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Microsoft Closes PowerPoint Security Holes

Microsoft pushed out a patch May 12 to give Office PowerPoint users a shield against ongoing attacks targeting a zero-day vulnerability.The fix is part...

Anatomy of Oracle’s Multibillion-Dollar Sun Acquisition

In an SEC proxy filing May 12 detailing the background behind Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems for a net compensation of $5.6 billion, Sun...

Google Lunar X Prize Draws Another Competitor

An international team based in the Netherlands has entered the Google Lunar X Prize, a $30 million competition to successfully launch, land and operate...

Pirated Windows 7 Builds Botnet with Trojan

Attackers pushing pirated, malware-laced copies of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system have been actively trying to build a botnet.According to researchers at Damballa,...

Rackable Retains SGI Name

The SGI name will live on, even though Rackable Systems bought the venerable Silicon Valley pioneer.After completing the $42.5 million deal to acquire SGI...

Entourage Is the Big Pothole on the Road to the Mac

I locked it in a drawer. I left it in the lab. I tried to give it back to IT. But at the end...

SAP Boosts Business Data Search

SAP will roll out SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, designed to give workers within an organization near-instant access to business data via a user-friendly search interface....

Conficker, Coreflood and Other Malware Madness on Your PC

Conficker, Coreflood and Other Malware Madness on Your PC The MBR/Sinowal/Mebroot/Torpig rootkit&#151Stealthiest Rootkit in the Wild? A recent update from the hackers enabled it to hook...

Dell Introduces Colorful Inspiron Netbook, Laptop and Desktops

Dell is announcing colorful new Inspiron netbook, laptop and desktop updates.The Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook, released just this February, to compete against the...

AirTran Equips Entire Fleet With Wi-Fi

AirTran Airways announced May 12 it will become the first major airline to offer passengers Wi-Fi broadband Internet access on every flight across its...