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- Hackers exploit new PDF zero-day bug, warns Adobe. Adobe today warned users that attacks have begun exploiting an unpatched bug in its popular Reader and Acrobat PDF viewing and creation software.
- HP targets small business with phones, Wi-Fi. HP expanded its IP phone and wireless LAN offerings for small and medium-size businesses as part of a broad set of product introductions for those customers.
- Oracle board against sustainability proposal. Oracle's board of directors has weighed in against a shareholder proposal calling for the creation of a board-level committee on sustainability, according to the proxy statement for the vendor's upcoming annual meeting.
- Apple ships iOS 4.1, patches FaceTime flaw. As expected, Apple today released the iOS 4.1 update for its iPhone and iPod Touch and patched two dozen security vulnerabilities in its mobile operating system.
- HP upgrades SANs, management software. HP announced storage hardware upgrades and management software updates for SMBs. The upgrades include the ability to create a SAN using both VMware and HyperV servers as well as being able to back up SQL and Exchange servers.
- Google Instant gives users as-you-type search results. Google today announced a new feature that will allow users to get search results as they type their queries.
- Apple matches Mozilla, patches DLL hijacking bug in Safari. Apple yesterday patched three vulnerabilities in Safari, including one in the Windows version that quashed a bug Microsoft said individual developers had to fix themselves.
- Ellison's pay package worth $70M, down 17% from '09. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison received compensation in fiscal 2010 valued at $70.1 million, compared to $84.5 million in 2009.
- Pliant releases its first MLC-based SSDs. Pliant released its first MLC-based solid state drive products today for data centers, saying the drives are half the price of SLC-based SSDs while still offering vastly higher performance than hard disk drives.
- HP introduces microserver for small businesses. Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday announced a low-cost, entry-level server for small businesses that bundles advanced features in a small package.
- Mozilla fixes Firefox's DLL load hijacking bug. Mozilla on Tuesday patched 15 vulnerabilities in Firefox, 11 of them labeled critical.
- Symantec: Most hacking victims blame themselves. Just under two-thirds of all Internet users have been hit by some sort of cybercrime, and while most of them are angry about it, a surprisingly large percentage feel guilt too, according to a survey commissioned by Symantec.
- SAP partner launches cloud-based mobile app service. SAP partner and start-up Leapfactor announced a cloud-based system to support mobile applications, including back-office custom applications for accounting and customer support.
- Cisco, Citrix team on desktop virtualization package. A combined offering from Cisco Systems and Citrix offers turn-key desktop virtualization capability
- Oracle calls HP's lawsuit against Hurd 'vindictive'. Oracle called Hewlett-Packard's lawsuit against its former CEO "vindictive" and said it threatened the companies' close relationship.
- Gmail spam bug traced to routing system update. A bug introduced during a routing system update caused Gmail to turn some users into unintentional spammers by resending some messages multiple times to increasingly annoyed recipients including company bosses, clients, prospective employers and friends.
- Cisco, Westcon settle contract-pricing dispute with U.S.. Cisco Systems and distributor Westcon Group North America have agreed to pay the U.S. government $48 million to settle charges that they misrepresented prices in contracts with the U.S. General Service Administration and other agencies.
- White House launches Web site seeking citizens' help. The U.S. government is asking the public for help with some of its most vexing problems with the launch of a new Web site that offers rewards for the best ideas.
- EBay brings mobile apps into the future. The head of eBay's mobile efforts wants to make eBay the first place that people look on their phones when searching for a product to buy.
- Update: HP sues Hurd over confidentiality issues. HP is suing former CEO Mark Hurd, who was named co-president of rival Oracle on Monday, saying his hiring violates the terms of a severance agreement he signed with HP.
- Spammers exploit second Facebook bug in a week. Facebook today said it has fixed the bug that allowed a spamming worm to automatically post messages to users' walls earlier this week.
- Symantec releases de-duplication appliance, cloud storage for backup. Symantec announced several upgrades to its backup and archive software products that allow users to collect and store data from laptops and desktops for discovery purposes. The company also announced its first de-duplication appliance.
- Schmidt says Google TV on track for fall release. Google CEO Eric Schmidt said the company will launch its TV service in the U.S. this fall.
- Apple leaks Wednesday release for iOS 4.1. Apple's U.K. site over the weekend revealed that the iOS 4.1 update will be launched tomorrow.
- IDC boosts 2010 smartphone shipment projections by 10%. IDC is increasing its earlier projection for 2010 smartphone shipments by 10% to 270 million.
