News: Software & Web

• The Story Of My Avatar
  Fred
  Nov 20 2009

   I saw this tweet when I got up this morning: hey @fredwilson - whats the story behind ur avatar? While longtime readers know it, I figure many of you don't. So here it goes. Starting ...

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• Security pro says new SSL attack can hit many sites
  Robert McMillan
  Nov 20 2009

  A Seattle computer security consultant says he's developed a new way to exploit a recently disclosed bug in the SSL protocol, used to secure communications on the Internet. The attack, while ...

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• Cisco's free iPhone app grabs security feeds
  Ellen Messmer
  Nov 20 2009

  Cisco has made available a free iPhone app that can be used to receive more than a dozen security-related information feeds in customizable form related both to Cisco products and to general ...

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• Microsoft, other rivals slam Google Chrome OS
  Eric Lai
  Nov 19 2009

  Microsoft Corp. is, predictably, not all that impressed by Google Inc.'s demonstration of its upcoming Chrome OS today, but neither were a number of potential rivals in the Linux and instant-on ...

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• What Chrome OS Means for Business
  Michael Scalisi
  Nov 19 2009

  Today in Mountain View, Google held a press event to announce details of its upcoming Chrome OS. What it unveiled is an exciting new platform for Web computing that is aimed squarely at consumer ...

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• Three indicted for Comcast hack last year
  Nancy Gohring
  Nov 19 2009

  Three hackers have been indicted for redirecting the Comcast.net Web site to a page of their own making in 2008. When Comcast customers visited the Comcast.net site during the attack on May 28, ...

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• Google's Chrome OS: A Web appliance, not a PC
  Neil McAllister
  Nov 19 2009

  Google unveiled more details about its much-anticipated Chrome OS at a press event at its Mountain View, Calif., campus today, but those who were hoping for a beta release of the OS were in for a ...

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• Oracle Financial Keeps Fiscally Fit
  CIO India staff
  Nov 19 2009

  Oracle Financial Services Software(OFSS) caters to banking and capital market companies across the world. Part of what it offers its customers is the ability to cut costs and respond rapidly. But it ...

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• Furnish Your Office for Cheap on Craigslist
  Patrick Miller
  Nov 19 2009

  If you're starting a new business, hiring on a shoestring budget, or simply sprucing up your home office, you'll need some new office gear, and you probably won't want to spend much. Believe it or ...

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• Google's Chrome OS: What's in it for Microsoft?
  David Coursey
  Nov 19 2009

  Watching Google's Chrome OS event made me realize: There is a lot in Google's OS that can benefit Microsoft--like giving it a completely new platform and one it needs. If Google is really true to ...

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