Oracle knew since April about the existence of the two unpatched Java 7 vulnerabilities that are currently being exploited in malware attacks,according to Adam Gowdiak,the founder and CEO of Polish security firm Security Explorations. ...
Details of further Java exploits are coming to light,while Oracle has still yet to release a fix for its customers. Since Computing reported on Michael Schierl's research into the Java 7 exploit,Immunity Products'Esteban Guillardoy has ...
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IBM is to acquire human resources solutions provider Kenexa for about$1.3bn(£821m)as it looks to compete against the likes of Oracle,SAP and Salesforce.com in the software-as-a-service(SaaS)market. Kenexa uses cloud-based technology ...
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Security researchers have spotted a new Java vulnerability in the wild for which there is no security patch as yet. The Java vulnerability, which is being used forC, allows attackers to use a custom web page to force systems to download ...
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While java hacks are an almost weekly occurrence,a zero-day exploit discovered yesterday looks set to become unusually disruptive,as Oracle has so far offered no solution,and experts are recommending users turn off Java off unless ...
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IBM plans to boost its enterprise social line of software by acquiring Kenexa, a maker of cloud-based human resources applications, the companies said on Monday. IBM has agreed to pay US$46 per share for Kenexa in a cash transaction worth ...
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Computerworld-Attending the Republican National Convention in Tampa this week is Perse Faily,the CEO of startup EMN8,who will deliver a message on the tech industry's contribution to job growth.When the convention is over,she will head to ...
Shares in Salesforce.com had risen 45 per cent since the start of the year,but lost five per cent of their value yesterday as markets became concerned about the long-term profitability of the business following a major buying spree. The ...
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In a bid to improve its store performance and customer marketing, mobile retailer Carphone Warehouse has used business intelligence (BI) software by MicroStrategy as opposed to rival Information Builders because the dashboards created by ...
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IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday announced a US$8.9 billion loss for its third quarter ended July 31 due to writedowns and weak hardware sales and also said full-year results would be at the low end of its previous guidance. ...
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David Weymouth, group director of operations and risk at insurance giant RSA, talks to Computer Weekly about the importance of training the next generation of IT leaders; the key changes affecting finance technology; and why a government ...
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Extending its line of identity management software, Quest Software has released an application to help administrators more easily control who accesses documents on the corporate network. While enterprise applications such as Oracle's ...
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Oracle has admitted that it paid two influential bloggers in an effort to steer public opinion over its recent trial with Google. The revelation came following a court order from US Judge William Alsop that both firms declare any ...
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Computer giant IBM has acquired high-performance Flash memory maker Texas Memory Systems (TMS) for an undisclosed sum. The Houston, Texas-based company employs about 100 staff and has been developing solid-state disk accelerator ...
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Computerworld-Oracle researchers are winding down development of the Fortress programming language for high-performance computing,an effort started nearly 10 years ago by Sun Microsystems. The Defense Advanced Research Projects ...
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