Cisco Systems released security patches for Secure Access Control Server (Secure ACS) for Windows to address a critical vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute arbitrary commands and take control of the ...
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Following through on a policy change announced in 2012, IBM has started restricting availability of hardware patches to paying customers, spurring at least one advocacy group to accuse the company of anticompetitive practices. IBM "is ...
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IT managers at SMEs will be made redundant in the next five years and replaced by a financial director or CIO, according to the MD of data centre provider City Lifeline, Roger Keegan. Keegan told Computing that in-house data centres are ...
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Google on Tuesday shipped Chrome 29, patching 25 vulnerabilities and rolling out under-the-hood changes the company said would offer more relevant suggestions when users typed in URLs or search strings. The upgrade also sported a new ...
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Microsoft has resolved a problem that affected SkyDrive Wednesday, but technical issues with Outlook.com have proven harder to fix. The glitches surfaced at around 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday and the SkyDrive problem was declared ...
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Microsoft today said that Windows 8.1, slated for release this fall, will use the same lifecycle support timeline as 2012's Windows 8, meaning that it will be supported until early 2023. Windows 8 users will also be required to upgrade to ...
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Nokia's new Lumia 925 Windows smartphone is nicely made, has a beautiful screen and a great camera, but falls short on storage. The 925 is Nokia's flagship Windows phone until the imminent arrival of the Lumia 1020 and its monster 41 ...
Ouya is one of the first of a new breed of game consoles using the Android platform. Priced at $99, it comes with a great perk--a free demo of any game before you buy it. That's a big plus, but there's room for improvement in the device ...
More fixes are appearing for a pair of highly dangerous vulnerabilities exposed earlier this month in the Android mobile operating system. Security vendor Webroot and ReKey, a collaboration between Northeastern University in Boston and ...
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PIERRE (AP) — Work will begin later this month on a $2.7 million project that will restore the century-old stained glass in South Dakota's Capitol building, a state official said Thursday. The four large skylight installations in ...
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MasterCard didn't make a peep earlier this month when word leaked that Beijing had halted the company's transactions in renminbi. Leaked documents didn't show when the payments were terminated, but the central bank effectively stopped the ...
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China National Petroleum Corporation (PetroChina Group) revealed details for enlarging long-term crude oil trade between Russia and China. According to the contract, the Chinese oil producer will import Russian crude oil of 46.1 million ...
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Java continues to be Public Enemy No. 1 when it comes to computer and network security. Oracle released a huge update for the virtually ubiquitous software, but attackers aren’t done exploiting Java as the weakest link in the security ...
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There are a couple of different options available for repairing window screens, depending on the level of damage involved. A contractor fixes a screen. Photo by Trigem777/istockphoto.com. Kittens look cute hanging from screen doors, ...
Apple on Tuesday patched Java 6 for OS X Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion, fixing 34 flaws that Oracle addressed the same day for Windows. The update reiterated Apple's intent to keep patching Snow Leopard, the five-year-old operating ...
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