Symantec secures SMTP
The latest version of Symantec Corp.'s gateway messaging security product, Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 4.0, sits in between an SMTP mail server and the Internet, providing spam blocking, content...
View ArticleMozilla offers workaround for Firefox flaw
The Mozilla Foundation has released a workaround for a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the Firefox browser that was first made public early Friday.
View ArticleWhat the enterprise can learn from consumer technology
Today’s corporate end-users are far more tech-savvy than their productivity with IT tools indicates. After all, screen-deep in instant messages, widgets, and elaborate consumer web applications,...
View Article30,000 ask Microsoft to save Windows XP
Thirty thousand people have now signed InfoWorld's "Save XP" petition, which was launched four days ago. Roughly half were from the U.S. and the rest from other countries.
View ArticleWill Oracle fuse BEA into Fusion?
Market share and technology, a sometimes unbeatable combination, is the raison d'etre behind Oracle's acquisition of BEA, say several industry analysts. What Oracle wanted was access to the...
View ArticleMicrosoft responds to 'Save XP' petition
A Microsoft spokesperson Thursday acknowledged InfoWorld's petition effort asking the company to keep Windows XP for sale indefinitely rather than drop the popular OS from most sales outlets on June 30...
View ArticleZend to run on WS2008
PHP tools vendor Zend has announced that its Zend Core product will run on Windows Server 2008, providing parity between Windows Server and Linux in running PHP.
View ArticleCIOs warn that hosted software is not a panacea
Shifting to a hosted software model can cut corporate IT costs and ease administration and upgrades, but managers must prepare corporate users for its significant effect on work processes and job...
View ArticleZend mixes PHP and AJAX for rich internet apps
With the release last week of an upgrade to its software development framework for PHP, Zend Technologies is mixing in client-side AJAX capabilities with server-side PHP functionality.
View ArticleMicrosoft previews Windows 7 client OS
Due to an editing error, the fifth paragraph of the story, "Microsoft previews Windows 7 client OS," posted Tuesday, contained an incorrect reference to Microsoft's pricing policy for some client...
View ArticleReport: HP board deciding whether to fire CEO Apotheker
Bloomberg today is reporting that an unnamed source tells it that the Hewlett-Packard board is considering whether to fire controvesial CEO Léo Apotheker after less than a year on the job. Apotheker...
View ArticleIn Pictures: 11 things Microsoft is actually doing right
From Office to Hyper-V to Azure, the much-maligned 'dying dinosaur' has a lot going for it as the Ballmer era winds down
View ArticleIn Pictures: Bossie Awards 2013 - The best open-source application...
InfoWorld's top picks among all of the languages, frameworks, libraries, and tools that programmers use
View ArticleMajor SSL flaw found in iOS, OS X
Apple has released a patch for iOS and says an OS X fix will be released 'very soon'
View ArticleIn Pictures: 11 top tools for Android road warriors
Heading out on the road? Be sure you have these critical business apps on your Android device
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