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Browsers, Java Lead Spyware to IE
A malicious batch of adware and spyware has appeared that can use Firefox and other alternative browsers to infect Microsoft’s IE. According to a researcher at Vitalsecurity.org in the United Kingdom, if a user visits a site hosting the malicious code and agrees to install the applications despite security warnings, Internet Explorer will automatically run…
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Details Begin to Leak
Since it first revealed a month ago that it was pulling a U-turn by releasing a new version of Internet Explorer independent of Longhorn, Microsoft has been unwilling to share many particulars about its forthcoming browser. Will Internet Explorer 7.0 have tabs? Will it comply with the CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) 2.0 standard? Exactly how…
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Testers Dispute Report Critical of SQL Server 2005 Performance
SQL Server 2005 is performing just fine in at least one beta customer’s site, contrary to a recent report that expressed doubt as to the upcoming relational DBMS’ ability to do high-performance computing. Jim Holt, vice president of server development for Townsend Analytics Ltd., said that data rates are “extremely high” in the real-time electronic…
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Nokia Mobile RFID Kit as part of the Nokia Field Force Solution is now commercially available
Just one touch to connect field teams and assets to a company’s back office systems Espoo, Finland – The Nokia Mobile RFID Kit as part of the Nokia Field Force Solution has started shipping. The solution allows for easy management of tasks and service team workflow in the field. The Nokia Field Force Solution is…
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WLAN Vendors Link Switches to Third-Party Access Points
Two wireless LAN switching vendors are launching programs aimed at making their switches communicate with third-party access points. Aruba Wireless Networks Inc. this week will begin the Aruba Certified program, which involves its access point source code, and Trapeze Networks Inc. will launch a program called Open Access Point Initiative. Officials at both companies said…
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IBM: Ascential Buy Will Fill Hole in Information Integration
As onStrategies’ analyst Tony Baer puts it, IBM’s announcement to buy Ascential Software Corp. for $1.1 billion was clear in hindsight. It means that IBM gets a profitable company plus product that fills a “clear gap,” Baer wrote in a recent analyst’s note. “… It’s a company with which they’re quite familiar, having accrued over…
