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  • iPhone-Like BlackBerry Can Inject New Life into RIM Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 4:20PMRIM is expected to announce details of the iPhone-esque BlackBerry 9800 next week. Don't hold your breath that for the BlackBerry smartphone to blow the iPhone or Android smartphones out of the water, but as long as the device can hold its own it should be a winner for RIM.
  • iPhone-like BlackBerry can inject new life into RIM Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 4:09PMRIM is expected to announce details of the iPhone-esque BlackBerry 9800 next week. Tony Bradley of PCWorld looks at what the new smartphone could mean for RIM
  • Citrix Jumps to Highest in a Decade on Upgrades Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 3:20PMCitrix Systems Inc., which makes software used to control computers remotely, rallied to the highest level since 2000 after more demand for its XenDesktop virtualization program prompted at least five analysts to raise their ratings.
  • Desktop Connect iPad app enables secure remote Windows server administration Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:27AMConsultant Erik Eckel swears by the iPad Desktop Connect app that allows him to securely administer Windows servers remotely. He makes his case for the iPad as an admin tool -- do you agree?
  • Solid Documents Introduces Powerful New 7.0 Version of Solid Framework .NET Software Development Kit Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:06AMNewest Version Enhances Conversion and Reconstruction Features; Gives Developers Power to Build Applications for the Creation, Modification and Conversion of PDF Files Within 64-Bit Native Environment
  • Research and Markets: Green Data Center: Modernisation Market Shares, Strategies and Forecasts - Markets to Reach $69 ... Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:00AMDUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of WinterGreen Research, Inc.'s new report "Green Data Center: Modernization Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010 to 2016" to their offering.
  • Solid Documents Introduces Powerful New 7.0 Version of Solid Framework .NET Software Development Kit Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:00AMREDMOND, WA--(Marketwire - 07/28/10) - Solid Documents, a leading developer of document reconstruction and archiving software, today announced the latest release of its Solid Framework .Net Software Development Kit (SDK). Version 7.0 gives developers more flexibility in developing applications with the SDK. It includes tools, documentation and samples developers can reference to write, build ...
  • Compact POS devices run SUSE Linux Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:26AMNCR announced two compact POS (point of sale) devices that run SUSE Linux for Point of Service, as well as a number of Windows operating systems.
  • Microsoft Becomes InCommon Affiliate Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:24AMANN ARBOR, Mich. and REDMOND, Wash., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp., a worldwide leader in software, services and solutions, has become an InCommon Affiliate. InCommon is the U.S. trust federation in higher education operated by Internet2. Through InCommon, higher education institutions and their partners offer access to contracted and collaborative services - in a privacy- and security ...
  • Massive Check Fraud Operation Run by Hackers Revealed at Black Hat Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 8:30AMCyber-criminals are using a complex, innovative scheme to commit widespread check forgery. According to research by SecureWorks revealed at Black Hat, the ring has counterfeited an estimated $9 million in checks in the last year.
  • Entuity Integrates Flow Analysis Into Latest Network Management Solution Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 8:20AMUnified Solution Improves Business Application Productivity
  • Research and Markets: Group Policy: Fundamentals, Security, and the Managed Desktop is the Ultimate Group Policy Guide ... Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 8:14AMDUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Group Policy: Fundamentals, Security, and the Managed Desktop" to their offering.
  • Microsoft Touts Virtualization In Server 2008 R2 SP1 Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 3:35PMMicrosoft's forthcoming Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 includes two major virtualization enhancements. But is Microsoft ready to start finally grabbing significant market share from rival VMware?
  • Sophos Blocks Windows Shell Attacks Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 12:13PMMalware protection tool doesn't blank out shortcut icons like Microsoft's proposed workaround for the active exploit.
  • Vizioncore's Free Management Pack For VMware Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 2:17PMVizioncore, a subsidiary of Quest software, has announced a free, downloadable application that allows users to monitor their VMware systems using Microsoft System Center Operations Manager. The Quest Management Pack for VMware is made up of a combination of features from Vizioncore that provide performance and availability monitoring, capacity trending, and server data collection. Paid product ...
  • Microsoft launches Kin phones Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 6:00PMThe image of a new smart phone called " Kin One" is projected on a screen at a Microsoft news conference in San Francisco, California April 12, 2010.