Recent articles in Computerworld News
- LG announces smartphones with dual-core processor. LG Electronics on Tuesday announced a new series of smartphones with next-generation dual-core processors, which should provide a big leap in performance while maintaining device battery life.
- HTML5 may help Web pages talk, listen. The World Wide Consortium is investigating integrating speech capabilities into Web standard
- Samsung's Fascinate goes on sale Wednesday for $200 online. The Samsung Fascinate smartphone goes on sale online Wednesday for $199.99 after rebate and will be in Verizon Wireless stores on Thursday.
- ACLU, other groups sue U.S. over border laptop searches. The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Customs and Border Protection practice of searching laptops and other electronic devices at U.S. borders.
- Freed journalist tricked captors into Twitter access. A Japanese journalist freed over the weekend by captors in Afghanistan managed to send two Twitter messages before his release while teaching a captor how to access the Internet on a new cell phone, he said Tuesday.
- Police in Europe conduct raids over file-sharing sites. Police across Europe conducted raids against ISPs and private individuals to collect evidence against several Web sites suspected of offering content to file-sharing networks without permission of the copyright holder.
- Microsoft investigates years-old IE bug. Microsoft is looking into a long-known vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) that could be used to access users' data and Web-based accounts.
- Google boosts Chrome 6 speed into dead heat with leaders. Google's Chrome 6 is 17% faster than the version it replaced, putting it in a virtual dead heat with the speed leaders, Opera and Safari, according to benchmark scores.
- Ohio bans offshoring as it gives tax relief to outsourcing firm. Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is delivering one of the strongest attacks yet on offshore outsourcing, calling it not only a threat to jobs but an IT security risk.
- Samsung announces dual-core mobile processor. Samsung has announced a dual-core application processor for tablets PCs, netbooks and smartphones that will be able to handle 1080p video playback and recording, the company said on Tuesday.
- Hurd joins Oracle as co-president. Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd has been appointed co-president of Oracle, the software company announced Monday.
- Secret copyright treaty draft leaked after Washington talks. Another round of negotiations, another leak: Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) published what it says is the latest draft of the secret Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA) over the weekend.
- Craigslist pulls 'Adult Services' section without comment. Craigslist pulled its adult services listings on Friday. Users now see a black bar with the word "censored" where the listings previously appeared.
- Mark Hurd may take job at Oracle, report says. When Mark Hurd resigned unexpectedly from Hewlett-Packard last month he found an outspoken supporter in the form of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. It appears now that Hurd may end up working for Ellison, according to a report Saturday in the Wall Street Journal.
- Know your touch screens. All touch screens are not multitouch, write columnist Mike Elgan. Here offers a field guide to understanding the differences in gadget touch screens.
- Google settles Buzz privacy lawsuit. Google is spending US$8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed over the rollout of its Google Buzz social-networking service.
- Texas conducting antitrust review of Google. Google on Friday said that the Texas Attorney General's Office is conducting an antitrust review of the search giant, following a similar investigation launched in Europe earlier this year.
- Facebook glitch let spammer post to walls. A clever spammer found a glitch in Facebook's photo upload system and used it to post thousands of unwanted Wall messages this week.
- Nigerian advance-fee scammer gets 12 years. A Nigerian advance-fee scammer, Okpako Diamreyan, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by a federal judge.
- New Apple TV is iPod Touch in sheep's clothing. The inside of the new Apple TV likely resembles the interior of the iPod Touch, a move that allowed Apple to dramatically cut costs, a Canadian research company said today.
- Verizon's phone rings off the hook with IPv6 questions. Interest in IPv6 is exploding among U.S. CIOs, as news of the rapid depletion of IP addresses using the current standard – known as IPv4 – reaches corporate IT departments
- Investigators find famous DJ's credit card details for sale. Armin Van Buuren is one of the world's most well-known trance music DJs. He also apparently has had his credit card details stolen.
- Toshiba Satellite laptops recalled for burn hazard. The U.S. and Canadian governments this week said that Toshiba is voluntarily recalling some Satellite laptops for posing a burn hazard to customers.
- Apple had two months to fix critical QuickTime bug, says researcher. A critical bug in QuickTime was reported to Apple two months before a second researcher independently revealed the vulnerability this week, the director of a bug bounty program said Friday.
- Accenture, Cisco and Sun still face kickbacks charges. After recent settlements by Hewlett-Packard and EMC in a long-standing government contracting fraud case, three major IT and consulting companies are still embroiled in lawsuits brought by two former insiders.