IDG News Service - A new piece of malware that deletes entire partitions and user files from infected computers has been found in Iran, according to an alert issued Sunday by Maher, Iran's Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination ...
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Google yesterday patched 24 vulnerabilities in Chrome, and paid out $29,500 in bounties to nine researchers, more than half of that to one of the company’s most prolific bug finders. Chrome 22, which Google started pushing to ...
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Heads of IT are claiming that Google is “still not a corporate contender” with its apps and services, according to The Corporate IT Forum. Research from the Forum, which surveyed heads of IT at some of the UK’s largest ...
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A European aeronautical supplier's website has been infected with a state-sponsored zero-day exploit, according to security firm, Sophos. Business IT administrators and other computer users should use caution in the light of the discovery ...
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Microsoft has said it is increasing its investment in China as it looks to take advantage of the growing market. The company will invest in new hires, more research for local requirements, and an expansion to additional cities and ...
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Google Apps will not support the downloading of documents in older Microsoft Office formats starting on Monday, the company said on Wednesday. The change will affect “.doc,” “.xls,” and “.ppt” documents ...
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About 100 people waited outside Boston’s Microsoft Store Friday to buy the company’s new Surface tablet, which runs a new version of Windows. Unlike previous versions of the operating system, Windows RT runs on an ARM ...
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Microsoft on Friday launched an Office upgrade offer that gives customers who purchase the current Office 2010 a free copy of the upcoming Office 2013. The deal, stuck with the official title of "Microsoft Office Pre-launch Offer," ...
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Dell on Tuesday said its XPS 10 tablet with Windows RT will start at US$499, matching the price of Microsoft's Surface tablet that became available last week. The XPS 10 has a 10-inch screen, weighs 635 grams, and provides about 8 hours ...
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Microsoft has released the customer preview of its latest version of Microsoft Office, which will be cloud-based and work best on Windows 8. Steve Ballmer announced the preview, claiming Office 2013 will provide consumers and businesses ...
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Internet communication platform Skype has been hit by worm malware that could infect Windows PCs. When users of the communication platform click on an instant message that says"lol is this your new profile pic"they instantly download ...
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Labyrinth Learning releases eLab Skills Evaluation Tool(SET),a flexible and cost-effective tool that helps schools,training firms,and other organizations easily and accurately assess computer skills. BERKELEY,CA,October ...
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Steven Sinofsky,the Microsoft executive in charge of the development of Windows 8 and widely regarded as the future successor to CEO Steve Ballmer,has resigned from the company.He was also responsible for leading the development of Windows ...
Dixons Retail will deploy cloud-based Microsoft Office 365 software across its operation in the UK and Ireland,Czech Republic and Hong Kong,the owner of the retail chain,and others including PC World and Currys has announced. The ...
IT services provider Civica has secured multiple contracts with 22 UK schools to provide digital learning services. Implemented by Civica's education division, the learning environments use Civica's CloudBase learning platform and Virtual ...
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