Open source software (OSS) is not so much the underdog in the IT world, according survey findings announced by Barracuda Networks, a provider of e-mail and Web security appliances.
- By Will Kraft
- October 12, 2007
Pouncing on an opportunity to add another weapon in an increasingly bitter business software battle, Oracle Corp. has offered to buy struggling rival BEA Systems Inc. for $6.7 billion in its latest shot aimed at another industry leader, SAP AG.
- By The Associated Press
- October 12, 2007
Recently discovered security hole in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 uses Internet Explorer (IE) 7 as the attack vector; fix is coming.
- By Keith Ward
- October 11, 2007
An international media rights group called on China to loosen controls on news and personal expression on the Internet, saying the country's system of censorship is an insult to the spirit of online freedom.
- By The Associated Press
- October 10, 2007
Police in central China have jailed a 50-year-old woman for posing as a teenage rape victim on the Internet, an official and state media said Wednesday.
- By The Associated Press
- October 10, 2007
Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co., has signed on as a contributor with Fox News' soon-to-launch business news channel, the media company announced Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- October 10, 2007
Microsoft rolled out six security bulletins on its "Patch Tuesday" today, one fewer than expected.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- October 09, 2007
Around the world, Internet users are conducting about 1.4 million searches every minute _ most of them through Google Inc., a new comScore study estimates.
- By The Associated Press
- October 09, 2007
Marking perhaps the most significant BI acquisitions to date, SAP plans to buy Business Objects, the largest supplier of BI software, for $6.7 billion.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 08, 2007
On Friday, we presented the first installment of the "Top 10 Overlooked Features of Windows Server 2008." Today is part two. These are technologies included in Windows 2008 that you may not have heard much about, but could make your life as a Windows IT pro a lot easier.
- By Keith Ward
- October 08, 2007
Microsoft and third-party vendors are working overtime to produce new storage management solutions for business. They've come a long way since the days of tape backup, and the innovations are continuing.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- October 05, 2007
In October, for the second time in as many months, Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday" gave way to "Exploit Wednesday." This could be a sign of an emergent modus operandi for those who would exploit vulnerabilities just after Microsoft releases its security bulletins, according to some security experts.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- October 05, 2007
Windows Server 2008 is on its way. With the first release candidate in the pipeline, it shouldn't be long before release to manufacturing and general availability.
- By Keith Ward
- October 05, 2007
Microsoft Corp. launched a Web site Thursday for managing personal health and medical information, jumping into an industry whose digital future is clouded by privacy worries.
- By The Associated Press
- October 04, 2007
Microsoft expects to release seven security patches with four "Critical" and three "Important" bulletins as part of its upcoming Patch Tuesday release.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- October 04, 2007