AMD to test low-power netbook processors in servers
Advanced Micro Devices is considering the implementation of its upcoming low-power netbook chips based on the new Bobcat architecture in low-end servers, the company said this week.
"We're definitely in the process of examining this as a design point," said Donald Newell, AMD's new server chief technology officer, in an interview. "It would be foolish not to."
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Sun, Microsoft, and Mozilla leave the most vulnerabilities unpatched
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html " target="_blank">Sun is the king of unpatched software vulnerabilities followed closely by Microsoft and Mozilla, according to the mid-year security report by IBM's X-Force.
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Micro Focus links ALM tools with Microsoft, Eclipse development platforms
Micro Focus this week announced the 2010 releases of SilkTest and SilkCentral Test Manager, which boast integration between the former Borland application lifecycle management (ALM) products and development platforms from Microsoft and Eclipse.
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HP bolsters cloud management with Stratavia purchase
On Thursday Hewlett-Packard announced it acquired Stratavia, which specializes in tools for deploying, configuring, and managing databases and middleware in an automated fashion.
Stratavia's products -- including the Data Palette platform, which is used to discover and track application and database configuration changes -- will be combined with HP's Business Service Automation portfolio, HP said.
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Update: Dell ups offer for 3Par to $1.6B, tops HP
The bidding war between Dell and Hewlett-Packard for virtualized storage vendor 3Par continued on Thursday, with Dell increasing its bid to $24.30 per share, or about $1.6 billion.
The offer has been accepted by 3Par, according to Dell. It tops a $24 per share offer made by HP earlier this week.
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Windows DLL exploits boom
Some of the world's most popular Windows programs are vulnerable to a major bug in how they load critical code libraries, according to sites tracking attack code.
Among the Windows applications that can be exploited using a systemic bug that many have dubbed "DLL load hijacking," are the Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera browsers; Microsoft's Word 2007; Adobe's Photoshop; Skype; and the uTorrent BitTorrent client.
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Microsoft's big Bing theory targets Google
With Microsoft and Yahoo officially teaming up in the search market this week, it's time to wait and see if this move could eat into Google's hearty lead over its top opponents.
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Google defends Android Market license server, despite reported hack
Acknowledging a reported hacking of its new Android Market licensing server, Google maintained this week that the licensing service represents a "significant step forward in terms of protection."
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Motorola buys Web app developer in effort to build Android apps
Motorola appears ready to do more development on top of Android, with its acquisition of 280 North, a company that develops Web applications.
The deal happened "earlier this summer," according to Motorola, and was first reported on Wednesday by TechCrunch. Motorola did not disclose the purchase price.
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Windows and Linux servers revenues jump, but at expense of Unix
Demand for Windows and Linux servers is increasing at a rapid pace, at the expense of Unix servers and other non-x86 machines, according to IDC.
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JavaOne conference may get a rival
Even before the first Oracle-driven JavaOne conference has seen the light of day, an alternative Java conference is being planned for those not thrilled with Oracle.
Media company Software & Support Media (S&S) plans to offer a U.S.-based version of its JAX (Java Apache XML) conference, which the company has been conducting in Germany for several years.
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Red Hat submits cloud APIs as potential industry standard
As the industry call for cloud interoperability grows more fervent, open source enterprise software company Red Hat has submitted its cloud platform, Deltacloud, to the DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force) as a potential standard for cloud interoperability, the company said Wednesday.
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Microsoft IE9 screenshots show up on Russian website
Microsoft's Russian website today revealed details about the new Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) user interface, touting new features such as quick-release tabs and a Chrome-like address-cum-search bar.
Although the company has issued several developer previews of IE9 since March, those builds have lacked any UI, and instead have presented the rendering and JavaScript engines in a wrapper that lacks even the most basic navigational aids, such as a Back button.
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