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Mitel to offer virtualised voice

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:02:00 GMT

Following in the path of Avaya

The growing trend towards virtualisation seems to be affecting the unified communications market. Mitel has now taken its first steps down a virtualisation path.

Gumblar malware attack surges again

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:48:00 GMT

Malware hijacks Google searches to infect PCs

ScanSafe researchers are seeing renewed activity regarding Gumblar, a multifunctional piece of malware that spreads by attacking PCs visiting hacked Web pages.

McAfee unveils Email and Web Security Appliance 5.5

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:38:00 GMT

Appliance integrates McAfee's cloud-based global threat intelligence

McAfee has announced the introduction of McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance 5.5 to help protect customers against the latest email and Web-borne threats, manage Web and email traffic and usage, and reduce system administration requirements. Designed for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), the solution would provide email and web security in a single, integrated appliance, said the company.

Google releases open source app development tools

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:10:00 GMT

Javascript software to build better web applications

Google has decided to release as open source several of its key application development tools, hoping that they will prove useful for external programmers to build faster web applications.

Opera, Mozilla and Google respond to Microsoft browser ballot

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:08:00 GMT

Web rivals bemoan lack of competition

Microsoft has proposed that Windows operating systems should show users a ballot screen inviting them to choose a Web browser from among the most popular ones when they first attempt to access the Internet. Consumer organisations and the company's rivals generally approve of the idea, but believe the way Microsoft's ballot screen is designed is biased and will deter people from...

Google Apps adds Postini security software

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:59:00 GMT

Postini policy enforcement layer moves beyond Gmail

The Postini technology that lets Google Apps Premier administrators control their e-mail environments by establishing and enforcing usage policies, rules and parameters will be extended to the other applications of the suite.

Palm shows cloud application development

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:36:00 GMT

Develop apps for Palm Pre and Pixi in a web browser

Palm will introduce a web-based development environment for WebOS applications, called Ares, by the end of this year.

Microsoft left Windows 7 open to hackers, says Sophos

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:30:00 GMT

'Neutered' UAC misses 7 of 8 trojans

Microsoft's decision to reduce the number of annoying security messages that Windows 7 delivers when users install software makes the new operating system more vulnerable to malware infection than Vista, a researcher said today.

D-Link switches now IPv6 ready

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:22:00 GMT

IPv6-enabled switches promise a secure network

D-Link has announced that the company's xStack DGS-3400 series, xStack DES-3200 series, xStack DES-3528/52 series, DGS-3610 series and DES-7200 chassis series switches received IPv6 Ready Core Logo Phase 2 certification from the IPv6 Forum.

Apple looking for someone to defeat iPhone hackers

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:19:00 GMT

Security manager sought to deal with jailbreaks

Just as a new hack, blacksn0w, promises to unlock iPhones with the latest Apple software, Apple is looking for a sheriff to lock the smartphones back up again, permanently.

Current Google Android phones may not upgrade to 2.0

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:14:00 GMT

Android Eclair may pass early devices by

With this week's release of Verizon Wireless' Droid phone comes the first real test of the potential for fragmentation with Android.

Cisco rival Juniper unveils new network suite

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:25:00 GMT

Software, processors and cloud networking systems in launch

Juniper Networks has unveiled its new software, silicon, systems and partnerships, in an effort to take on competitors in the networking industry, such as Cisco Systems.

Orange claims iPhone users not downloading

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:20:00 GMT

Twitter feed confirms streaming services not blocked

Orange claims the average iPhone user uses less than 200MB of data per month. Responding to the so-called "unlimited" 750MB monthly deal, which will be introduced when the provider starts offering the iPhone from next Tuesday, a company employee cited user data from other European iPhone markets.

Another massive Windows security update due from Microsoft

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:14:00 GMT

Patches due for most versions of Windows

Microsoft today said it will deliver six security updates Tuesday, less than half the number it issued last month, to fix flaws in Windows and Office. The updates will patch a total of 15 separate vulnerabilities, Microsoft said in a follow up entry to its security response centre's blog.

Another vendor offers iPhone authentication for e-banking

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:02:00 GMT

Vasco follows RSA and Verisign in security app.

Vasco Data Security is set to bring its Digipass product, used for two-factor authentication, to the iPhone and iPod Touch.

IBM to offer new cloud development services

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:05:00 GMT

Betas for developers

IBM has announced beta versions of new services aimed at developers who want to create and deploy applications on public and private clouds.

Major Facebook, MySpace flaw may expose users' private data

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:08:00 GMT

Developer finds coding error that leaves data open to hackers

MySpace and Facebook have apparently fixed coding errors that could have allowed hackers to access to all of their users' data and photos.

Google Dashboard claims to meet privacy concerns

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:13:00 GMT

Everything Google knows about you

In a concession to users' privacy rights, Google launched what it calls Google Dashboard - a tool which gives Google account holders a single view of all of the data associated with their Google accounts.

Adobe patches five critical Shockwave Player bugs

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:19:00 GMT

Four of the flaws could allow hackers to execute malicious code

Adobe Systems has issued an update for five vulnerabilities in its Shockwave Player, which is installed on some 450 million PCs.

New software stops bots stealing website data

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:07:00 GMT

HumanPresent helps websites whose intellectual property can be copied

Websites such as job boards face a persistent problem: their data is constantly pilfered by automated bots.

Prevx offers free security software to banks

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:43:00 GMT

Software blocks malware during online transactions

A U.K. security company is giving to banks, for free, security software that it says can block malicious software from manipulating online banking transactions or stealing data, even if the computer is infected.

Microsoft to release SQL Server 2008 R2 preview

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:24:00 GMT

Release to include master data management features

Microsoft said it will make a preview of SQL Server 2008 R2 available this month that features new business intelligence integration tools and master data management features.

Apple reaches 100,000 iPhone apps milestone

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:06:00 GMT

About 30% of App Store downloads are paid

About 30% of Apple's App Store downloads are paid applications, and about half of all iPhone and iPod touch users have downloaded at least one. These downloads have reaped close to $1 billion in overall developer revenue since the online iPhone catalogue was launched.

Developers to put PayPal payments into applications

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:41:00 GMT

PayPal X pushes micro-payments

PayPal used its inaugural PayPal X Innovate 2009 conference in San Francisco to officially announce the PayPal X program to release APIs allowing developers to integrate PayPal seamlessly into third party applications. The expanded functionality will help PayPal to compete against similar online payment services from Amazon and Google.

LaCie unveils Network Space 2 NAS drive, media server

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:30:00 GMT

The LaCie unit includes iTunes server software so Mac and PCs

LaCie has introduced the LaCie Network Space 2, an advanced consumer network attached storage (NAS) and media server.