If you have ever felt the need to search across Gmail, Google Docs and Sites, then the "Apps Search" lab announced today is exactly what you have been waiting for. The new Labs feature makes it possible for the user to search across email, docs and Google sites from the “Search Mail†button in Gmail. The new feature can be enabled from under the Labs tab under Gmail settings. [......]
M86 Security Labs released a list of the top 15 most observed vulnerabilities for the first half of 2010 and, surprise-surprise, Adobe Acrobat & Adobe Reader (No. 1) and Microsoft Internet Explorer (No. 2) took the top two spots[......]
Good news for small and midsize businesses -- VMWare has taken a hatchet to its virtualization software package and cut the price in half . The entry-level virtualization platform, VSphere Essentials, now runs $495 for six CPUs, which amounts to $83 per chip (in case your internal calculator is on the fritz)[......]
Make of this what you will, but according to Microsoft , some 74 percent of businesses are still running Windows XP, an operating system now two generations old. That number comes from Tammi Reller, CVP of Microsoft Windows, who stated as much during the company's Worldwide Partner Conference this week. What Reller didn't do, however, is view this negatively. [......]
IBM now holds the world record for the highest SPECjbb 2005 benchmark ever achieved by a two-socket, x86 server, and Big Blue wants the whole world to know about it. You'll have to excuse us if we help them out a little[......]
After July 13, Windows XP users still using Service Pack 2 or earlier "will no longer receive software updates from Windows Update. These include security updates that can help protect your PC from harmful viruses, spyware, and other malicious software." Surely everyone has upgraded by now, right? In a word, 'no.' According to recent PC Advisor poll , 15.1 percent of XP users are still clinging to SP2 or earlier. [......]
Market research firm IDC crunched the numbers and determined that IBM is the market share leader in Social Platforms, at least in terms of total software revenue. According to the report, which IBM is plenty eager to share with anyone who will listen, worldwide revenue for the social platforms market climbed to nearly $370 million in 2009, representing a growth rate of over 55 percent. [......]
Following months of paperwork, Hewlett-Packard on Thursday announced it had completed its $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm and now plans to use the company's webOS platform for new tablets and netbooks. [......]
Sometimes wars come down to alliances, and in the browser war, Mozilla now has IBM in its corner, says Bob Sutor, VP of Linux and Open Source at IBM. [......]
Two weeks ago AVG announced its LinkScanner software for the Mac platform designed to keep "Mac users safe from increasing intensity and sophistication of Web attacks." Perhaps the Mac faithful didn't take too kindly to the release, as AVG felt compelled to follow-up the announcement with some sobering statistics for Mac users. [......]
If your business is still running Windows XP SP2, you could be in for a world of hurt, warns IT services vendor Softchoice. Come July 13, Microsoft will drop support for SP2 and no longer issue security updates. According to Softchoice, this is no trivial matter. [......]
Security firm Symantec this week introduced its new ExSP Licensing Program designed to allow partners the choice of consuming Symantec software via a monthly subscription-based model. "Our partners are telling us that they’re finding success in offering Symantec software bundled with their services to solve their customers’ information protection challenges," said Randy Cochran, VP, North American Channel Sales, Symantec. [......]
Why build your own Linux-based quick-boot OS when you can just snatch one up for someone else? That seems to be the philosophy with HP, which will grab the HyperSpace software from Phoenix for about $12 million, Phoenix said. [......]
When the stars are aligned just right, TRENDnet's new TEW-691GR Wireless N Gigabit Router can hit speeds of up to 450Mbps, at least in theory. There are three external antennas broadcasting on the 2.4GHz spectrum, each one with three spatial streams to produce a record 450Mbps theoretical wireless throughput, TRENDnet says. You'll also find Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antennae technology to improve signal strength and boost wireless coverage[......]
Panda on Thursday announced that it has upgraded its Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition online scanner with improved protection. In addition, the company also now offers a fee-based Pro Version with expanded support services and automation capabilities. [......]
