IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 16/09/2010
SCO puts Unix assets up for auction
Even as it continues to battle for Unix ownership in court, the SCO Group plans to auction off most all of its Unix assets, including "certain Unix System V software products and related services," the company announced Thursday.
Interested parties must submit a bid for the assets by Oct. 5.
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Intel: Future smartphones will be assistants, companions
The future of computing is all about devices that are not just smarter than today's, but are also more aware of the habits and day-to-day lives of their users, says Justin Rattner, Intel's chief technology officer.
During this morning's keynote presentation at the annual Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco, Rattner defined the next generation of devices as context-aware.
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IE9 has Google Chrome on the run
Google released Chrome to reignite competitive development of browsers, and now it is playing catch-up on at least one front: hardware-assisted acceleration.
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Is Stuxnet the 'best' malware ever?
The Stuxnet worm is a "groundbreaking" piece of malware so devious in its use of unpatched vulnerabilities, so sophisticated in its multi-pronged approach, that the security researchers who tore it apart believe it may be the work of state-backed professionals.
"It's amazing, really, the resources that went into this worm," said Liam O Murchu, manager of operations with Symantec's security response team.
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Apple patches months-old QuickTime bugs
Apple patched a critical vulnerability in QuickTime on Wednesday that was reported to the company by a bug bounty program months ago. The update also patched a "DLL load hijacking" issue that went public in August.
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IBM to acquire OpenPages
IBM is acquiring OpenPages, a privately held company that makes software designed to help companies simplify risk management and corporate compliance activities. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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