US government sides against Microsoft in Supreme Court patent case
The U.S. government itself has come out against Microsoft in a Supreme Court case that may decide the way patents are protected.
View ArticleMcAfee's website full of security holes, researcher says
The McAfee.com website is full of security mistakes that could lead to cross-site scripting and other attacks, researchers said in a post on the Full Disclosure site on Monday. The holes with the site...
View ArticleDell's new servers come preloaded with hundreds of virtual machines
Dell on Thursday served up a new choice for buying its servers: plug-and-play configurations that include up to 200 VMware virtual machines along with the networking and storage needed to run them.
View ArticleGoogle found guilty of patent infringement for using Linux
A jury in the Eastern District of Texas told Google that it owes Bedrock Computer Technologies $5 million in damages for using versions of Linux that infringe on Bedrock's patents.
View ArticleMicrosoft, Juniper urged to patch dangerous IPv6 DoS hole
Security experts are urging Microsoft and Juniper to patch a year-old IPv6 vulnerability so dangerous it can freeze any Windows machine on a LAN in a matter of minutes.
View ArticleIBM expands cloud disaster recovery services
IBM on Monday announced two cloud-based disaster recovery services for businesses: the IBM SmartCloud Virtualized Server Recovery and the IBM SmartCloud Archive.
View ArticleLinux Foundation releases specification to ease licensing headaches
The Linux Foundation and FOSSBazaar on Wednesday released a new specification to ease the pain of license compliance for open source software. The Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) is a data...
View ArticleMicrosoft blacklists all DigiNotar certificates
Microsoft on Tuesday blacklisted all DigiNotar certificates after seeing active attacks from at least one fraudulent digital certificate issued by DigiNotar.
View ArticleMicrosoft woos developers with Windows 8 demonstration
Microsoft took the wraps off Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10 on Tuesday, revealing a dramatically different Windows for both users and application developers. It validated some of the rumors about...
View ArticleLync not enterprise-ready, claims Microsoft ISV-turned-rival
A gap between what Microsoft promises with Lync's telephony and what it delivers makes Lync a poor choice as an IP PBX replacement for large organizations, according to a former Microsoft "Most...
View ArticleMicrosoft gets Casio to sign Linux patent protection deal
Lest we forget that Microsoft still insists Linux violates 235 of its patents, Microsoft issued a reminder today.
View ArticleNEC to ship OpenFlow switch for Microsoft Windows Server 8 Hyper-V
Chalk up another big partnership win for Microsoft's Hyper-V from the world of virtual, programmable switching. NEC's OpenFlow-based network fabric, ProgrammableFlow, will be integrated with Windows...
View ArticleRed Hat raids cloud storage market by acquiring Gluster
Red Hat announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Gluster, which makes open-source software that clusters commodity SATA drives and NAS systems into massively scalable pools of storage, in a cash deal...
View ArticleComputer infected? Blame yourself, Microsoft report concludes
Zero-day exploits are nerve-racking for IT professionals but are far less dangerous than unpatched older vulnerabilities for which fixes are available, Microsoft says.
View ArticleLinux 3.1 is out and supports OpenRISC, NFC, Wii
Linus Torvalds released Linux 3.1 Monday and the new feature list is long and wide. Linux 3.1 includes a new iSCSI implementation and support for OpenRISC, Near-Field Communication chips, and -- get...
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