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Mac OS X Update Swats Five Security Bugs

Apple Computer Inc. late Monday shipped a security update to patch five Mac OS X security flaws and warned that the most dangerous bug...

Skype Addresses Vulnerabilities

Poor Skype. They started out last week with the best of intentions, releasing what they called an independent security evaluation of their VOIP product,...

Sprint Mixes In Mobile Download Service

Sprint Nextel Corp. launched the United States first mobile audio download service on Monday, introducing Music Store, which allows the companys subscribers to buy...

Cutting-Edge Performance Drives Chip Makers

Chip makers are making clear that they intend to continue to explore advanced technologies such as virtualization and multicore processors to help solve thermal...

AOLs AIMPro Revamps Business IM

Hoping to catch a ride on the software-as-a-service wave, America Online Inc. is working to integrate its popular instant messaging client with WebEx Communications...

Licensing Gets with the Open-Source Program

Among the most unloved quirks of the enterprise IT market is that software is licensed, not sold. Its a business model that dates back...

Oracle Cracks the Whip with Enterprise Manager 10g R2

Oracle on Monday plans to release an update to Enterprise Manager that slaps at two pain points in grid computing: getting IT services available...

PowerCenter Update Zeus Delivers Control

Informatica Corp. this week will introduce its PowerCenter 8 upgrade, code-named Zeus, designed to help IT managers increase productivity through optimization and better federation. PowerCenter...

Microsofts Blue Hat Shows Its Serious About Security

For critics of Microsoft Corp.s software, 2003 was a very good year. The appearance of the Slammer and Blaster worms was evidence—if any were...

SOAs Gather Steam with Proposed Specs

With the adoption of SOAs moving beyond pilot stages, underlying Web services standards are also maturing. The e-business standards consortium Organization for the Advancement of...