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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.

• Transmitter.C mobile malware spreading in the wild
• IE users beware of zero-day attacks
• EyeWonder malware incident affects popular web sites

• Zero Day
• Between the Lines

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.

• Google's software stack is revealed; Shrapnel everywhere
• Google ChromeOS: Have people given leave of their senses?

• All About Microsoft
• The Apple Core
• Community, Inc.
• Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
• Linux and Open Source
• Managing L'unix

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.

• Between the Lines
• BriefingsDirect
• Enterprise Web 2.0
• Irregular Enterprise
• IT Project Failures
• Service Oriented
• Software as Services
• Software & Services Safari

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.

• Storage Bits
• Hardware 2.0
• Tech Broiler
• Laptops & Desktops

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.

• Digital Cameras & Camcorders
• Laptops & Desktops
• The Mobile Gadgeteer
• Home Theater
• The ToyBox
• Smartphones & Cell Phones

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.

• Oliver Marks: Enterprise 2.0 ROI metrics: One size doesn't fit all

• On Sustainability
• IT Project Failures
• GreenTech Pastures
• Forrester Research
• Technology and the Global Supply Chain
• Managing L'unix

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.

• Googling Google
• Dev Connection
• The Semantic Web
• Social Business
• Collaboration 2.0
• Enterprise Web 2.0

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?

• Emerging Technologies
• Between The Lines
• All About Microsoft
• The ToyBox
• IT Facts
• Tom Foremski: IMHO
• ZDNet Government
• iGeneration

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.

• The Mobile Gadgeteer
• Social Business
• Team Think
• Smartphones and Cell Phones

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.

• All About Microsoft
• The Apple Core
• Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
• Googling Google