Early security issues tarnish Google's Chrome
Security researchers have reported finding vulnerabilities in Google's new Web browser a day after it was released in beta.
Google Chrome: the first true Web 2.0 browser
Google's just-released Chrome takes the same approach to browser design that Google takes to its home page -- stripped-down, fast and functional, with very few bells and whistles.
Obama alma mater gets an education in 'net security
Punahou School in Honolulu has moved into the networking vanguard since presidential candidate Barack Obama graduated from the K-12 school in 1979. The private school’s 45 buildings are now connected via a fiber backbone and point-to-point laser system for short-range wireless communications, with Cisco switches and a voice-over-IP system for 500 phones.
Google amends Chrome license agreement after objections
Google will dump a section of the licensing agreement for its new Chrome browser after some Internet users objected to its copyright implications.
Judge raps Ellison over missing e-mails
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison failed to preserve e-mails as well as interview materials related to a book called "Softwar" that should have been supplied in connection with a shareholder lawsuit filed in March 2001 against the company, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
EMC, Lenovo offer unlimited SMB backup service
Lenovo and EMC on Wednesday announced an effort to free small businesses from the hassles of data backup by offering an unlimited Mozy storage service for Lenovo's SL series laptops.
How to partner with the business
While some CEOs recognize the expanding role that the IT organization must play as a partner in creating new value, there are still too many companies where IT is perceived as a nonstrategic service provider or cost center. So how can CIOs change this perception and break down the internal boundary separating IT from the rest of the business?
Internet traffic growth slowing, research firm shows
Despite prognostications that the Internet is about to collapse from the weight of traffic growth -- especially video -- international Internet traffic grew 53% between mid-2007 and mid-2008, down from 61% the preceding year, according to a market research firm.
Microsoft adds management features, licensing options to desktop virtualization
Microsoft Wednesday moved to shore up its virtualized desktop story, adding new IT features to its application virtualization platform and introducing new licensing terms around various methods of desktop deployment.
Is it time for employee-provisioned hardware?
A few years back, when Leslie Fiering began talking to IT executives about the potential benefits of employee-owned notebooks in the enterprise, the idea caused "fear, loathing and extreme distress in the hearts of CIOs," she recalls.
NetBarrier X5
Intego's NetBarrier X5 security suite offers several tools to protect your Mac from vandals and criminals. Its centerpiece is the NetBarrier firewall, but the package can also block cookies while your surf the Web, scrub personal data afterwards, and block Trojan horses. While NetBarrier X5's features are generally good, the $50 program has enough peculiarities that some users will be better off with the firewall tools that come with OS X for free.
IBM aims to boost BPM skills pipeline
IBM's Academic Initiative, which provides training materials for university professors, is honing in on BPM (business process management) as the new semester begins.
VMware's ESX certified for Microsoft support, deployment
VMware, whose virtualization software helps IT departments maximize use of their server hardware, said Wednesday that its product will run reliably with software from Microsoft.
Gateway to invest some of Vodacom’s cash in its TV arm
A portion of the US$700 million that Gateway Telecommunications has received for the sale of its subsidiaries to Vodacom will be invested in GTV, Gateway's satellite pay-TV arm.
Postilion wins Uganda switching deal
One of the world's leading providers of self-service banking and payment software, Postilion, has won a bid to install its software on Bankom, Uganda's inter-bank switch.
Nokia ships first units of N96
The Nokia N96 smartphone has started shipping, the Finnish phone giant said Wednesday.
Spammers use free Web services to shield links
Spammers are abusing free Web services to make their spam links look more legitimate, according to e-mail security vendor MessageLabs.
IT hiring to rise, but only slightly, study says
A new study of more than 1,400 U.S. CIOs found that 11 percent plan to hire additional staff in the fourth quarter of this year, while 3 percent expect cuts.
Eight reasons CIOs think developers are clueless
CIO.com has published several stories that examined the sometimes volatile, often misunderstood and never dull relationship between CIOs and application developers-from "9 Reasons Why Application Developers Think Their CIO Is Clueless" to "8 Reasons Why a Developer Would NEVER Want To Be a CIO" to "Getting Clueful: 7 Things CIOs Should Know About Agile Development."
CIOs lack the "green" to go green, survey says
CIOs and senior IT executives lack the funds to go green even though they overwhelmingly believe that a more energy efficient data center will become mission-critical, according to a survey conducted by Voltaire, a maker of server and storage switching and software products for grid computing.
What are Cisco's top network-management challenges?
Automation, better metrics top list of Cisco's network-management challenges.
Six attributes of successful project managers
The best project managers are those who consistently deliver, on time and within budget, projects that meet or exceed stakeholders' expectations. Those project managers understand that leadership and people skills are even more important to good project management than a sound methodology and project tracking tools, says Fumi Kondo, managing director of Intellilink, a management consulting and training company that specializes in technology implementations.
Former VoIP exec sentenced on bribery charges
A former managing director of VoIP provider ITXC was sentenced Tuesday to five years of probation, including three months of home confinement and three months in a community confinement center, for his role in a bribery scheme involving telecommunications contracts in Africa, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Google Chrome Web browser
Google takes aim squarely at Microsoft with the release of its new Web browser, Chrome. And Microsoft should be very afraid: Chrome lives up to its hype by rethinking the Web browser in clever and convenient ways that make using the Web a more organic experience than you'd get with either Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 or Mozilla's Firefox 3.
Sony Ericsson courts Windows Mobile developers
Sony Ericsson wants Windows Mobile developers to start working on applications for its Xperia X1 and on Wednesday it announced a tailor-made SDK (software development kit) for the upcoming smartphone.
3PAR puts more storage efficiency smarts into chip
Storage server vendor 3PAR has built a key function for storage efficiency into a specialized chip, offloading that job from the main processors in a pair of server models it is set to introduce on Tuesday.
Chinese vendor reveals S1 iMini netbook series
Chinese PC vendor Tsinghua Tongfang announced its new S1 iMini series, a family of netbooks with 10.2-inch screens that have a Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic OS or a Linux OS.
Panasonic to unveil new digital SLR next week
Panasonic will unveil a new digital SLR (single lens reflex) camera in its Lumix range next week, the company said Wednesday.
Surgient software creates 'self-service cloud'
Surgient has renamed and updated its virtual lab automation software, which aims to relieve some of the burden on IT departments by allowing business units to set up their own virtual compute environments for internal projects like application development and testing.
Microsoft to expand Warana project to Vietnam
Microsoft will expand a project aimed at allowing mobile phones to send commands to computers via SMS to a province in Vietnam, an executive tied to the program said Tuesday.
Samsung builds Russian WiMAX network
Samsung Electronics has built a WiMax network in the Russian cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg for local operator Startel, it said Tuesday.