Microsoft to push harder for cloud
Microsoft is shifting its strategy away from pitching itself as a company that can offer companies a choice of software or hosted services, toward pushing the cloud, an executive said on Thursday at the software giant's annual financial analyst meeting.
A year ago, Microsoft was telling customers that the company is uniquely positioned because it offers a choice of on-premise or cloud-based service, said Kevin Turner, chief operating officer for Microsoft.
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Zend offers PHP software packages
In a change to its software licensing model, Zend Technologies has begun offering its PHP Web application deployment solutions as part of a package available through an annual subscription.
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'Unhackable' Android can be hacked
Once thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010.
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How to make your business videos searchable
For some enterprises, online video has become a vital tool for training, security, sales, marketing, and other functions. And along with that growth in the use of video comes increased demand for users to be able to find exactly what they need.
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IBM acquires storage compression company
IBM on Thursday said it had agreed to acquire data compression technology company Storwize for an undisclosed sum.
The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter of this year, IBM said in a release.
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Dell, HP to resell rival Oracle's operating systems on x86 servers
Oracle said Thursday that rival hardware vendors Dell and Hewlett-Packard intend to certify and resell its Solaris and Enterprise Linux operating systems as well as Oracle VM on their x86 se
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Data breaches exploit configuration errors, not software vulnerabilities
Hackers appear to be increasingly counting on configuration problems and programming errors rather than software vulnerabilities in order to steal information from computer systems, according to a new study from Verizon.
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TSMC sales, profit hit all-time highs in second quarter
Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported its best quarterly net profit and sales ever in the second quarter, and predicted the third quarter will be even better.
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Malware tools openly available in China, security researchers say
LAS VEGAS -- China's rapid emergence as a hotspot for criminal hacking activities is enabled by the open and unfettered availability of sophisticated hacking tools, according to security researchers attending the Black Hat conference here this week.
Many of the hacking tools are inexpensive, highly customizable, and easy to use.
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Microsoft's bug reports fail to produce prompt patches
Even Microsoft can't move software makers to patch their products.
According to data released Wednesday by the company, third-party developers patched just 45 percent of the vulnerabilities that Microsoft's security team reported to them during the 12 months from July 2009 to June 2010.
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LG to enter the fray with Android tablet in Q4
LG Electronics plans to launch its first tablet device in the fourth quarter, running Google's Android mobile software, it said Thursday.
The company had already said it would debut the product this year, but had not said when. The fourth quarter doesn't narrow the time-frame by much, but it does say the device won't be ready in the next few months.
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Google offers test-driving for Web fonts
Google is offering a mechanism for previewing Web fonts featured in the Google Font Directory.
Accessible at Google's website, the Google font previewer enables testing of fonts so developers can decide which font best meets requirements.
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HP confirms Windows 7 and WebOS tablet plans
Hewlett-Packard will use Windows 7 in a tablet exclusively for enterprises, while making a consumer-oriented unit based on WebOS, Personal Systems Group executive Phil McKinney confirmed Wednesday at the annual AlwaysOn Stanford Summit.
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