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The vulnerability allows attackers to bypass the Java security sandbox, researchers from Security Explorations said
The UK company writes code that checks other code for bugs
NASA says wave toward Saturn and post your own photos on Facebook, Twitter
After giving away the farm, some IT departments are bringing select outsourced services back in-house. Here's how they're doing it.
IntegraXor offers unique bug bounty program, receives stiff criticism for prize offering
Recent workshops gained feedback to be used for preliminary draftwork
SANS survey of 900 IT professionals worldwide shows help desk operations may be neglected
But US prosecutors want kill switches on smartphones as part of the Secure Our Smartphones initiative
The percentage of fiber Internet lines in the two countries was far ahead of other OECD nations in 2012
Scientists will use IRIS to watch for solar weather that can affect communication systems and electronics
RT dying 'slow death,' analyst says
Marketing to children is sometimes much more aggressive than marketing to adults, an industry consultant said
iPad 2 "delay," iPad 5 "imminent," iPad nano nonsense
The business software company said it was seeing challenges particularly in Asia and from rapid uptake of cloud computing
Sales were down 24 percent year-on-year
Shareholder vote will now take place on July 24
The Indian outsourcer had revenue growth across all industry segments and markets
The company addressed some of the vulnerabilities used in a publicly demonstrated attack, but not all of them
Also starts to roll out data squeezing scheme already available to Android users
The company's entry-level 840 Evo, with four times the storage of its predecessor, will go on sale next month
Like U.S. corporations, universities are battling a growing number of cyberattacks, believed to be mostly from China
More than three quarters in survey said their organizations had not trained employees to understand the privacy risks of BYOD
Revenue was also up 21.6 percent year over year
Large Internet players and trade groups want less secrecy around government orders for data
The new developers will help speed up the development of new features
Most enterprise systems have more than one version of Java installed, and the vast majority of them are outdated, security firm Bit9 said
The company did not provide many details on the attack, which disrupted websites
Touch-screen Haswell laptops priced below $300 are also on deck, CEO Brian Krzanich said
Google has also been bringing similar capabilities to Android devices
Help desk staffers are too helpful; and that makes them a perfect target for a social engineering criminal
Feds' 5 petaflop system, 'Vulcan,' ready to use on a timeshare
Survey finds more than half of the world's financial exchanges fell victim to some kind of cyberattack in the last year
Software was a bright spot as hardware and services revenue declined in the second quarter
The chip maker now expects no sales growth for the year, as the PC market continues to suffer
Chambers says the open source hardware effort opens up opportunities for Cisco
Cloud software growth, HANA, rival Oracle and the global economy will be in the spotlight
The technology could bring new mobile ad products in the coming months, Yahoo says
Several House members call on the NSA to end its program collecting the phone records of US residents
Assigning that title is getting more complicated as mobile use evolves
Dozens of organizations are set to participate in massive cyber exercise Thursday
Analysts say Lenovo is joining a number of companies stepping away from Windows RT
Data center providers gain ground in New York City despite storm risks, but some firms are move IT equipment elsewhere
The event is hosted by the company's Android and Chrome head Sundar Pichai
Fall updates to iOS, OS X and Windows will automate app patching, another step in removing responsibilities from users
Several smartphone unveilings coming, including iPhone 5S
The Mac version of FBI Ransomware said to be less difficult to remove than the Windows version
