Rapid7 is buying Metasploit, and promising to advance open source penetration testing and the Metasploit Project, which develops exploits against …
Zetta opens its storage cloud to all
A cloud storage provider that designed its system from the ground up to meet enterprise needs is ready to offer …
Yahoo revenue down, but income up sharply
Yahoo has reported revenue of US$1.58 billion for the third quarter of 2009, down 12 percent from the same period …
Analysts warn Google not to lose focus amid success
As Google Inc.'s earnings and optimism continue to rise, analysts are cautioning the Internet giant to beware of taking costly …
Gartner's top 10 technologies include cloud computing, mobile apps
The No. 1 entry on Gartner Inc.'s annual list of the top 10 strategic technologies was cloud computing, but the …
Facebook captures largest IT deal of quarter
The IT industry raised almost $2 billion in venture capital in the third quarter, regaining its position as the top …
Do you know where your employees are working?
It’s time for ad hoc telework programs to be brought up to snuff. Technology has enabled telework programs to evolve …
Corporate PCs up to task of Windows 7
Nearly 90% of existing desktops and laptops within corporations can support Windows 7, but many of those assets are aging …
AMD narrows loss as it inches to profitability
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) narrowed its net loss during the third quarter of 2009 as the company inches closer to …
LTE comes into focus
Long Term Evolution (LTE)-based services are garnering a lot of attention in the mobile broadband industry, despite the fact that …
Cisco to acquire Starent for $2.9 billion
Cisco Systems Inc. announced its second multibillion dollar deal this month: a definitive agreement to acquire Starent Networks, a provider …
Cisco to acquire Starent for $2.9 billion
Cisco Systems Inc. announced its second multibillion dollar deal this month: a definitive agreement to acquire Starent Networks, a provider …
Cisco bolsters routers to spur IPv6 migration
Cisco this week enhanced its IPv6 offerings for its carrier core and edge routers in an effort to ease the …
What's replacing P2P, BitTorrent as pirate hangouts?
Driven by increased crackdowns on BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay, software pirates are fast-moving their warez to file-hosting …
Vendor group forms cloud storage initiative
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) announced the formation of the Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI) in order to establish a …
Phishing arrests highlight massive problem
The massive phishing scam broken up by federal authorities this week is only a hint at what many say is …
Pentagon backs off cloud availability claims
Days after claiming 99.999% availability for its new cloud computing service, a U.S. Defense Department spokesman says he misspoke and …
Google Squared Gets Update, Presents More Data
Google Squared, the ambitious project that delivers search results as a table, has received an update that improves both the …
Google patches DoS vulnerabilities in Android
Researchers at the Open Source Computer Emergency Response Team (oCERT) disclosed two denial-of-service vulnerabilities in Google Inc.'s Android 1.5 mobile …
One by one, carriers succumb to Google Voice
Ever since its launch this summer, Google Voice has presented carriers with some potentially thorny issues. The biggest potential pitfall …