Source code management targeted in Aurora attacks
Companies should take extra steps to secure their source code from the type of targeted attacks that hit Google, Adobe, Intel and others over the past few months.
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IBM achieves high-speed data transfers using pulses of light
IBM researchers are a step closer to developing chips that use pulses of light instead of electrical signals to carry information between them.
The company has created a low-power device that can transfer information at high speeds using light.
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India still adding IT jobs despite recession
India added 487,000 jobs in its IT and BPO (business process outsourcing) export industries in the quarter ended Dec. 31, despite the global recession, according to a Quarterly Quick Employment Survey by the country's labor bureau.
The survey was conducted to assess the impact of the economic slowdown on employment in India.
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Microsoft envisions ultra-modular data centers
In the years to come, Microsoft's data centers may not be huge buildings tightly packed with server racks, but rather rows of small, stand-alone IT units spread across acres and acres of cool, cheap land.
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Microsoft expects to spend $9.5 billion on research in 2010
Microsoft plans to spend $9.5 billion on research and development this year, which a senior executive said Thursday is more than any competitor.
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Typical Windows user patches every 5 days
The typical home user running Windows faces the "unreasonable" task of patching software an average of every five days, a security and vulnerability research company said today.
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Opera downloads triple after browser ballot screen debuts
Opera Software today said that it has seen a three-fold increase in downloads of its browser since Microsoft started pushing a ballot screen to European users who run Windows.
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Microsoft finally releases promised Red Hat Linux virtualization drivers
Last week, Microsoft released a set of drivers that allow production versions of Red Hat to run on Hyper-V. The drivers, otherwise known as integration components, have some limitations, but they come with the full assurance that both Microsoft and Red Hat will support such an implementation.
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Microsoft finally releases promised Red Hat Linux virtualization drivers
Last week, Microsoft released a set of drivers that allow production versions of Red Hat to run on Hyper-V. The drivers, otherwise known as integration components, have some limitations, but they come with the full assurance that both Microsoft and Red Hat will support such an implementation.
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Is Novell worth $2 billion?
Novell isn't the IT giant it once was, but the company may be well worth the $2 billion offered in a takeover bid by a New York hedge fund, analysts say. Novell's value is "at least that, and more," says Gartner analyst Earl Perkins.
In a letter sent Tuesday to Novell's board of directors, the hedge fund Elliott Associates said its offer of $5.75 per share represented a premium of 49 percent over Novel's enterprise value, a measure that includes a firm's market capitalization, preferred stock and debt.
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Is Novell worth $2 billion?
Novell isn't the IT giant it once was, but the company may be well worth the $2 billion offered in a takeover bid by a New York hedge fund, analysts say. Novell's value is "at least that, and more," says Gartner analyst Earl Perkins.
In a letter sent Tuesday to Novell's board of directors, the hedge fund Elliott Associates said its offer of $5.75 per share represented a premium of 49 percent over Novel's enterprise value, a measure that includes a firm's market capitalization, preferred stock and debt.
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Vizioncore tool will soon manage Hyper-V and Xen
Vizioncore's management tool vFoglight will work with Microsoft's virtualization platform Hyper-V by the middle of the year and with Xen from Citrix by the end of the year, the company said Wednesday at Cebit.
At last year's Cebit, attendees only wanted to talk about VMware's products, but that has changed this year, according to Lothar Esser, channel manager at Vizioncore. That means there is also more demand for management tools for Hyper-V and Xen, he said.
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