IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 16/04/2010

Security researchers find bugs in commonly used archival formats

Researchers have found ways to hide malicious software in commonly used archival formats that went undetected until recently by most antivirus programs.

Most antivirus vendors have patched their applications in order to detect the tampered archive file formats, such as ".rar," and ".zip," said Tomislav Pericin, founder of the commercial software protection project RLPack.

Firefox plugin decodes malicious Web sites

A computer security researcher has released a plugin for Firefox that provides a wealth of data on Web sites that may have been compromised with malicious code.

Spam volumes still growing, says Google

Despite security researchers' efforts to cut spam down to size, it just keeps growing back. The volume of unsolicited email in the first quarter was around 6 percent higher than a year earlier, according to Google's email filtering division Postini.

iPad online usage already rivals Android, BlackBerry

In its first 10 days, Apple's iPad has captured almost as much online usage share as the BlackBerry or Google's Android operating system, a Web metrics firm said today.

NetSuite ERP hooks up with Amazon's storage cloud

NetSuite has integrated its on-demand ERP (enterprise resource planning) software with Amazon Web Services' Simple Storage Service (S3), the company announced Wednesday in conjunction with its annual partner and developer conference in San Francisco.

Micron to bring faster SSDs to the enterprise

Micron Technology will bring faster interfaces to its enterprise SSD (solid-state drive) line in June when it begins shipping its P300 drives to makers of storage equipment.

Hackers exploit new Java zero-day bug

Just five days after a Google researcher published information of an unpatched Java bug, a compromised song lyrics site is sending users to a Russian attack server exploiting the flaw to install malware, an antivirus firm said today.

MeeGo, Android phone platforms take stage at Linux conference

Advocates for dueling open source mobile platforms Android and MeeGo championed their technologies Wednesday,Â with a MeeGo spokesman offering a product roadmap, and a Google technologist emphasizing Android's release schedule and addressing fragmentation questions.

Both platforms were touted at Â The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit conference in San Francisco in separate presentations.

Mobile developers look to create apps across multiple platforms

Four out of five mobile developers either build apps for the iPhone or are planning to do so, according to market researcher Ovum. This, however, doesn't mean other mobile platforms, such as RIM's BlackBerry OS or Microsoft's Phone OS, are falling by the wayside.

They're feeling the love from developers, too.

HP expands client consulting services

Hewlett-Packard has expanded its consulting services to help enterprises get a better handle on the range of new client devices and software that have recently been introduced to the market, the company announced Wednesday.

"User experience is starting to change pretty dramatically now. The whole range of client devices is changing," said Alan Wilson, who is HP's vice president of HP's technology services' solutions infrastructure practice.

Could open source overtake the iPhone?

Apple's momentum in the mobile computing space with its iPhone platform could be eclipsedÂ by the open source movement, similar to how open source took the steam out of the sails of Sun Microsystems, the executive director of the Linux Foundation stressed on Wednesday.

The iPhones of enterprise computing a few years ago were Sun technologies: the Solaris OS and Sparc CPU platform, said Executive Director Jim Zemlin, during the Linux Collaboration Summit event in San Francisco.

Could open source overtake the iPhone?

Dell taking smartphone business to new areas

Dell announced on Tuesday a partnership with telecommunications provider Telefonica to develop mobile products and services, which would expand its smartphone business in Latin America and Europe.

The companies will jointly focus on developing "smart mobile products" and services, a Dell spokesman said, declining further comment on what devices or services would be developed as part of the partnership. However, analysts said the relationship sets the stage for Telefonica to offer Dell's mobile devices, which include smartphones, tablets, and netbooks, in the future.

Friday, April 16, 2010

IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 16/04/2010

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