Former Windows chief Steven Sinofsky on Thursday defended Windows 8’s performance in the market, saying, “It’s hard for me to …
Google pressures industry to make software flaws public faster
Google threw the gauntlet down before the software industry to clean up its mistakes faster than has been done in …
For security’s sake, upgrade to a newer version of Office
You probably should upgrade before next April. After that month, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates for Office 2003 …
Is this man the next CEO of HP?
Many analysts and journalists have recently hinted that Meg Whitman’s successor will be hired internally, and Bill Veghte’s name has …
PayPal denies teenager reward for finding website bug
A 17-year-old German student contends PayPal has denied him a reward for finding a vulnerability in its website. Robert Kugler …
IBM preps SmartCloud for real-time analytics
Deploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for use in …
Researchers find more versions of digitally signed Mac OS X spyware
Security researchers have identified multiple samples of the recently discovered “KitM” spyware for Mac OS X, including one dating back …
Lenovo’s net profit up 90 percent, smartphone shipments soar
PC sales in China and high growth in smartphones shipments helped boost Lenovo’s net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter …
VMware launches network-savvy cloud service
VMware has launched its long-anticipated public infrastructure as a service (IaaS), touting its virtual networking capabilities as a differentiator from …
Researchers uncover new global cyber-espionage operation dubbed Safe
Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered an active cyber-espionage operation that so far has compromised computers belonging to government …
In a sea of malware, viruses make a small comeback
The computer virus seems to be making a subtle comeback. The term virus is frequently used as a catch-all for …
Windows 8 won’t hit critical mass in enterprises, Forrester says
Windows 8, the most significant upgrade to Microsoft’s operating system since Windows 95 and one of the most important products …
Bill Gates recalls last conversation with Steve Jobs in emotional interview
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has spoken about his relationship and last conversation with the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in a …
Google rolls out by-the-minute cloud billing, introduces a new NoSQL database
Google, attempting to build its reputation as an enterprise and developer-focused cloud computing provider, today said its cloud platform is …
BlackBerry Live: What app customers want
A session on market insights at BlackBerry Live aimed at providing an overview, as well as an insider’s perspective, to …
BlackBerry Live: How BES 10.1 scores over BES 10.
The Enterprise Update session of BlackBerry Live gave the participants a chance to know in detail how the BlackBerry Enterprise …
Google triples free storage to 15GB
Google Drive on Monday announced it is increasing the amount of free storage it offers subscribers from 10GB for Gmail and another 5GB for …
HP updates IT automation suite for cloud deployments
Further pursuing its strategy to help enterprises move workloads to hosted environments, Hewlett-Packard has updated a number of its IT management …
Backlash begins against Adobe’s subscription-only plan
A petition on Change.org demanding that Adobe back away from its subscription-only model for its creativity software, including PhotoShop, had …
IDC: Cloud, mobility exposing limitations of existing networks
The combination of highly virtualised environments inside enterprise networks, along with an explosion of mobile traffic, are exposing the limitations …