Microsoft's Security Essentials scores 'very good' with independent tester
Microsoft's free Security Essentials antivirus software identified 98 percent of over half a million malware samples, an accuracy rating an independent testing company called "very good" today.
Germany-based AV-Test.org tested Security Essentials, the free software Microsoft shipped Tuesday, on Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), Vista SP2 and the final code of Windows 7, against two different collections of malware, said Andreas Marx, one of the firm's two managers.
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Update: Cisco pays $3B for videoconferencing vendor Tandberg
Cisco Systems has signed an agreement to buy videoconferencing vendor Tandberg for about $3 billion, it said on Thursday.
Tandberg's video endpoints and network infrastructure products will be integrated into Cisco's collaboration products, according to Cisco. When the deal is done Tandberg's CEO Fredrik Halvorsen will lead a new TelePresence Technology Group at Cisco, the company said.
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Microsoft ends standoff against SAML 2.0
Microsoft's federated identity platform passed its first SAML 2.0 interoperability test with favorable marks, signaling the end to the vendor's standoff against the protocol.
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IT jobs may get left behind in recovery
Once IT spending begins again , companies in need of tech workers will likely turn first to consultants and outsourcing companies before they take on full-time staff. Whether this decision contributes to what's often called a "jobless recovery" will depend on where the work is going -- onshore or offshore.
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Google has Chrome Frame plug-in for Firefox up its sleeve, says Mozilla
Google may intend to produce a Chrome Frame plug-in for Firefox, Mozilla's chief engineer said.
"The code is certainly there," said Mike Shaver, Mozilla's vice president of engineering, referring to parts of the Chrome Frame source code that indicate Google could crank out a Firefox plug-in similar to what Google released last week for Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE).
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Oracle fined over benchmarking claims
Oracle has been fined over claims it made in an advertisement about the performance of its software running on Sun Microsystems server hardware.
The Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC), of which Oracle is a member, said it had asked Oracle to pay a $10,000 fine for the violation.
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Microsoft looks to move SourceSafe users to newer technology
With Microsoft set to wind down support for the Visual SourceSafe software version control system, the company is encouraging developers to move over to Microsoft's more full-featured ALM (application lifecycle management) server, the TFS (Team Foundation Server) product featured in the Visual Studio platform.
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Microsoft looks to move SourceSafe users to newer technology
With Microsoft set to wind down support for the Visual SourceSafe software version control system, the company is encouraging developers to move over to Microsoft's more full-featured ALM (application lifecycle management) server, the TFS (Team Foundation Server) product featured in the Visual Studio platform.
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iSuppli: Chip sales to grow in 2010
Worldwide semiconductor sales will grow in 2010 as chip sales gain steam in response to stabilizing economies, analyst firm iSuppli said on Wednesday.
Semiconductor sales could grow by 13.8 percent on a year-over-year basis to reach $246 billion in 2010. Chip revenue will keep growing through 2012 and could reach levels of 2007, after which chip revenue skid began. Chip sales could total $282.7 billion in 2012; sales tallied close to $273.4 billion in 2007.
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SAP, Salesforce.com catch the Google Wave
Google's Wave communication and collaboration platform is getting early interest from enterprise application vendors like Salesforce.com and SAP.
Both companies have built prototype applications using Wave, which was released in preview mode for about 100,000 users on Wednesday after being available only to developers. Wave combines a range of technologies, such as document sharing and instant messaging, into a system for real-time collaboration.
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SAP, Salesforce.com catch the Google Wave
Google's Wave communication and collaboration platform is getting early interest from enterprise application vendors like Salesforce.com and SAP.
Both companies have built prototype applications using Wave, which was released in preview mode for about 100,000 users on Wednesday after being available only to developers. Wave combines a range of technologies, such as document sharing and instant messaging, into a system for real-time collaboration.
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HP prepares new Integrity servers for Tukwila launch
Hewlett-Packard will make some significant updates to its Integrity server line next year to coincide with the launch of Intel's first quad-core Itanium processor, known as Tukwila, an HP executive said.
HP won't provide details about the new systems yet, but one analyst said HP may introduce a modular, bladelike design for more of its Integrity systems, much as it did last year for the Integrity NonStop. That could help to make the systems more energy-efficient and reduce HP's manufacturing costs.
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