Workers misusing the Internet cause the most security incidents after viruses in large U.K. companies, a new government-sponsored study has found.

Az egyre növekvő játékfejlesztési költségek, a bővülő csapatok, és az egyre bonyolultabb hardveres technológiák hatására a Microsoft úgy döntött, hogy létrehoz egy XNA névre keresztelt fejlesztői környezetet, amely elősegíti a fejlesztési fázisfolyamatok optimalizálást.

About 120 folks are gathering Friday at a town hall meeting to discuss the future of a fairly new initiative called the Global Environment for Networking Innovations (GENI).

Cisco Systems Inc. Tuesday announced it will acquire SyPixx Networks Inc. for US$51 million in cash and options.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Monday announced three additions to its family of dual-core Opteron processors for servers and workstations, boosting the speed of the chips to 2.6GHz.

Security will be a major focus this week at the giant Cebit show in Hanover, Germany. This year, the annual IT trade show will hone in on the multiple layers of security threats facing enterprise networks. Now it's not just data networks that are under attack; VoIP and even paper documents are at risk.

Vyatta, an open-source router company, released the first beta version of its WAN router code this week, with the goal of becoming the networking equivalent of Linux or Firefox, but taking aim at Cisco instead of Microsoft.

The integration of Siebel Systems Inc. into Oracle Corp. will result in a reduction of 2,000 in the total workforce of the combined companies, but a majority of the layoffs will affect Oracle employees, Oracle said Thursday.

History buffs can search George Washington's manuscripts online today for terms like "revolution," but only thanks to the tireless workers who transcribed the hand-written documents into digital form.

Though the new head of Microsoft Corp.'s MSN division has been calling the company's MSN portal "MSN Media Network" internally, Microsoft has no formal plans to rebrand the site, a Microsoft spokeswoman said Thursday.

Egy, a Microsoft belső internetes naplójában szereplő információ szerint a vállalat átnevezné MSN oldalát MSN Media Networkre.

Plextor, perhaps best known to Mac users for its external optical drives and personal video recorder (PVR) devices, has entered the Network Attached Storage (NAS) market with the introduction of its PX-EH line. Prices start at US$299.

Google Inc. and Skype Ltd. have teamed up with two venture capital firms, Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital, to invest ?18 million (US$21.6 million) in Fon Technology SL, a Madrid-based startup that wants to build a global network of Wi-Fi hotspots.

A design flaw in Windows XP and Windows 2003 systems with built-in wireless capabilities could be exploited by hackers to lure Wi-Fi users into connecting to malicious wireless networks, according to Microsoft Corp., which recently completed an investigation of the issue.

IBM Corp. plans to unveil a server, storage, networking and software bundle based on its BladeCenter servers targeting the retail market Monday. Known as the Systems Solutions for Retail Stores, the bundle follows similar packages IBM has already announced for the banking industry and small to midsize businesses.

Az Apple a Macworld Expo szakkiállítás és konferencia megnyitóján bemutatta többszörösen díjnyertes digitális életstílus-programjának legújabb változatát, az iLife '06 csomagot, valamint a személyes produktivitást segítő szoftverének legújabb, továbbfejlesztett változatát, az iWork '06 programcsomagot

A médiafájl-formátumokról ismert RealNetworks két fontos megállapodást is kötött, egyet a HP-vel, a másikat pedig egy amerikai kábelszolgáltatóval, hogy saját online média-szolgáltatását népszerűsítse.