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It's well known that ordinary personal and business computer systems are vulnerable to hacking, but computers used to managing industrial machinery could also be at risk. Software was published just... Read more...
The U.S. unemployment rate reached 6.1 percent last month, a five-year high as companies slashed 84,000 jobs. The Labor Department reported on a number of hard-hit sectors, including housing, the... Read more...
Government
agencies in the United States are scrambling to plug a glaring security hole in
the form of sensitive information stored on laptops and portable media such as
thumb drives. Over
When economic times were good and IT departments found themselves short on storage capacity, the solution was simple--throw more money and capacity at the problem. Today there is an expensive storage... Read more...
Businesses are bucking any and every trend to move to Microsoft Vista. Almost a year after its release, sales are still sluggish. And analysts say that won't change anytime soon. "From what we've... Read more...
Google seems to be everywhere these days, but as the search giant moves into the enterprise, they're facing much of the same security scrutiny as those who have gone before them. Researchers at... Read more...
You may soon find yourself attending a virtual meeting, staring at an avatar representing you on screen. Using state-of-the-art technology from companies such as Second Life, Qwaq, Tixeo and... Read more...
Partnering with software vendors can provide great benefits to companies in terms of price, continuity and integration. After all, who knows the intricacies of the software and how to make it sing... Read more...