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Canonical Ubuntu 12.10 brings internet closer to the desktop
Canonical has released both the server and desktop editions of 12.10 Ubuntu, which offers a glimpse of how this Linux distribution will evolve in the next few years.
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Siemens works to fix vulnerability in critical industrial control networks
Siemens is working to fix a remotely exploitable vulnerability in network routers and switches from subsidiary RuggedCom that are widely deployed in refineries, power substations and other critical infrastructure networks.
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Microsoft to revamp Windows encryption keys after Flame malware
The Windows operating systems will reject encryption keys smaller than 1024 bits from next month, which could cause problems for customer applications accessing Web sites and email platforms that use the keys.
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Flame's Windows Update hack used world-class cryptanalysis, say researchers
The cryptographic attack, known as an MD5 chosen prefix collision, was used by Flame's creators to generate a rogue Microsoft digital code-signing certificate that allowed them to distribute the malware to Windows computers as an update from Microsoft.
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Windows 7 upgrades stalled by IE6 holdouts
Believe it or not, IE6 is still more widely used than IE7 and the newest version of Google Chrome, according to data from Net Applications. How can Microsoft encourage IE6 stalwarts to upgrade to Windows 7.
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Citrix instigates fresh cloud attack on VMware
Rivals Citrix and VMware have taken their battle beyond technology development, even beyond marketing. Now they're working on the imaginations and psychology of potential customers and, to a certain extent, rewriting history.
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VMware acquires RTO assets
Vmware has bought the assets of software company RTO
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Wyse VDA promises to speed up remote virtual desktops
Wyse has launched a protocol accelerator can speed up remote virtual desktops regardless of the distance between it and the host data centre, helping address challenges encountered by companies using cloud computing or virtual clients in remote locations.
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World gets peek at Vista and Server SP2
Microsoft has given its MSDN and TechNet subscribers access to the beta of Service Pack 2 for Vista and Windows Server 2008 and will make the software available to the general public in two days.
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Wyse benefits from virtualisation drive
The uptake of virtualisation in the enterprise, coupled with the economic downturn, is positively good for business, so says thin computing specialist Wyse Technology, which today announced a number of new product developments.