  • Google 'failing to live up to software claims' Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 6:21PMGOOGLE has been accused by its arch rival Microsoft of peddling "hype rather than reality" over what it can offer to the business world.
  • Even With All Its Profits, Microsoft Has a Popularity Problem Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 11:31AMMicrosoft’s success in selling software to big companies hasn’t impressed investors as much as new consumer products like Apple’s iPad.
  • Colligo Networks Achieves Record Q2 Revenue Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 8:24PMVancouver, BC, July 13, 2010 - Colligo Networks Inc.
  • First New York Securities Turns to TekVault to Manage Growth of Linux Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 5:08PMROCKAWAY, N.J., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The acceptance of Linux as an enterprise operating system has led to its use in high volume applications found in financial trading companies. TekVault Corporation (www.tekvault.com) a Rockaway, NJ regulatory compliance consultancy and service provider was chosen by First New York Securities, a premier principal trading firm ...
  • Microsoft Q4 net income surges 48 per cent, boosted by business spending Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 4:12PMSEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that its net income surged in the most recent quarter, the latest sign that businesses are again spending on technology.
  • First New York Securities Turns to TekVault to Manage Growth of Linux Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 4:08PMThe acceptance of Linux as an enterprise operating system has led to its use in high volume applications found in financial trading companies. TekVault Corporation a Rockaway, NJ regulatory compliance consultancy and service provider was chosen by First New York Securities, a premier principal trading firm headquartered in New York City, Â to provide the Centrify DirectControl and ...
  • Microsoft results suggest a strengthening market Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 2:25PMSEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that its net income rose 48 percent in the most recent quarter, the latest sign that businesses are again spending money on technology.
  • Nvidia kicks out CUDA 3.1 for GPUs Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 4:53AMParallel Nsight plug-in for Visual Studio, too If GPU coprocessors are going to go mainstream as adjuncts to CPUs in workstations and servers, the programming has to get easier and developers have to be able to exploit the languages, libraries, and development tools they have traditionally been using to create applications for PCs and servers.…
  • Microsoft's Fix It for Stuxnet vulnerability Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 6:48PMMicrosoft has released a temporary fix for a Windows Shell vulnerability that is being exploited by the Stuxnet malware.
  • NVIDIA Releases Development Environment for Visual Studio Developers Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 5:08PMParallel Nsight delivers GPU computing for Visual Studio cevelopers Graphics processing unit - Programming - Parallel computing - Tools - Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Windows 7 SP1 due first half 2011 Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 4:08PMService pack could be up to a year away.
  • Microsoft Warns of Windows Shortcut Vulnerability Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 4:07PMMicrosoft has released a security advisory addressing a vulnerability in the way Windows parses shortcuts. In Advisory 2286198, issued Friday and updated Monday, the software giant said "malicious code may be executed when a specially crafted shortcut is displayed," even without any user action to run the executable. The company said it is working on a security update.
  • BDNA Deepens State and Local Public Sector Channels; Signs Western Blue, an NWN Company, to Partner Program Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 11:53AMMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.----BDNA Corporation:
  • Microsoft Security Essentials' New Beta Increases Protection on a First-Come, First-Serve Basis [Beta Beat] Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 11:51AM# betabeat Windows only: Microsoft today released a new, limited beta for their increasingly popular anti-malware application, Microsoft Security Essentials. The beta introduces a new protection engine claiming better performance and protection, a network inspection system designed to protect against network exploits, token Windows Firewall integration (doesn't sound all that impressive), and ...
  • Windows zero-day advisory issued on USB drives Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 11:27AMMicrosoft issued a security advisory on Friday about a Windows vulnerability associated with shortcut icons on USB drives.
  • FileMaker Pro squeezes onto an iPhone Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 5:53AMWorks better on iPad, though FileMaker Pro, the Mac's answer to Microsoft Access, is now available for iOS – allowing the iPhone and iPad into the enterprise, as long as the enterprise is using FileMaker.…
  • Adding the Live Communications Active Directory Tab in Windows 7 Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 10:33PMIf you're having trouble getting Live Communications going in AD in Windows 7, this may just be the cure. Windows 7 - Active Directory - Microsoft Windows - Operating system - Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Confirms New Zero-Day Threat Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 6:52PMSecurity flaw can potentially affect all supported versions of Windows, including Windows 7.
