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Talk of Flashs Demise Is Premature

You can call me Jim Rapoza, the Peter Coffee Killer. Well, not literally, but Im a killer of his Epicenters columns. Surely, now that youre...

Dont Let Mashups Smash Up

It is time to throw your IT operation in the blender. Where once you would pick a single best-of-breed product and build a business...

Exotic Programming Tools Go Mainstream

The January release of Franzs Allegro Common LISP 8.0 puts developers on notice that "exotic" programming tools, long relegated to research environments, are becoming...

Auto Maker Plays IT Safe

General Motors CIO Ralph Szygenda last week rolled out what he has called the third wave of outsourcing—$7.5 billion of IT work over the...

Opera to Add BitTorrent, Widgets to Next-Gen Browser

Norwegian browser maker Opera Software will release a new preview version of its desktop software this week that will include support for the BitTorrent...

Someones Got to Take Charge

It sure would be easier to keep corporate information assets secure if people didnt actually try to use them. Thats an ancient paradox, of...

Security May Dog Software as a Service

As the thirst for low-maintenance on-demand software continues to grow in the enterprise, some security experts and customers worry that security weaknesses could disrupt...

Adobe Patches Photoshop, Illustrator Flaws

Web and print publishing software maker Adobe Systems has pushed out security patches to cover a potentially serious code execution flaw in the Adobe...

Microsoft Seeks to Bridge Web 2.0 and SOA

SAN FRANCISCO—While Microsoft has not yet jumped full-fledged onto the Web 2.0 bandwagon, the company is clearly taking a good look and kicking the...

Security Appliances Aid Compliance

Imperva on Jan. 30 rolled out three new SecureSphere Gateway appliances that help meet regulatory requirements imposed by PCI Data Security Standards, the Health...