take his battle against extradition to the British Supreme Court. In denying his […]

Adobe is warning users about a critical vulnerability in versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat that is being exploited in targeted attacks. While little information has been made available about the exact nature of the vulnerability, it has been described by VUPEN Security as a memory corruption error. According to the advisory from VUPEN, the […]

IBM is developing a new, optional software technology for IBMPower Systems to help organizations increase database transaction capacity while cutting the cost and risk associated with growing systems. The new feature is called DB2 pureScale, and is slated to be ready for Power 550 Express and Power 595 in December. Developed jointly by the IBM […]

Cisco Systems is looking to extend its URL filtering controls to what it refers to as the -Dark Web’-the nebula of sites that remain uncategorized by URL filtering databases. With Cisco IronPort Web Usage Controls, the company is targeting the 80 percent of the Web it says is largely unknown to legacy URL filtering tools. […]

FBI Director Robert Mueller has apparently sworn off online banking after nearly falling victim to a phishing attack. During a speech Oct. 7 at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco, Mueller recounted being “just a few clicks away from falling into a classic Internet phishing scheme.” A transcript of the speech is posted […]

Microsoft plans to release 13 security bulletins in a massive patch Tuesday update next week. Eight of the 13 bulletins are rated “critical,” and the remaining five are classified as “important.” All totaled, the bulletins cover 34 vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, Silverlight, Forefront, Developer Tools and SQL Server. Among the bulletins being […]

Ingres is taking a direct shot at MySQL users in its pitch for the latest version of the company’s flagship open-source database. With Ingres Database 9.3, the company has built in technology to make it easier for businesses to migrate off of MySQL, as well as from databases from Oracle, Microsoft and Sybase. To accomplish […]