  • Virus targets Siemens industrial control systems Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 6:26PMBOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers have built a computer virus that attacks Siemens AG's widely used industrial control systems, creating malicious software that analysts said can be used for espionage and sabotage.
  • Virus targets Siemens industrial control systems Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 5:57PMBy Jim Finkle
  • Windows systems at risk from Stuxnet shortcut malware Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 11:50AMMicrosoft is investigating spy malware that launches from a USB stick without a user's click and that is infecting critical infrastructure systems in Iran, India and other countries
  • Microsoft confirms Windows zero-day bug Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 4:19AMBut no patch for vulnerability for Windows XP SP2 or Windows 2000 Microsoft is warning that attackers are exploiting a critical unpatched Windows vulnerability using infected USB flash drives.
  • Microsoft, PC makers to offer Azure cloud services Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 6:11PMMicrosoft is teaming up with computer makers to try to make its Windows Azure cloud computing system attractive to government and big corporate customers.
  • Linux to eclipse Microsoft's 'all-in' tablet enthusiasm Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 4:08PMPoll finds for Android, Chrome OS, MeeGo Microsoft might be "all in" on tablets ( here and here ), but it's Linux that will dominate this new category of device, according to latest research.…
  • Unlimited virtualization rights price breakeven point for Windows Server Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 3:29PMOne of the Windows Server line's best features is the unlimited virtualization rights for server installations. Rick Vanover explains where Windows Server can breakeven in price.
  • Firefox joins Microsoft in uncool kids class Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 2:23PMChrome hangs out, looks good Open...and Shut After more than a decade of slugging it out with Microsoft for supremacy, Mozilla's Firefox now claims 24 per cent of the global browser market, according to Net Applications .…
  • SteelCloud Launches Hosting Program in Australia and New Zealand for Hosted BlackBerry Services Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 9:00AMSteelCloud, Inc. a leading developer of mobility computing appliance solutions today announced the launch of its BlackBerry® Hosting Program in Australia and New Zealand .  ANZ members of the BlackBerry Alliances Hosters Program will now have access to a simple, cost effective hosting solution with direct access to BlackBerry technical experts.
  • Dell Services Teams with Liquidware Labs to Make Virtualized Desktop Deployments Easy and Fast Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 8:00AMPLANO, Texas----With desktop virtualization rapidly becoming a means to empowering the next generation workforce, Dell Services today announced a strategic agreement with Liquidware Labs to enable simplified and accelerated customer migrations to virtualized desktops within customer environments both onsite and in the cloud.
  • Sanbolic Offers Service Provider Licensing for Cloud Storage Software Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 7:23AMSanbolic has recently announced that it is offering service provider licensing (SPLA) for its software storage solution for cloud hosting environments.
  • New Release of Oracle's Sun Ray Software Available Now Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 7:00AMREDWOOD SHORES, CA--(Marketwire - 07/15/10) - Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL - News ) News Facts Demonstrating its commitment to provide a comprehensive desktop virtualization portfolio, Oracle announced the latest Sun Ray Software 5 update. Sun Ray Software 5 is a secure, cost-effective solution that delivers a rich virtual desktop experience to customers using Oracle's Sun Ray Clients or traditional PCs ...
  • Microsoft steps up war on Apple's iPad Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 7:45PMMicrosoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer touted new tablet-style devices running the Windows 7 operating system from about 20 manufacturers at a conference, underlining the giant software company's eagerness to counter the explosion of interest in Apple Inc's iPad.
  • Microsoft WPC: Host of new products unveiled Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 7:35PMMicrosoft has announced a number of major new product releases in the opening keynote for its Worldwide Partner Conference 2010.
  • Steve Ballmer: 'Windows 7 tablets are coming' Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 6:57PMMicrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer promised a sports arena filled with Microsoft partners that, within months, a number of Windows-based tablets would be hitting the market, and that the company is urgently working to bring its Microsoft Windows Phone 7 smartphone OS to market.
  • Firefox 4 Beta 1: First Look Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 10:53AMFirefox 4's new Chrome-like user interface shines, but but the real change is under the hood with its HTML 5 support. Google Chrome - Mozilla Firefox - Firefox - browser - Clients