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Adobe releases new sandboxed version of Flash Player for Firefox

Adobe has released a beta version of Flash Player for Firefox, which has better protection against vulnerability exploits because of a new sandboxed architecture.
Microsoft dropping Start button from Windows 8 rumour

Microsoft will scratch the 17-year-old Start button from Windows 8, according to reports based on a purported leak of the latest beta build.
Google Chrome most secure browser, says German government

Google Chrome has been recommended to Windows 7 users by Germany's cybersecurity agency because of the browser's sandbox and auto-update features.
British student designs bamboo smartphone

A student from Middlesex University has designed a smartphone made from bamboo, which he plans to release in the UK and Europe later this year.
Apple patches 51 bugs in Mac OS X Lion and Snow Leopard

Apple on Tuesday patched 51 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, most of them critical, in 2012's first security update.
Taiwanese ad uses Steve Jobs imitation with angel wings to promote "Action Pad"

A new television advertisement airing in Taiwan has an actor with angel wings and a halo doing a thinly-veiled imitation of Steve Jobs, to promote a tablet called the "Action Pad."
Cisco adds 40/100G Ethernet to switch range

Cisco this week unveiled significant extensions to both of its major switching lines with the addition of 40/100G Ethernet capabilities.
Cisco Ethernet switches make big leap to 40/100G

Cisco this week unveiled significant extensions to both of its major switching lines with the addition of 40/100G Ethernet capabilities.
Cisco CTO: Software integration will drive intelligent networks

Networking giant Cisco plans to make software one of the company's ?core competencies?, with the aim of creating a networking operating system that is more intelligent and contextualised.
Coverity and Wind River alliance to squash bugs during development

Coverity and Wind River have integrated Coverity's security development testing platform with Wind River's embedded software system to bring security into the embedded development process and squash security-related bugs as the code is being written.

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Google may not be evil, but is it right?

Google's changes to its privacy policy should have been expected. It's what any corporation intent on maximising value would do. But does that make it right?
Top Windows 8 features IT admins should be aware of

Upgrades, system migration, support headaches; IT folks are probably dreading the next major Windows roll-out. Yet Windows 8, which is scheduled to move to the beta stage in late February and will likely launch in the autumn, does offer several compelling new features for both IT and end users.
The worst Internet privacy scandals of all time

In honour of National Data Privacy Day, we've put together a list of the 15 worst Internet privacy scandals of all time.
Linux Mint sticks to the classic desktop flavour

Bucking the trend of increasingly experimental desktop interfaces, the developers behind the Linux Mint are adopting a simpler desktop for the next version of the open source Linux distribution.
A first look at Windows 8 - the OS for everything

The first public beta for Windows 8 is expected to be released in February, but we've been testing pre-beta code in our lab. Our overall impression is that Windows 8 represents an aggressive effort by Microsoft to deliver a single OS that runs just about everywhere and takes on all of Microsoft's key rivals.
The challenges ahead for RIM's new leadership

For the first time since its founding, Research in Motion has changed its top leadership, with a new president/CEO, a new board chairwoman and a new major investor who specializes in turnarounds. But can they save RIM?
Goodbye BIOS: A simple guide to UEFI

If you have used a PC during the last three decades or so, you should be familiar with the PC?s Basic Input/Output System, or BIOS. The fact that it has been around for so long should also be all the indication you need that it has outlived its usefulness.
No demand for Windows 8 tablets? Don't trust predictive surveys

The surveys says... wait. You can't trust surveys, according to Rob Enderle. He offers some historical lessons on why you can't believe their predictions.
Cloud and disaster recovery: Load-balanced data centres are not a perfect solution

A growing trend in the disaster recovery arena for cloud providers is the use of load-balanced data centres instead of hot-cold data centres. Companies are deploying private clouds that are load balanced between their data centres to take care of disaster needs. If one data centre suffered from a disaster, the other data centre would be operating even though it is at reduced capacity.
Do mobile phones and tablets really need multi-core chips?

Multi-core processors for tablets and smartphones are being touted by chip maker Nvidia and others at the CES trade show, but some in the industry question their value.

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