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Security

Dangerous Safari security holes

Ryan Naraine: Apple has released Safari 4.0.2 to fix a pair of security flaws that could lead to cross-site scripting or remote code execution attacks.

Operating Systems

Special Report: Google's Chrome OS

Google says it will launch a computer operating system that initially will target netbooks by offering a faster, better and more secure way for users to access Web-based applications.

Enterprise Software

Prediction: Cloudy future threatens SOA vendors

Joe McKendrick: Dave Linthicum, who has been both a player and informed observer of the Web services and SOA market over the past decade, predicts that cloud computing will force some SOA vendors out of business over the next year or so.

Enterprise Hardware

CA antivirus trashing Windows system files

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: A tipster just pointed me to the CA support forums where there's a lot of chatter about CA Anti-Virus misidentifying key Windows system files as malware.

Product Review Blogs

LaCie introduces rugged HD external drive

Andrew Nusca: LaCie has upgraded its LaCinema Rugged external hard drive/multimedia player with 1080p output, thus claiming a new "HD" in its product name.

IT Management

More on ROI for customer service communities

Michael Krigsman: Complain as you like about traditional enterprise software failures, most companies rely on packaged software because it's cheaper and easier than reinventing the wheel.

Web Technology

Broadband speed leans toward east coast

Larry Dignan: Akamai's state of the Internet report for the first quarter illustrates the distribution of broadband speeds in the U.S. The real speed appears to be on the east coast.

General News

Five ways Microsoft has changed after Gates

It's been a year since Bill Gates left Microsoft in his official capacity. How much has really changed during Microsoft's first year without Gates?

Communications

Snake oil at its slickest: A social media spam story

Jennifer Leggio: The link in the email took me through a series of redirects that ended at a (benign) site advertising a "make money on the Internet via social media" program.

Companies

Mozilla playing catch-up with Microsoft and Google

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The project, Electrolysis, will see Firefox use separate processes for different aspects of the browser such as the UI, the pages loaded into tabs, and plugins.