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XP's retirement will be hacker heaven

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XP's retirement will be hacker heaven
Cyber criminals will bank their Windows XP zero-day vulnerabilities until after Microsoft stops patching the aged operating system next April, a security expert argued today. Read More
 


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Apple-Samsung rivalry intensifies with September device launches
Apple's unveiling of its iPhone 5S is expected Sept. 10, just six days after Samsung's launch in Germany of its next Galaxy gadget, probably a Note III smartphone-tablet. Read More
 

Microsoft's Office 365 Add-ons muddy licensing and make customers pay twice
Microsoft has kicked off licensing add-ons that let enterprises add Office 365 subscriptions atop existing volume license agreements, touting the new options as a simpler way for businesses to move to a rent-not-buy model. Read More
 

Not even a new owner would boost BlackBerry's smartphone share
The BlackBerry 10 OS was supposed to save BlackBerry, but the company's phones have now has slipped into fourth place, according to IDC and others. Read More
 

BlackBerry starts looking for buyer or partner as new OS struggles
Blackberry's board of directors has formed a committee to explore strategic alternatives for the future of the company that could include joint ventures or a sale of the company, as it struggles to turn its new BlackBerry 10 operating system into a success. Read More
 

Salesforce.com adds premium 'Performance Edition' bundle
Salesforce.com has rolled out a new product bundle that includes even more applications than its high-end Unlimited Edition, albeit at a higher price. Read More
 

Enterprise flash arrays pack in more storage with denser media
A new generation of faster, cheaper flash storage is hitting the enterprise market and will be in the spotlight this week at the Flash Memory Summit conference. Read More
 


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Bart Perkins: Jousting for jobs
Coding tournaments and similar challenges have emerged as innovative ways for employers to identify highly skilled IT professionals. Read More
 

The Chinese hacker group that hit the N.Y. Times is back with updated tools
The Chinese hacker group that broke into the computer network of The New York Times and other high-profile organizations, including defense contractors, has launched new attacks following a few months of inactivity, according to researchers from security vendor FireEye. Read More
 

Cloud drives job creation in banner month for tech
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 3,600 jobs were created in the tech category, 'data processing, hosting and related services,' marking the single best month of job growth in this category since June 1998. Read More
 

Jonny Evans: Why Apple CEO Tim Cook's critics need more sex
If you can't put sex in the title then all the world's media knows you can use Apple to sell the news, and that's why as the focus shift to the fabled September 10 iPhone launch, critics are quickly migrating their poison pens to punish the man in charge of the fruity shop, CEO Tim Cook. Read More
 

Preston Gralla: Users tell Microsoft: We hate Windows 8 touchscreen PCs
With Windows 8, Microsoft recast Windows as a touchscreen interface, and bet the farm that people would flock to it. Now users have spoken: They hate the devices. New research from IDC shows that as few as 10% of all laptops sold this year will sport a touchscreen. Read More
 

Darlene Storm: GPS jammer to stop tracking messed up airport navigation, driver fired, fined $32,000
Even when work has a BYOD policy, that doesn't imply you can bring an illegal GPS jammer to stop an employer from tracking the location of a company-vehicle. After a driver used a GPS jammer, it messed up navigation signals at Newark airport. He was fired and fined almost $32,000 by the FCC. But detecting spoofed GPS is not so easy as researchers showed by sending fake GPS signals to hijack an $80 million 213-foot yacht. Read More
 

 

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