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New Browser Flaw Weakens EV SSL Trust
A newly discovered vulnerability in the way web browsers handle high-assurance Extended Validation SSL (EV SSL) certificates may render them ineffective until browser developers fix the problem, security researchers said today. EV SSL certificates were designed several years ago by certificate issuing authorities to combat the growing trust problems with normal domain validated SSL certificates…
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Microsoft Infuses Channel Field Sales with Tools, Resources
When Ross Brown joined Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Group as vice president of solution partners and ISVs a year ago, he did what any new executive would do: He started to assess his field channel sales team. And he asked an obvious question: “Who’s our best PAM and how well are they doing?" No one could…
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Apple Quarter Earnings Expected Higher Than Forecasts
Like Intel and IBM last week, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is expected to report better than expected results for its third quarter this week, with one analyst expecting revenues of $8.31 billion. That’s more good news for a technology marketplace that has held off on purchases as it awaits the end of a long and drastic cut…
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Gasp! Microsoft Takes Linux Hyper-V Drivers Open Source
Microsoft temporarily suspended its fear and loathing of all things Linux this week. The Windows juggernaut released Linux Hyper-V drivers under the GPL version 2 and submitted them for inclusion in the main Linux kernel source tree. What next? Sharepoint running natively on Linux? Let’s not go that far. But while submitting device driver code…
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Microsoft Deal Talk, Optimism Overshadow Down Results
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp will likely report the first annual sales dip in its history as a public company, but investors are looking beyond that for upbeat comments on Windows 7, signs of a tech sector recovery, and even a deal with Yahoo Inc. to challenge Google Inc. The question for investors when the world’s…
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Finding the Growth Markets
Looking for a growth market? More IT vendors these days are targeting the small business and midsize business space because those markets are forecast to have a higher growth rate than enterprises. It’s not just the existing small businesses, but it’s also the small businesses that may be just starting up as their founders become…