Symantec has spotted another odd piece of malware that appears to be targeting Iran and is designed to meddle with SQL databases. The company discovered the malware, called W32.Narilam, on Nov. 15 but on Friday published a more detailed ...
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Researchers from security firm Security Explorations have claimed to have discovered a vulnerability in the Java 7 security update released Thursday that can be exploited to escape the Java sandbox and execute arbitrary code on the ...
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Westcon today announced that it has been signed as a distributor for VSS Monitoring in the Middle East. VSS Monitoring is a leader in brokering traffic for performance and security tools on dynamic networks deployed by enterprises, ...
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HP CEO Meg Whitman has come forward to reassure customers that the future of its Autonomy product line is safe, a day after HP disclosed an alleged accounting scandal at the company it acquired last year. “We remain 100 percent ...
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HP has unveiled two new HP ProLiant Generation 8 (Gen8) four-socket servers that facilitate customers’ move to the cloud while delivering increased compute power in less space and a return on investment within three months. The ...
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HP’s layoff count has increased again as the company said, in a U.S. Security and Exchange filing it will eliminate 29,000 positions, 2,000 more than the previous figure. In May, HP announced plans to cut 27,000 employees by 2014, ...
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Hewlett-Packard has launched a hosted offering called HP Service Anywhere, providing IT service management (ITSM) software over the Internet. “We believe that SaaS as a delivery model and as a business model makes sense for many of ...
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Microsoft has now updated Flash on Windows 8 to protect IE10 users from attacks that may have started months ago. More than a week before, Microsoft had backed away from an earlier position that held it would not patch Flash until late ...
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Apple has lost its court battle with Samsung in the UK over its tablet design. The High Court in London ruled that Samsung has not infringed Apple’s registered design for theiPad. Apple appealed the decision, originally made in ...
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Rumour has it that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison will introduce a next-generation version of the Exadata database machine, the first and apparently most successful of its “engineered systems” that combine Oracle software with ...
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Oracle is finding itself caught up in another Java-related patent lawsuit, but this time it’s the one getting sued. Java middleware vendor Thought filed suit against Oracle on Oct. 31, claiming that WebLogic Server and other Oracle ...
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Enterprise software rivals Red Hat and Oracle, along with a number of other software and online services providers, have collaborated on a standard that they hope will ease the use of PaaS (platform as a service) among customers, an Oracle ...
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Oracle is appealing a US$306 million settlement in the TomorrowNow corporate-theft case against German competitor SAP, according to court documents. The Redwood Shores, California, business software company said in a filing on Friday that ...
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Buyers of computers running Windows RT, the Windows 8 version for ARM-based devices, will receive at no additional cost a version of Office that will become available in multiple languages between November and January. The devices, ...
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Two of Apple’s top executives are leaving the company: Scott Forstall, who has overseen the iOS platform that runs the iPhone and iPad, will leave Apple next year, and John Browett, Senior Vice President of retail, is leaving sooner, ...
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