Oracle has finally acknowledged and acted on a zero-day Java exploit that has presented a serious risk to users of all Java-equipped internet browsers for the past week. Recognising "three distinct but related vulnerabilities and one ...
Tags: Oracle, Eric Maurice, Java exploit, high severity
Several leading PC suppliers, including HP, Dell, Asus, Toshiba and Sony, have announced products from laptops to smartphones that will run Microsoft's newest operating system Windows 8, expected to be released in October. Windows 8 ...
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Computerworld-The two best-known virtualization products for the Mac,Parallels Desktop for Mac and Fusion,have both now produced updates optimized for the upcoming Windows 8. Parallels released Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac today as an ...
Tags: Mac users, virtualization products, Windows 8, Parallels Desktop
Western Digital(WD)today released a portable external drive for Macs and a dual-disk external desktop backup drive that it claims is faster than a solid-state drive(SSD). WD announced the My Book VelociRaptor Duo desktop backup drive and ...
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PC World - In the matter of contact managers, I used to like to keep business and leisure separate. I used Google Contacts to manage friends and family, while Microsoft Outlook was strictly for business. But when the walls between those two ...
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Windows 8 may be the most disruptive operating system upgrade in 17 years,but the learning curve isn't as steep as some have claimed,enterprise support company PC Helps said today. "It will be very difficult to adjust to,no doubt of ...
Sony will close its once-proud optical PC drive subsidiary by early next year,as part of its efforts to refocus on the connected world of smartphones,tablets and netbooks,a spokesman said Tuesday. Subsidiary Sony Optiarc,which ...
Tags: Sony Optiarc, Blu-ray and DVD drives maker, smartphones, tablets, netbooks
With downward price pressures, the excess capacity that providers must have on hand for peak traffic becomes a drag on profits. After the cloud gold-rush era is over, providers will need to find ways to turn that cost center into a profit ...
Tags: cloud service, IT industry, IT technology, SETI
Computer giant HP has chalked up a $8.9bn HP has chalked up a $8.9bn (£5.6bn) loss(£5.6bn) loss in it is latest quarterly results due to write-downs on its poorly timed $13.9bn (£8.75bn) purchase of services company EDS. ...
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IDG News Service-Growth in the PC market is expected to be slower than last year,after mid-year shipments slowed as consumers were hit by weak economic conditions,and also postponed purchases to evaluate Windows 8 and Ultrabook products ...
Tags: PC growth, shipments slowed, Windows 8, smartphones
Staying ahead of Microsoft itself,VMware has updated its Workstation desktop computer hypervisor so it can run Microsoft's soon-to-be-released Windows 8. VMware Workstation 9,available now,also includes the ability for users to access ...
Tags: Windows 8, VMware, Workstation desktop computer hypervisor
It is almost time to dust off the castanets and pack for VMworld Europe 2012, taking place in Barcelona this year. Doors to the Fira Barcelona Gran Via venue, will open on 9-11 October for VMworld Europe attendees and exhibitors eager to ...
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. ...
Tags: HP, weak sales, revenue, Personal Systems Group
Computerworld - Siemens is working on a fix for a remotely exploitable vulnerability in network routers and switches from subsidiary RuggedCom that are widely deployed in refineries, power substations and other critical infrastructure ...
Tags: Siemens, network routers, ROS, router
Dell announced that former HP Networking Division head Marius Haas has joined the firm on the same day as it released disappointing Q2 financial results. Haas will succeed Brad Anderson, who has been Dell's Enterprise Solutions chief ...
Tags: Dell, HP, Marius Haas, Quest Software