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IT slowdown hits Dell's revenue, net profit
Dell's revenue and net income dropped in its third quarter as the company tries to cope with a global IT spending slowdown and less demand for its products.
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VMware security chief leaves to run OpenDNS
The head of VMware's security group has left to join San Francisco's OpenDNS, a startup that provides Internet infrastructure services.
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Check Point appliances fight spam, protect industrial networks
Check Point Software is upgrading its multifunction security appliances with antispam capabilities, support for secure wireless connectivity and protection for devices that control industrial infrastructure.
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IBM tries to bring brain power to computers
IBM Research on Thursday is expected to uncover work it is doing to bring the brain's processing power to computers, in an effort to make it easier for PCs to process vast amounts of data in real time.
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Researchers find vulnerability in Windows Vista
An Austrian security vendor has found a vulnerability in Windows Vista that it says could possibly allow an attacker to run unauthorized code on a PC.
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Foreclosures, consumer cutbacks freeze carrier spending on VoIP
Home foreclosures and a generally bad economy are driving down demand for wired phone lines, which will freeze much carrier spending on VoIP infrastructure until 2011, according to a new Infonetics report.
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IETF: Should we ignore the Kaminsky bug?
The Internet engineering community is grappling with what to do about a serious flaw in the DNS discovered this summer, and the ongoing debate brings to mind a famous quotation from Voltaire: "The perfect is the enemy of the good."
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12 myths about how the Internet works
Thirty years have passed since the Internet Protocol was first described in a series of technical documents written by early experimenters. Since then, countless engineers have created systems and applications that rely on IP as the communications link between people and their computers.
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Nokia 6010 tops list of 'most recycled cell phones'
According to ReCellular, a self-described "electronics-sustainability firm" based in Dexter, Mich., all of this year's ten most recycled handset models were released originally in 2004 or later.
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Akamai slashes 7% of its workforce
Akamai said this week it will be laying off 100 workers, or roughly 7% of its global workforce, in an effort to reduce its operating costs.
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Aruba reports record revenue, but losses soar
On the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average continued its fall, by another 455 points, WLAN vendor Aruba Networks reported record first quarter revenues, but also a much higher net loss compared to a year ago.
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Start-up offers rootkit protection, partitions virtual machines
Start-up Integrity Global Security is coming out with a businesses version of technology used on military fighters and bombers that can provide the features of virtual machines but with built-in security.
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