Microsoft on Saturday confirmed that Internet Explorer (IE) 6, 7 and 8 contain an unpatched bug -- or "zero-day" vulnerability -- that is being used by attackers to hijack victims' Windows computers. The company is "working around the ...
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Final online usage numbers for 2012 released Tuesday confirmed that Windows 8 failed to match Windows Vista's uptake pace during its first two months. Preliminary numbers from Net Applications last week indicated that Windows 8 would end ...
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Hewlett-Packard will continue to evaluate potential divestitures of underperforming parts of its business, and the process could get messy, the company warned its investors in its annual 10-K document, which was filed in late December. ...
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Japan's biggest cellular network operator, NTT DoCoMo, is working with Intel and Samsung on development of the Tizen operating system and the first smartphone based on the platform could be out in Japan in 2013, according to a Japanese ...
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A power station in the south of Iran has been hit by a cyberattack, an Iranian news agency reported Tuesday, citing a local civil defense official. But now agency and official are in dispute over whether he really made the remarks. The ...
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With just a week left in the month, Windows 8's usage uptake has slipped behind Vista's at the same point in its release, data from a Web measurement company showed. According to Net Applications, Windows 8's online usage share through ...
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HP has confirmed that it will wield the axe on those of its businesses that don't meet targets, official documents have revealed. As first reported by Bloomberg, HP told the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a 27 December filing ...
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Microsoft has acquired a small home entertainment technology start-up called id8 Group R2 Studios, which recently launched a Google Android application enabling users to control home heating and lighting systems from their mobile devices. ...
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Global IT spending will total $3.7tn (pound 2.28tn) in 2013, a 4.2 per cent increase from 2012, according to analyst firm Gartner. In 2012, $3.6tn (pound 2.23tn) was spent on IT and this was set to rise in 2013 by only 3.8 per cent, ...
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Linux operating system vendor Canonical has unveiled a mobile version of its Ubuntu operating system which, it says, will be available from 2014. Ubuntu for Phones is based on the Linux kernel and uses the Unity user interface that ...
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Computerworld-After years as the top PC maker in the world,Hewlett-Packard may be pushed aside by a quick-moving Lenovo. It's no longer clear which company sits at the top of the rankings for the PC industry. Two industry analyst firms ...
Computerworld-Notebook computers equipped with hard disk drives won't face a significant threat this year from those with solid-state drives(SSDs),according to a report issued by IHS iSuppli. SSD-based notebook PCs like Apple's MacBook ...
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IDG News Service-Cisco Systems is modifying the licensing options for its Unified Communications Manager's UC Release 9.0 in an attempt to simplify the process and make the use of a variety of client devices easier,the company said on ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft yesterday delivered two security updates that patched two vulnerabilities in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server and System Center Configuration Manager. But security experts essentially ignored the updates--with ...
IDG News Service-Facing a sluggish PC market and deferring revenue from sales of its upcoming Windows 8 OS,Microsoft reported$4.47 billion in net income for its first fiscal quarter of 2013,a 22%decline from the same period a year earlier. ...
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