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IE zero-day exploit code goes public 11 March 2010 at 7:13 am by admin

Exploit code for the unpatched bug in Internet Explorer was published on the Web yesterday, a step security pros said earlier would be the precursor to widespread attacks.

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+ Opera’s Mini 5 browser comes to Android By admin 11 March 2010 at 7:00 am and have No Comments

Opera has released a beta version of its Mini 5 Web browser for Android-based smartphones, the company said on Thursday.

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+ Court reaffirms i4i’s patent win against Microsoft By admin 11 March 2010 at 6:35 am and have No Comments

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+ Poor Bill Gates: Mexican telecom tycoon grabs Richest Man title By admin 11 March 2010 at 6:30 am and have No Comments

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is no longer the world’s richest man according to the annual Forbes magazine list released Tuesday, but it’s not like he’s going to have to go crawling back for his old job either.

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+ Motorola to put Bing search on Android phones By admin 11 March 2010 at 6:25 am and have No Comments

Motorola will start loading Microsoft’s Bing search and map services onto its Android smartphones in China, bringing more non-Google services to the phones amid a row between Google and China .

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+ Mac IT pros say Macs cost less to manage than PCs By admin 11 March 2010 at 5:00 am and have No Comments

Macs in the enterprise aren’t just cheaper to manage — they’re a lot cheaper, according to a new survey released today by the Enterprise Desktop Alliance. Keep in mind that Enterprise Desktop Alliance is a group of software developers who’ve bandied together to deploy and manage Macs in the enterprise

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+ Chambers: How I’ll make Cisco into IT’s biggest player By admin 10 March 2010 at 5:41 pm and have No Comments

By almost any measure, Cisco Systems is the biggest fish in the networking pond. Thanks to more than 130 acquisitions, a brisk pace of internal development, and a much-discussed new organizational structure that the company is using to attack a slew of new markets, Cisco’s reach extends from the consumer to the enterprise and deep into service provider networks.

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+ CA to buy Nimsoft By admin 10 March 2010 at 5:19 pm and have No Comments

CA said Wednesday it has signed a deal to buy IT performance monitoring vendor Nimsoft for $350 million.

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+ Google still tops, but Bing inches ahead in search market By admin 10 March 2010 at 4:55 pm and have No Comments

Microsoft in recent months has slowly boosted its share of the search business, but still remains far behind a so-far unbeatable foe in its battle with Google. Hitwise, an online traffic monitor, today reported that Google last month remained firmly at the head of the search pack while its rival’s well regarded Microsoft Bing product gradually picks up a little traction.

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+ Cisco, Microsoft certifications increase high-tech salaries By admin 10 March 2010 at 3:43 pm and have No Comments

For high-tech workers , it pays to be certified, according to research conducted by Dice Learning that shows 10 IT certifications stand out for delivering higher salaries .

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