31 Dec 69, 06:12:00

Researcher Releases Exploit for IE Zero-Day Hole

A modest security warning about a vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser has quickly grown into something much larger thanks to the work of a hacker.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
IBM Tops In Customer Privacy: Poll
A survey of consumers and businesses places Big Blue at the top of the list among technology companies in protecting consumer data and privacy.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
Digg Dumps MySQL for Cassandra
The social networking and voting site is migrating from the MySQL database to Cassandra, an open source non-relational database.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
FCC Mulling Free Broadband Plan, Again
As more details surface of the national broadband plan the Federal Communications Commission is preparing to deliver to Congress, the commission said it will consider a plan to develop a free or low-cost wireless broadband network.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
HSBC Breach Exposes 24,000 Clients' Data
What was first thought to be a minor incident has turned out to be a major embarrassment for HSBC, which now acknowledges that a former employee made off with thousands of customer files.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
Intel, AMD Seen Headed for Lift in Q1 Earnings
Analyst at Broadpoint AmTech looks to the two chipmakers to turn in a healthy first quarter performance, thanks in part to an improved forecast for server sales.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
IDC Says the Cloud Ready for Prime Time
At the IDC Directions conference in Silicon Valley, research firm's chief analyst argues that the cloud is here to stay, proclaiming it the dominant platform for the next two decades.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
CA Acquires Cloud Vendor Nimsoft for $350M
CA makes another cloud computing acquisition, picking up IT performance and availability monitoring software vendor Nimsoft in all-cash deal.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
Microsoft Gives MSN Home Page a Major Overhaul
Microsoft has been previewing a radical redesign of its MSN home page since last fall, but now it's time to start pushing it out to MSN's 100 million U.S. users.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
NoSQL Supporters Challenge Relational Databases
Multiple open source projects based on a new approach to databases were discussed at this week's NoSQL Live conference.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
AMD Planning Netbook Chip for 2011
After a long time on the sidelines, Intel rival AMD is getting into the netbook game with a dedicated chip designed specifically for computers with screens 12 inches or smaller.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
Google Ready to Make China Decision
CEO Eric Schmidt said the search giant is continuing discussions with the Chinese government that will determine whether it shuts down its operations there.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
Lost Drive Puts National Guard Data at Risk
Tens of thousands of Arkansas National Guard soldiers became the latest victims of a security breach at a military base after an unencrypted external hard drive was discovered missing last month.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
Tech Stocks Rally Ten Years After Topping Out
Ten years after the dot-com bubble burst, the Nasdaq still has a long way to go.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
Mariposa Bot Shipped With Vodafone Smartphone
Panda Security discovered Confiker, Mariposa and Lineage password stealing malware samples installed on a recently purchased Vodafone HTC Magic smartphone.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
IT Job Market Heating Up: Report
A report by staffing and placement firm Robert Half International shows that while many companies are still taking a wait-and-see approach to new hires, there's general optimism in the IT sector.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
Bing Makes Strides But Momentum Stalls
Microsoft's Bing search engine managed to gain market share again in February, but its success isn't exactly sending Google running for cover.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
Microsoft Veteran Thacker Scores Turing Award
Chuck Thacker, one of the found researchers of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, has received the Association for Computing Machinery's prestigious Turing Award.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
Google Unveils Apps Marketplace
Search giant debuts online shop for apps, expanding beyond its own App Engine to offer developers working in other frameworks an integration into the marketplace.

31 Dec 69, 06:12:00
MySpace Planning Site Revamp to Revive Growth
Once the leader in the social networking space, MySpace has fallen on hard times of late. But a new executive team is betting it can bring the site back to life with a site overhaul and fresh developer talent.