Microsoft kills Google Chrome with bad malware signature

	IT Blogwatch: Microsoft nukes Google Chrome "inadvertently" | Microsoft's IE9-first strategy fails to stem browser slide
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	Microsoft kills Google Chrome with bad malware signature Microsoft scrambled earlier today to revise an antivirus definition file that deleted Google's Chrome browser from users' PCs. Read More WHITE PAPER: Intel Raise QoS in vSphere*4 with Dell & Intel The industry transition to 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) is creating new quality of service (QoS) challenges. This paper examines best practices for analyzing, monitoring and controlling bandwidth in VMware vSphere 4.1 environments when using Dell servers and Intel Ethernet 10 Gigabit server adapters. Click to continue In this Issue IT Blogwatch: Microsoft nukes Google Chrome "inadvertently" Microsoft's IE9-first strategy fails to stem browser slide Preston Gralla: IBM beats Microsoft in market value --- here's how Microsoft can take back the lead Preston Gralla: Why Windows 8 tablets won't likely fear the Kindle Fire Microsoft fails to credit Kelihos takedown partner Vote now: What's on your 2011 holiday wish list? WHITE PAPER: Intel Deploy 10GbE 10GBASE-T with Dell & Intel Virtualization, server and application technologies are shifting bottlenecks from the data center to network I/O. This paper describes how to use 10GBase-T to broadly deploy 10 Gigabit Ethernet and help avoid I/O networking bottlenecks. Click to continue IT Blogwatch: Microsoft nukes Google Chrome "inadvertently" Sadly, Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) various anti-virus engines have recently been flagging Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Chrome browser as a Trojan. The problem showed up in the Forefront and Security Essentials anti-malware tools. The bogus AV signature was available for a few hours. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers hope it wasn't a deliberate act.   Read More Microsoft's IE9-first strategy fails to stem browser slide Microsoft's Internet Explorer last month continued to shed users, losing the largest chunk of market share since December 2010, Web measurement firm Net Applications said. Read More Preston Gralla: IBM beats Microsoft in market value --- here's how Microsoft can take back the lead IBM has surpassed Microsoft in market worth, an ironic turn of events considering that Microsoft outsmarted IBM years ago and left the company practically for dead. It's a sign of how Microsoft hasn't been able to adequately adjust to a changing world. Microsoft would do well to examine how IBM turned around its fortunes, and learn some lessons from the company's revival.   Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM and Intel Scalable Management for your Virtual Data Center Read this solution brief to see how Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager Workgroup Edition on IBM® System x® servers can centralize and streamline management of a consolidated virtual environment. Read Now Preston Gralla: Why Windows 8 tablets won't likely fear the Kindle Fire Windows 8 tablets won't be released until some time next year, but a look at the Kindle Fire tablet and the Windows 8 Developer Preview shows that the Fire won't likely cut significantly into the Windows 8 tablet market.   Read More Microsoft fails to credit Kelihos takedown partner Microsoft grabbed headlines Wednesday with its report about the successful takedown of the Kelihos botnet, but while the company detailed the achievements of its Digital Crimes Unit, it failed to mention the major role security firm Kaspersky Lab played in the operation. Read More Vote now: What's on your 2011 holiday wish list? Computerworld wants to know: What type of tech gear do you most want to receive as a holiday present this year? Let us know by taking our quick poll. We'll focus on the most popular product types in our 2011 holiday gift guide. Read More
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