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Black Hat Researchers Overcome Security Learning Curve

The Black Hat Briefings return to Caesars Palace this week with a new batch of hands-on security research for a crowd of 4,000 IT administrators, hackers, industry experts and government officials.

AT&T Delves into Cloud Computing

AT&T has introduced a new hosted service that offers online storage, processing power and enterprise applications.

IBM Makes Large Cloud-Computing Investment

IBM Corp. late last week touted the construction of two additional cloud computing datacenters -- an investment of $360 million -- which let it address what officials call "surging" demand for cloud computing resources.

Open Source: A 'Growing Challenge' to Microsoft

Open source software topped the list of business "risk factors" outlined in Microsoft's annual 10-K report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

IBM To Team With Linux Vendors on 'Microsoft-Free' PCs

IBM and name-brand Linux operating system distributors Red Hat, Novell and Canonical/Ubuntu have disclosed their intentions to join forces with their hardware partners to create what they are calling "Microsoft-free personal computing choices."

Security Woes Up, as PHP and OSS Make the List

Software vulnerabilities are up this year, especially Web browser-based ones, according to a new report from IBM Internet Security Systems.

Embarcadero Releases SQL Optimizer

Embarcadero Technologies releases DB Optimizer, a new toolset designed to help developers optimize SQL code in databases.

Virtualization Hits the Cloud

Skytap’s Virtual Lab service lets developers subscribe to virtual machines (VMs) and provides a VM image library and a virtual lab-management app.

Geospatial Tools Mean Business

Microsoft’s Virtual Earth and SQL Spatial bring geospatial technology to the enterprise.

Borland Management Solutions Targets App Delivery

Borland expands its ALM suite with Borland Management Solutions, aimed at improving software-delivery processes.

Virtualization Showdown at Black Hat

Next week at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, security researcher Joanna Rutkowska promises to demonstrate how a malicious attacker, working remotely, could take control of the open-source Xen virtualization software.

Apple Reacts to Spoof Threats, Issues DNS Hotfix

Apple Inc. took action on Friday to address the infamous Domain Name System (DNS) problem. And none too soon.

Coming Soon: SQL Server 2008

Worldwide Partner Conference announcement promises Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 will be ready to ship by the end of September.

A .NET Identity for Developers

Microsoft introduces "Zermatt," a new set of class libraries for the .NET Framework that simplifies identity management.

Does Microsoft Have an Open Source Heart?

Microsoft's open source outreach effort, which started just a few years ago, isn't dead on arrival, if you hear Sam Ramji, Microsoft's senior director of platform strategy, talk about it. Rather, it's coming alive.

First Instance of New DNS Exploit Reported

Reports are coming in that an AT&T Domain Name System (DNS) server may have been compromised with malicious code that exploits a vulnerability reported earlier this month. This apparently is the first instance of the exploit in the wild.

Microsoft Mum After Midori OS Plan Leaked

Microsoft is working on a project to develop a new operating system, code-named "Midori," but the company won't disclose the details at this time.

WebLogic Security Hole Found

A recently uncovered flaw with the Oracle WebLogic server allows users to gain entry to the software's server without a user name or password.

The Mojave Experiment: A Vista Love Fest

Microsoft announced the results of its Mojave Experiment survey, which gauged user reactions to Windows Vista in a supposed blind trial using hidden cameras.

Analysis: Behind Microsoft's DATAllegro Acquisition

You've already snapped up Microsoft-branded mice, keyboards and gaming consoles. Is a Microsoft data warehouse (DW) appliance in your future?

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