'Vista Capable' lawyers push to revive class action
As expected, lawyers for the plaintiffs in the long-running "Vista Capable" lawsuit against Microsoft are asking a federal judge to reinstate the case's class-action status.
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Cebit sees sharp decline in vendors
Cebit, Europe's largest IT fair, will see its lowest number of exhibitors in a decade as companies slash marketing expenditures due to the global recession.
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Stringer shakes up Sony management, takes president position
Four years into his term as chairman of Sony and with the company facing plunging sales Howard Stringer plans to implement a company-wide reorganization and shake-up top management.
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Image Gallery: Apple's iLife '09 'a must-have update'
Apple's iLife suite has long been a mainstay of the company's 'digital hub' strategy for organizing, managing and creatively using digital media. With iLife '09, now it's even better, says Computerworld columnist Ryan Faas.
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6 timesaving tips for Word 2007
These tips will help you get the most out of Word 2007, from editing right in Print Preview to highlighting all appearances of a word or phrase in your document.
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Review: Apple's iLife '09 'a must-have update'
Apple's iLife suite has long been a mainstay of the company's 'digital hub' strategy for organizing, managing and creatively using digital media. With iLife '09, now it's even better, says Computerworld columnist Ryan Faas.
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Microsoft reveals 36 changes to Windows 7
Microsoft today detailed some of the changes it has made to Windows 7 since it issued a public beta of the new OS more than a month ago.
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Most Oracle database shops don't mandate use of security patches, survey says
Only 32% of Oracle database users surveyed jointly by the vendor and the Independent Oracle Users Group said their companies require Oracle's security patches to be installed on all or some of their systems.
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Dell records 48% drop in net income in Q4
Dell's net income fell 48% for the fourth quarter, and the company increased its cost-cutting goal to $4 billion.
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Creating images with a text editor
Ever find that you needed a simple graphic of a circle, oval, rectangle or other basic shape? Simple SVG files can be created with nothing more than a text editor.
Read More ...Appliances big opportunity for Linux, Novell says
The modularity and licensing of Linux makes well suited as the platform of choice for software appliances, a Novell executive said at VMworld.
Read More ...Microsoft readying low-cost Windows Server OS
Microsoft is readying a new low-cost version of Windows Server to give customers a server OS similar to client OSes that run on low-cost PCs.
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Windows Mobile 6.5 -- Obsolete Already?
Microsoft Chief Steve Ballmer said the company will release Windows Mobile 7 -- Microsoft's OS for smart phones -- in 2010. That statement is a little surprising when you consider Microsoft just last week introduced Windows Mobile 6.5, which isn't slated to ship until later this year.
Read More ...Startup adds Ubuntu as OS for unified communications
Unified communications software startup Unison has added Ubuntu to the list of Linux OSes on which companies can run its software.
Read More ...HP to distribute, support Sun's Solaris
Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems -- fierce competitors when it comes to hardware sales -- unveiled an expanded partnership on Wednesday that will see HP become a key distributor of Sun's Solaris 10 operating system.
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Brazen New E-mail Scam
Just when I think e-mail scams can't get any more brazen, or e-mail readers any more careless, I get surprised again. “Job offer at your location†arrived today, combining two amazing scams in one spam. At least they're saving bandwidth by combining scams. No doubt they consider themselves “green†spammers.
Read More ...Most Oracle database shops don't mandate security patch use
In a pair of online surveys that were jointly conducted between May and August of last year by the International Oracle Users Group and Oracle, only 26% of the 150-plus respondents said that their companies required the software vendor's quarterly patch updates to be applied on all systems as soon as they're released.
Read More ...Five Facebook Scams: Protect Your Profile
We've dug up the dirt on five scams currently posing a threat on Facebook. We turned to analysts who study them as well as to users who have fallen for them, all to help spread the word about how these things work and how you can best dodge them.
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Scammers abuse Google Trends to poison search results
Cyber crooks are using one of Google Inc.'s own tools to poison search results with links that spread fake security software, a researcher said Thursday.
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Report cites potential privacy gotchas in cloud computing
Companies looking to reduce their IT costs and complexity by tapping into cloud computing services should first make sure that they won't be stepping on any privacy land mines in the process, according to a report released this week by the World Privacy Forum.
Read More ...UK declines to prosecute hacker wanted in US
British authorities said Thursday they can't prosecute a hacker who would prefer to face trial in his own country rather than face deportation to the U.S.
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Study: Hackers still enjoy vandalizing Web sites
A study of 57 Web site hacks from last year showed 24 percent were aimed at defacing a site rather than financial gain.
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FCC threatens fines on data protection rules
The FCC may fine 600 operators for failing to properly file annual reports proving that they protect customer data.
Read More ...SEC, FTC investigating Heartland after data theft
Federal agencies, including the FTC and the SEC, have begun investigating Heartland Payment Systems following a massive data breach at the payment processing company.
Read More ...Attorneys aim to reinstate 'class' in Vista Capable suit
Attorneys are trying to get the class-action status of a suit against Microsoft's Windows Capable program reinstated by narrowing the number of plaintiffs who can participate in it.
Read More ...Windows 7 gets 36 new features
Microsoft has made 36 improvements and modifications to Windows 7 since it released a public beta of the OS in January, according to a post on the official Engineering Windows 7 blog.
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The XP to Windows 7 Upgrade Path
Microsoft will let you upgrade from XP to Windows 7, but they're not going to make it easy.
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Microsoft patches IE8 bugs in Windows 7
Microsoft has updated Windows 7 beta to fix an unknown number of reliability bugs in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), but stopped short of saying that the browser now matches the release candidate it has already delivered to users of Windows XP and Vista.
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Hearst to debut an e-reader for periodicals?
Would you give up your printed newspapers and magazines for an electronic version on a large screen device? Hearst Corp. hopes so.
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Struggling Sony combines PS3 & Vaio units
Sony, which is set to report its first annual loss in 14 years, is implementing a company-wide reorganization that will combine its PlayStation, Vaio and Walkman businesses into one unit.
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