Microsoft and a respected researcher disagreed this week about whether a bug in Windows RT is actually a security vulnerability that should be patched. The bug, revealed Jan. 5 by a hacker known as "clrokr," can be used to bypass a ...
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IDG News Service - Foxit Reader, a PDF viewer application often used as an alternative to the more popular Adobe Reader, contains a critical vulnerability in its browser plug-in component that can be exploited by attackers to execute ...
Anglia Components has made is biggest move into the online component distribution market with the launch of a website for design engineers. The website, called Anglia Live, will give visibility of the volume availability of ...
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Polaroid announced the addition of a new line of wireless IP security cameras to its extensive consumer electronics lineup. With the new Polaroid IP security cameras, consumers can now put the security of their family, home and business in ...
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An exploit for a previously unknown and currently unpatched vulnerability in Java is being used by cybercriminals to infect computers with malware, according to security researchers. An independent malware researcher who uses the online ...
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InterLegis, a leading provider of electronic discovery technology and services, is pleased to announce the release of Discovery360 Enterprise at LegalTech 2013. InterLegis, a leading provider of electronic discovery technology and ...
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Oliver Bussmann, CIO at SAP, boasts he has 6,000 followers on Twitter. He also makes a point of attending trade shows like the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to grab ideas on new innovations. Every year, he speaks at least ...
Evidence collected from a website that was recently used to flood U.S. banks with junk traffic suggests that the people behind the ongoing DDoS attack campaign against U.S. financial institutions -- thought by some to be the work of Iran -- ...
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Computerworld - LAS VEGAS -- Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner says we're watching the transformation of the PC. Rattner, who is attending the International CES show, said the traditional PC couldn't survive in the age of the ...
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IDG News Service - Samsung has announced its next Exynos processor for smartphones and tablets, an eight-core chip that uses a novel architecture to provide more performance without sucking up battery life. The Exynos 5 Octa is ...
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Australian-based audio company RØDE Microphones has announced the iXY, a stereo microphone for Apple iPhone and iPad that allows high quality recording at sampling rates up to 24-bit/96kHz, the only microphone on the market to do so. ...
Let me take off my shoes and wade into some deep water here. There’s a lot of evidence out there that marketers are losing faith in print as an effective advertising vehicle, so naturally, as a publishing company, this is something ...
The second I saw the email I jumped up from my desk, images of lights and warmth and refrigerated food dancing in my head. It was Thursday, November 1; four days after Sandy left much of the eastern United States, including my house, ...
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IDG News Service - Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system failed to provide a spark to PC sales during last year's fourth quarter, with worldwide unit shipments falling by 6.4% compared to the same quarter in 2011, according to research by ...
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There is no “one size fits all” when it comes to mobile operating systems (OS) and the announcement by Microsoft of Windows Phone 8 will soon give customers another choice when shopping for a new Verizon Wireless smartphone. ...
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