Phishing scam arrests highlight massive problem on the Web
The massive phishing scam broken up by federal authorities this week is only a hint at what many say is an insidious and growing problem on the Internet.
Federal authorities on Wednesday indicted 53 people in the U.S on various charges related to a phishing scheme that victimized thousands of customers of two major U.S. banks. Authorities in Egypt arrested another 47 people there on the same charges.
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They're back: Hackers quick to exploit year's fourth PDF zero-day
For the fourth time this year, Adobe has admitted that hackers were using malicious PDF documents to break into Windows PCs.
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IBM touts new DB2 grid feature as Oracle 'Exadata-killer'
On the eve of Oracle's OpenWorld user conference, IBM unveiled a new clustering feature that it says contends will help its flagship DB2 database trump Oracle's rival product on scalability, speed and price.
IBM says the new pureScale feature will enable companies to "scale out" their DB2 clusters without paying an enormous performance cost. IBM says Oracle's long-running Real Application Clusters (RAC) technology does significantly affect performance.
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Does Microsoft complicate its licensing on purpose?
Navigating Microsoft's complex rules and programs for software licensing has been notoriously difficult for businesses -- a pain point not lost on the company, which for years has said it is trying to simplify the process for customers.
But remarks made recently by Microsoft's top executive, as well as suspicions raised by customers and software consultants, suggest that Microsoft keeps its licensing complicated for a reason, and that it has no plans to make it any simpler in the foreseeable future.
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AT&T defends its wireless coverage, lays out HSPA plans
AT&T Chief Technology Officer John Donovan defended his company's wireless coverage against attacks by industry analysts and media while laying out some details about its plans for further network upgrades.
"I don't plan our network based on blogs. We plan and build our networks based on the needs of our customers," Donovan said at CTIA. "We're working incredibly hard to make [the user's] experience a great one."
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Microsoft to put stripped-down Office on new PCs
Microsoft announced today that it will abandon its decades-old Works entry-level suite, and will instead offer a stripped-down, advertising-supported version of Microsoft Office 2010 on new PCs next year.
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Microsoft plans largest-ever Patch Tuesday next week
Microsoft today said it will deliver its largest-ever number of security updates on Tuesday to fix flaws in every version of Windows, as well as Internet Explorer (IE), Office, SQL Server, important developer tools and the enterprise-grade Forefront Security client software.
Among the updates will be the first for the final, or release to manufacturing, code of Windows 7, Microsoft's newest operating system.
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Windows 7 boots 42% slower than Vista, says study
Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system boots slower than its unloved predecessor, Windows Vista, a PC tune-up developer said Thursday.
The claims by iolo Technologies, a Los Angeles maker of PC software, contradict Microsoft's boasts that Windows 7 starts up faster than Vista.
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OpenWorld to shed light on Oracle's Java plans
Oracle's long-term agenda for Java may come into focus next week as the company plans to place Sun's application development technology in the Oracle OpenWorld 2009 spotlight, beginning with Sunday's keynote, which will feature Sun Chairman Scott McNealy and Sun Vice President James Gosling, considered the father of Java, alongside Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.
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OpenWorld to shed light on Oracle's Java plans
Oracle's long-term agenda for Java may come into focus next week as the company plans to place Sun's application development technology in the Oracle OpenWorld 2009 spotlight, beginning with Sunday's keynote, which will feature Sun Chairman Scott McNealy and Sun Vice President James Gosling, considered the father of Java, alongside Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.
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Mobile app shops likely to start specializing
Right now smartphone users can shop for apps in a confusing array of places. Their phones' hardware maker might have a store, as might the OS developer.
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Microsoft Exchange 2010 hits RTM
Microsoft on Thursday concluded development on Exchange 2010 and said the new mail server would ship on Nov. 9 at the company's TechEd Conference in Berlin, Germany.
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