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Microsoft Releases Workarounds for DoS Zero-Day Bug in ASP.NET
Microsoft has released a workaround for an ASP.NET vulnerability to help protect Websites against potential denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, according to a security advisory. The publicly disclosed vulnerability affects all supported versions of the .NET framework, but Microsoft is "not aware" of any attacks in the wild currently exploiting the flaw, Dave Forstrom, director of Microsoft…
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Apple iPhone 4 Users Get Siri Through Spire Hack
Owners of Apple s iPhone 4 who have a hankering to use the company s much-publicized voice-recognition personal assistant Siri can now do so thanks to a download designed by a hacker known as chpwn, who posted the details of the program on his blog. The tool, Spire, will download Siri itself (directly from Apple)…
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Windows Phone Marketplace Reaches 50,000 Apps
According to All About Windows Phone (AAWP), the Windows Phone Marketplace now has more than 50,000 apps. Although 50,000 is less than one-tenth of what Apple s iOS App Store has and also a fraction of the more than 400,000 apps in Android Market, Microsoft s ascent to 50,000 apps is a solid milestone given…
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The State of Windows 7 Deployments 2011
The State of Windows 7 Deployments 2011 56 percent of organizations have begun to deploy Windows 7. No Title Among those, though, deployment is on average only about 10 percent complete. No Title 13 percent of organizations have Windows 7 deployed on less than a quarter of their fleet of PCs. No Title Over a…
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Consumer Electronics Industry Faces a Projected $17 Billion Product Returns Bill: Accenture
Customers returning electronics products will cost U.S. consumer electronics retailers and manufacturers nearly $17 billion this year, including receiving, assessing, repairing, reboxing, restocking and reselling returned products. This represents an increase of 21 percent since 2007, according to a research report from management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company Accenture (NYSE: ACN). The research is…
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Dell to Hold Inagural Storage Forum in London in January
Dell will host its first annual Storage Forum in Europe from Jan. 9-12 in London. Officially named “Dell Storage Forum London 2012,” the convention will provide customers and channel partners with a series of executive and technical sessions plus hands-on access to the Dell Fluid Data architecture and the entire storage portfolio, including the Compellent,…
