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RSS tool in newsMicrosoft patches flaw - after seven years
News Metasploit also included an SMB Relay module in its attack tool earlier this year. Microsoft has offered an explanation as to why it took the company seven years to issue a patch for a known vulnerability. [14 Nov 2008]
Smartphones prepare to conquer the web
News In fact, between three per cent and 10 per cent of traffic to a PC-based web site comes from mobile devices, according to Bango, a company that offers a tool for tracking traffic from mobile users. Mobile web usage is on... [14 Nov 2008]
"We'll find ET within two dozen years," says Seti
News The main tool for this research, he added, could be the Allen Telescope Array, a project funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and run by the UC Berkeley radio astronomy lab (RAL) and Seti. A senior Seti astronomer... [12 Nov 2008]
Microsoft: Trojan threat is rising
News Of the computers serviced by Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool, which runs on every PC that gets Windows updates, an average of 10 out of 1,000 are found to be infected worldwide, Stathakopoulos said. [04 Nov 2008]
Kent schools outsource IT
News The hub will also serve as a school management and administration tool, keeping track of student attendance and exam results. Kent County Council has signed off a £29m outsourcing contract for Northgate Information... [29 Oct 2008]
OLPC: Windows vs Linux
News The Windows version of the XO doesn't have much of that built-in sweetness, although a child-oriented programming tool known as Scratch did survive the Linux-to-Windows switch. On the outside, the Windows version of the... [24 Oct 2008]
Android is now open: So where next?
News Although open-source software rarely has been the sole basis for a thriving company, it can be a powerful tool to aid a broader agenda. The Android Open Source Project site includes a project list, a feature description,... [22 Oct 2008]
Queen Mary Uni ditches Excel, makes student plans with IBM
News Queen Mary University of London has bought a resource planning tool from IBM Cognos to help it predict the effect of student numbers on teaching requirements.silicon.com Public Sector With the variations in numbers and... [16 Oct 2008]
Microsoft tool helps business assess value for money
News Microsoft on Tuesday launched the Business Value Framework (BVF) tool, which aims to help local authorities around the UK assess the impact of information and communications technology on their business investments. [15 Oct 2008]
Enterprise web 2.0 costs set to plunge
News The only enterprise 2.0 tool to buck the trend is the mashups, where prices will double as the market matures and the technology breaks out of its traditional heartland of the IT department and is taken up by the... [13 Oct 2008]
'BlackBerry Storm was Vodafone's idea': RIM co-CEO
News Moreover Apple's use of touchscreen technologies - capacitive and multitouch - and its marketing of the iPhone as, first and foremost, a multimedia entertainment and comms machine rather than an email tool for suits,... [08 Oct 2008]
Nokia Xpress steams in with iPhone killer
News On the outside there's an expansive 3.2-inch touchscreen with tactile feedback that serves as the primary interface tool. The 5800 comes with a stylus and a secondary tool that looks like a guitar. Nokia... [03 Oct 2008]
Staff web 2.0 skills can boost work productivity
News Mike Roberts, IT director at the London Clinic, said: "The computer is a tool for work. Businesses should exploit their employees' knowledge of web 2.0 in order to fully take advantage of the tech, according to analysts. [24 Sep 2008]
Tech leaders honoured at glittering CNET Awards
News Topping the public sector category was the Pharmaceutical Oncology Initiative Partnership, a collaboration between the Department of Health and pharmaceutical companies, with its web-based Chemotherapy Planning Oncology Resource... [24 Sep 2008]
Built-in email, editing ditched in Windows 7
News Microsoft last week rolled out the latest "Wave 3" releases of its Windows Live programs, adding Windows Live Movie Maker to the mix of programs, which includes Windows Live Photo Gallery and Windows Live Mail as well as blogging... [23 Sep 2008]
