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10 of the 23 vulnerabilities have already been exploited, or are public
Some developers want to ditch older Microsoft OSes by mid-2010
The French overseas regions operator is willing to invest US$54 million
ExtraHop Networks, Reflex Systems and StoredIQ separately bring in venture funding during down economy.
Exchange will be the first product customers see from the new Office suite due out next year
Choice for policy makers may be between tough patient privacy rules and speedy EMR enactment
Researchers are using advanced power and security features to build the ideal mobile OS
The total number of infected PCs could be higher, however
Windows-based security software modules work as add-ons to the systems management desktop agent
Six plaintiffs can sue Microsoft separately, or appeal the ruling
Biz Stone says Twitter will try out plans this year; are Google, Microsoft on the prowl?
Twitter cross-site scripting bugs exploited; 17-year-old owns up to attacks
The move follows enactment of a new law that requires it to collect the real name and ID number of uploaders
Satyam's customers outside telecommunications industry may be dissatisfied
Dell has strongly hinted it plans to launch a smartphone or mobile Internet device
Entrust got its start in 1994 as the encryption-security division of Nortel
Critics carp that the standard isn't protecting credit and debit card data
Bad techniques can bury your talent.
The number of H-1B visa applications filed thus far is way off from last year's level
SandForce said its new SSD controller will offer 250MB/sec. sustained reads and writes
Schooner speeds up servers for cloud and Web 2.0 computing
Investment in Satyam will help diversify into new markets
In study, three companies had successful iPhone deployments; one had lower supports costs
Licensing remains expensive and complicated for enterprises, but Microsoft is allowing new usage scenarios
Chevron's CIO talks about strategic planning, virtual training and dealing with 4TB of new data per day
Will offer IE8 via Windows Update first, plans WSUS push in July
And about 5% of business machines infected with the worm, says Qualys
Ballmer sees scale, two-against-one as real advantage
Analysts and consultants say the vendor is making some contract concessions to customers, but not on its support fees
Shuttle mission specialist tweets about training and wants to blog from onboard Atlantis
But free security patches will continue until April 2014
Science, technology, business majors most likely to regularly use Facebook
Hints that it will take legal action against hackers
Offered as part of the company's Elevate America program, the vouchers are good for technology training
IBM, university and government research outfits among those microblogging
The companies make an all-Canadian team for the provincial government, isolating it from foreign disclosure requirements.
Japanese firm creates Cyborg-type exoskeleton for use after strokes, spinal cord injury
India-based Tech Mahindra wins bidding process to buy controlling stake in outsourcer