One fun thing about the interactive world of Web 2.0 is the online applications you can take advantage of, such as Google Gadgets.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- August 07, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    We dodged a bullet last month -- the discovery of a fundamental flaw in the Domain Name System, Dan Kaminsky told a standing-room only (and some sitting on the floor) crowd at the Black Hat Briefings Wednesday. 
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- August 07, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    AT&T has introduced a new hosted service that offers online storage, processing power and enterprise applications.
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
- August 06, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is initiating a new security notification approach, the company announced on Tuesday at the Black Hat security conference.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 06, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Black Hat Briefings return to Caesars Palace this week with a new batch of hands-on security research for a crowd of 4,000 IT administrators, hackers, industry experts and government officials.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- August 06, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice charged 11  hackers with allegedly hitting the computer records of as many as nine major  retail companies and selling more than 40 million credit and debit card  numbers.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 06, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. -- IBM made several announcements Tuesday at the annual LinuxWorld conference, introducing a new series of products, services and initiatives that the company says will "further expand IBM's commitment to Linux and open source by enabling the next generation of Linux."
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- August 06, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 to manufacturing and, as an evaluation edition, to subscribers of its Microsoft Development Network and TechNet services
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
- August 06, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are "close to agreement" on a code of conduct for Internet technology companies that are doing business in countries restricting citizen dissent and speech rights, according to an announcement issued on Monday by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 06, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Open source software topped the list of business "risk factors" outlined in Microsoft's annual 10-K report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 05, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a move clearly designed to strengthen its position in this segment, VMware has announced a new initiative dubbed the System Builder Program
                    
			            - By Tom  Valovic
- August 05, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM Corp. late last week touted the construction of two additional cloud computing datacenters -- an investment of $360 million -- which let it address what officials call "surging" demand for cloud computing resources. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- August 05, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft ratcheted up its PR and client communications  efforts to demonstrate that it's serious about security. 
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 05, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM and name-brand Linux operating system distributors Red Hat, Novell and Canonical/Ubuntu have disclosed their intentions to join forces with their hardware partners to create what they are calling "Microsoft-free personal computing choices." 
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- August 05, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Software  vulnerabilities are up this year, especially Web browser-based ones, according  to a new report from IBM Internet  Security Systems.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 04, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Next week at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, security researcher Joanna Rutkowska promises to demonstrate how a malicious attacker, working remotely, could take control of the open-source Xen virtualization software. 
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
- August 01, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    
                    
			            - By Anne Stuart  and RCP Staff
- August 01, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- August 01, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    TechMentor and VSLive! conferences offer in-depth training and important updates on today's most important technologies. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- August 01, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                     As Microsoft rolls out its new hypervisor, partners ponder the opportunities and challenges created by Redmond's giant leap into the virtualization arena. 
                    
			            - By Lee Pender  and Keith Ward/RCP Staff
- August 01, 2008