News: Software & Web

• First look: Microsoft SharePoint 2010 beta
  Martin Heller
  Nov 24 2009

  Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is a major upgrade from SharePoint 2007 in several areas. It has a much improved user interface, especially for online editing. It supports more browsers. It does a better ...

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• Hacks of Chinese temple were online kung fu, abbot says
  Owen Fletcher
  Nov 24 2009

  A hacker who posted a fake message on the Web site of China's famous Shaolin Temple repenting for its commercial activities was just making a mean joke, the temple's abbot was cited as saying by ...

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• Microsoft issues security advisory on IE vulnerability
  John Fontana
  Nov 24 2009

  Microsoft Monday night issued a security advisory that provides customers with guidance and workarounds for dealing with a zero-day exploit aimed at Internet Explorer.Earlier in the day, the company ...

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• Spyware Doctor With Antivirus: First Look
  Nick Mediati
  Nov 23 2009

  Shortly after we completed our current antivirus roundup, PC Tools released Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus 2010 ($40 for a one-year, three-PC license), the latest version of its paid antivirus tool. ...

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• Jolicloud aims to steal Chrome OS's netbook thunder
  Eric Lai
  Nov 23 2009

  Jolicloud, an upcoming Web-centric operating system for netbooks, will be prettier and more flexible than Google Inc.'s Web-only Chrome OS, the company's CEO says. Based on the popular Ubuntu Linux ...

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• De-Worm Your iPhone
  Patrick Miller
  Nov 23 2009

  So you jailbroke your iPhone. Maybe you wanted to try out some of the third party apps. Maybe you just wanted to tweak your interface. Either way, you did it without changing your root password. Now ...

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• Pros and Cons of Windows 7 Security
  Tony Bradley
  Nov 23 2009

  The recently released Microsoft Security Intelligence Report highlights the vast improvements in security from Windows XP to Windows 7. Even so, no operating system is perfect. I asked security ...

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• Government to establish CERT Australia
  Trevor Clarke
  Nov 23 2009

  The Federal Government has kicked off a new cyber security strategy with the creation of an emergency response team previously announced in May, called CERT Australia. The new team is set to ...

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• Is there a Fox in Microsoft's hen house?
  Robert X. Cringely
  Nov 23 2009

  Is Microsoft planning a secret news cartel that will ace out Google? Are Steve Ballmer and Rupert Murdoch in cahoots? That's the butt scuttling across the blogosphere this morning, as reports leak ...

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• Check Point tackles Web 2.0 apps and social-site widget control
  Tim Greene
  Nov 23 2009

  Soon businesses that run Check Point security tools will be able to understand how thousands of Web applications and Web 2.0 widgets are used, giving executives better control over what employees do ...

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