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R&B recording artist Alicia Keys' MySpace page was hacked not once but twice this week, according to Exploit Prevention Labs. The first attack, likely done early in the week, affected visitors viewing virtually any part of Keys' page, Exploit Prevention's Chief Technical Officer Roger Thompson r...
IBM has announced a flurry of new components that reinvigorate the company's efforts to create enterprise computing systems smart enough to manage and heal themselves. The whole concept, called "autonomic computing," is all about reducing data center complexity and creating a computing infrastructur...
Microsoft announced a new tool to help parents limit the amount of time their children spend playing video games on the Xbox 360 Wednesday. With the Family Timer, parents can program an appropriate amount of gaming and entertainment time on the console for their children on a daily or weekly basis. ...
Advanced Micro Devices has turned to graphic chip technology to boost the power of its latest high-end processor, the FireStream 9170 Stream Processor, unveiled Thursday. The hybrid chip taps into the "massive parallel processing power" found in graphics processing units and leverages it to meet the...
Lenovo unveiled its latest offering for business users Tuesday -- two new workstations. The ThinkStation desktop computers are a first for Lenovo. The No. 3 computer maker has focused primarily on sales of its ThinkPad laptops. It is also the first time the Chinese hardware maker has added a new Thi...
The growing popularity of Web 2.0 applications is creating new worries about network security for IT managers and program users alike. One of the biggest concerns is the lack of attention by some product developers and the users themselves to regularly scan their computer systems for holes. The rece...
Microsoft's platform of online services and applications -- aka Windows Live -- has graduated from beta after two years of development. At the Windows Live Web site, users can download software for the desktop -- such as Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Photo Gallery, and Windows Live Writer -- and a...
Instead of asking a stranger for directions, lost drivers may soon be able to turn to Google Maps for help as they fill up their gas tanks. Google has teamed with Gilbarco Veeder-Root, a commercial fueling supplier, to put Google Maps at the gas pump. "Getting directions at the pump is safer than us...
This holiday season, what do you get for the technophile who already has everything? A handful of analysts ticked off some of the items on their Christmas lists, and it was no surprise that they included the most bleeding-edge, technologically advanced -- and slightly off the wall -- suggestions. He...
Microsoft is targeting the low end of the enterprise search market with the rollout of a free version of its Search Server 2008 Express. Given the price point -- as well as the emphasis on ease of use -- it is clear that the company is catering to SMBs, which have been somewhat overlooked by establi...
After the initial warranty period has expired on a desktop or laptop computer, consumers, SOHO users and SMBs may find themselves stranded when computer woes strike. Without costly warranty extension plans or an IT department, there is little to do but pay up. An alternative to costly local repair s...
Microsoft and HP announced the availability of the HP MediaSmart Server running Windows Home Server. The new class of server enables consumers to protect, connect and share digital media and documents. Aimed at consumers, the MediaSmart Server is the flagship product in what Microsoft said is an ent...
MySpace and Facebook are the clear winners -- so far -- in the social networking wars, but Yahoo has fired an opening salvo in what may be the next heated skirmish: business and employment networking. Yahoo's Kickstart is meant to help college students launch their professional careers. To be sure, ...
Samsung has begun sampling new 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch 64 GB solid state drives aimed at enterprise servers and high-end PCs, the company announced Sunday. Using a super-fast SATA II/native SATA interface, the drives offer a sequential write speed of 100 MB per second and a sequential read speed of 12...
After months of speculation and rumors about its mobile plans, Google and a raft of supporting companies gathered Monday to announce Android, a new platform billed as the first truly open and comprehensive application for mobile devices. The platform is the result of a collaboration including T-Mobi...
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