News: Software & Web

• Atlantis astronauts: Final spacewalk, preparing for Earth trip
  Michael Cooney
  Nov 23 2009

  Heading into their second week of space travel the crew of NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis have a lot on their schedule. Today two of the astronauts will venture out for the mission’s third and ...

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• Information security and business strategy Part 1
  M. E. Kabay
  Nov 23 2009

  I've known David Greer for over 25 years and have always enjoyed his intelligence, good humor and creativity. And Stephen Northcutt is so widely published, cited and respected in our field that I ...

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• Top 5 Chrome OS myths debunked
  Neil McAllister
  Nov 23 2009

  Misconceptions and misinformation have surrounded the Chrome OS almost since the day it was announced. This week's press conference at Google's Mountain View, Calif., campus helped to clear the air, ...

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• The top 100 IT projects of 2009
  Jason Snyder
  Nov 23 2009

  If it ever was a question, 2009 put an end to any doubts about the resiliency of IT. Navigating severe budget cuts, unanticipated reorganizations, and quickly evaporating revenue opportunities ...

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• Five ways to lose your identity (and wallet) this holiday season
  Jaikumar Vijayan
  Nov 23 2009

  The holiday season is almost here, and even in a recession huge numbers of people will likely be shopping online for gifts this year. The rush by shoppers to the Web makes the season a great time ...

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• Looking For Product and Marketing Talent
  Fred
  Nov 23 2009

  Our portfolio company Covestor is looking for a VP Product and a head of marketing. Both positions are in New York City. Covestor has created an entirely new form of investment product - people ...

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• Microsoft's IE9 to tap hardware for speed boost
  Gregg Keizer
  Nov 22 2009

  Microsoft's next browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), will offload image and text rendering chores to the PC's graphic processor, one way the company plans to increase the browser's overall ...

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• New attack fells Internet Explorer
  Robert McMillan
  Nov 22 2009

  A hacker has posted attack code that could be used to break into a PC running older versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. The code was posted Friday to the Bugtraq mailing list by an ...

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• Global warming research exposed after hack
  Robert McMillan
  Nov 20 2009

  An anonymous hacker has posted private e-mails, files and other documents belonging to a noted climate researcher, sparking an international debate between skeptics of global warming and those who ...

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• Ruby shining on Java, Windows, and Mac OS
  Paul Krill
  Nov 20 2009

  Ruby, the popular open source dynamic language, is making headway not only on Java but also on the Windows and Mac platforms.Appearing at the RubyConf event in Burlingame, Calif., on Friday ...

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