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Fixes flaws in media player for Windows first reported in June and August
"No one is better positioned" than Oracle to grow, Hurd says during an earnings conference call
First vendor to disclose pricing for next-gen technology
Chief marketing officer reflects on Ethernet/IP inconsistency
Twitter guru advises start-ups at DEMO Fall to think small at first
IT security represents three of the top 10 IT certifications
Avaya introduces Flare for business to take on Cisco's Cius.
Android 2.2 handsets with bigger screens, processors.
Higher education data at risk, security vendor says
Getting products certified through National Security Agency channels requires lengthy process
Microsoft struggles to eliminate IE6 usage
Firm migrating 150,000 users to TPM-based storage of private keys
Google Android now ranks third behind RIM, Apple smartphone OSes, according to ComScore; Windows Phone 7 can’t come soon enough for Microsoft
Intel CTO Justin Rattner descibes a future with so-called context-aware computers and mobile devices
'Not acceptable' to put onus on customers for antenna flaw, says mag
Leaving out Windows XP users is 'major shortcoming,' says analyst
Microsoft claims it's the best at hardware acceleration, Mozilla claims it was there first, Google promises it's in the race
Tech lost more than 200,000 jobs during recession
Packaged apps based on homegrown SAP technologies, and those from 2007 purchase of Business Objects
Google Chrome engineers are making up for Microsoft Internet Explorer's recent gains in hardware-assisted acceleration
The company combines its IP and Fibre Channel management products
Cisco unleashes10G Ethernet Nexus switch, plus servers, software and modules for virtual environments
New outsourced DNS, DHCP and IPAM offering stems from recent partnership
New architecture shrinks graphics processor to 32nm and onto the processor itself
Hard on the heels of last week's Reader bug, reveals zero-day vulnerability in popular Flash
It also adds a remote session tool for helping users with restore
No minimum commitment; service can be secured with a credit card
Is the group behind the Google hack responsible for a new round of 'scary' PDF attacks?
With money, Adaptive Computing plans to hire staff to accelerate expansion
Without allowing audits of their networks, providers have a hard time demonstrating their security
With the right tools, identity and access management can make changes that improve security
WorkLight's middleware creates secure link to back-end systems
Vendors can build applications to offer to Heroku customers
Survey finds 84% of network operators are planning, deploying next-gen Internet protocol
Harrisburg University blocks social media for a week in social media experiment
Ollila departure seen as aiding push to regain smartphone lead
Siemens confirms that 14 plant systems have been infected; some of them could have been reprogrammed
Stops serving updates to newest versions while it looks into startup crash bug
Two vulnerabilities remain unpatched, Kaspersky Lab reports
Startups should take light-handed approach to selling products, CIOs tell DEMO Fall crowd
