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IE Under Attack: Microsoft Ponders Emergency Patch
Malicious hackers are using hijacked Web servers and compromised sites to launch a wave of zero-day attacks against an unpatched flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. The first wave of drive-by downloads was spotted on March 25, and security experts tracking the attack say the threat is growing at a rate of 10 new malicious…
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Nvidia Seeds Businesses, Channel With Logo Program
Nvidia, in a partnership with AMD, has set out to oust Intel from the SMB channel. Nvidia has quietly contacted many of the top channel vendors and tier-2 and tier-3 system builders, attempting to put in place an Nvidia Business Platform that will certify new machines and put in place a stable image process that…
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What We Need Is More Vista Delays
Remember Windows 95? Unless you were vacationing on Pluto, you must. It was, to my recollection, the most celebrated software release of the personal computing age. The hype surrounding the release rivaled a CD release by U2 or Bruce Springsteen at the height of their popularity. Buyers lined up outside Staples and CompUSA stores at…
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Avnet Considering Network Business Unit
Distributor Avnet may build or buy a network distribution business in fiscal year 2007, which begins July 1, hoping to build a $50 million to $100 million business unit, executives told Channel Insider. The solutions distributor is incubating a group of network VARs and exploring its options to enter the field, said Fred Cuen, president…
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The E-Commerce Future, Google Style
Like every major sales and communications advance that preceded it, e-commerce’s 12-year existence has moved along in phases, as it slowly abandoned earlier methods to accept the new reality. Offline and online brands were initially kept distinct, then they were awkwardly merged. Initial e-commerce efforts were flashy brochure sites, with rudimentary shopping carts and checkout…
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Microsoft Confirms ‘Highly Critical’ IE Hole
Microsoft plans to release a pre-patch advisory with workarounds for a “highly critical” vulnerability that could put millions of Internet Explorer users at the mercy of malicious hackers. The advisory, which will be posted here, acknowledges a code execution hole that was discovered and publicly reported by Secunia Research of Copenhagen, Denmark. Secunia said in…
