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Drudge Report accused of serving malware

ZDnet tech blog - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 12:29
For the second time in less than six months, visitors to the Drudge Report say they got malware in addition to the Web site's usual sensational headlines.

Curt Schilling's 38 Studios, EA in Big Huge game deal

ZDnet tech blog - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 11:00
Ex-baseballer Curt Schilling's developer 38 Studios has struck a deal with EA to publish an upcoming single-player role-playing game.

HP sues Asian firms over patents

ZDnet tech blog - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 05:13
Hewlett-Packard has filed a suit against four companies based in Hong Kong and Taiwan, accusing the defendants of patent infringement, according to various reports.

Apache bug prompts update advice

ZDnet tech blog - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 12:02
IT security company Sense of Security has discovered a serious bug in Apache's HTTP web server, which could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control of a database.

Microsoft re-releases Blue Screen of Death fix

ZDnet tech blog - Thu, 03/04/2010 - 13:12
Microsoft is re-releasing the patch that caused Windows systems to crash in February with a Blue Screen of Death.

Cray, Microsoft join forces on cloud datacenters

ZDnet tech blog - Thu, 03/04/2010 - 04:55
Supercomputer maker Cray's custom engineering group has teamed up with Microsoft Research to look into lowering the costs of running cloud-computing datacenters.

Three arrested over 12.7m PC botnet

ZDnet tech blog - Wed, 03/03/2010 - 06:54
Authorities in Spain have arrested three men accused of operating a massive botnet which stole credit card and bank log-in data and infected computers in half the Fortune 1,000 companies.

Google boosts Chrome privacy in new beta

ZDnet tech blog - Tue, 03/02/2010 - 10:25
Google has improved privacy features and introduced automated translation of foreign-language web pages in a new version of its Chrome 4.1 beta browser for Windows.

EMC, Intel team up on cloud security, compliance

ZDnet tech blog - Tue, 03/02/2010 - 05:01
EMC, RSA, VMware and Intel have announced a new collaboration to introduce a framework encompassing security and compliance for cloud computing in the enterprise space.

LHC to restart following break and glitches

ZDnet tech blog - Mon, 03/01/2010 - 07:43
The The Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator is to restart on Monday following a technical break and glitches in the machine.

Google launches people finder for Chile earthquake

ZDnet tech blog - Mon, 03/01/2010 - 05:55
Google has launched a tool to help people locate friends and loved ones who might have been affected by the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile on Saturday.

Skype drops Windows Mobile and Skype Lite

ZDnet tech blog - Mon, 03/01/2010 - 05:49
Skype has announced it is pulling Skype for Windows Mobile phones and Skype Lite for Java handsets, including Android.

Next Firefox to drop Mac OS X 10.4 support

ZDnet tech blog - Thu, 02/25/2010 - 07:09
Mozilla has officially decided that the next major version of Firefox will require at least Mac OS X 10.5 when running on Apple computers.

Cisco embarks on media-centric Internet thrust

ZDnet tech blog - Thu, 02/25/2010 - 07:04
The Internet is moving away from being a data transportation and messaging platform, into a space filled with integrated rich-media content, according to Cisco Systems.

Google execs convicted in YouTube Italy case

ZDnet tech blog - Wed, 02/24/2010 - 05:02
An Italian court handed out guilty verdicts on Wednesday for three of four Google executives charged a case concerning a YouTube video posted of a teenager with Down Syndrome.

Reducing the high cost of low-value applications

ZDnet tech blog - Tue, 02/23/2010 - 13:09
The speed of technology advancements and rapid pace of todays business environment often force companies to rely on an application long after it has ceased to provide maximum value, says Keane's Walid Farha.

The growing need for a flexible governance and risk management framework

ZDnet tech blog - Tue, 02/23/2010 - 11:13
Neither regulations nor security threats are going away but the right approach to compliance and risk management can be less expensive than the way most organizations tackle these situations today, says Novell's Jay Roxe.

Uncovering hidden mobile costs

ZDnet tech blog - Tue, 02/23/2010 - 10:59
Today, with a lagging economy, those charged with finding savings within their organizations wonder if opportunities to reduce costs still exist; and if so, where they can be found, says Al Subbloie CEO of Tangoe, Inc.

All your power needs in a box? A Bloom box

ZDnet tech blog - Mon, 02/22/2010 - 07:32
Bloom Energy claims its invention, a little power plant-in-a-box you can literally in your backyard, is a power source that's inexpensive and clean, with no emissions.

Mozilla patches critical Firefox bugs

ZDnet tech blog - Fri, 02/19/2010 - 07:24
Mozilla has released fixes for five security holes in older versions of Firefox, while a security company has warned of a zero-day flaw in the latest version of the popular browser.
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