Adobe patches PDF bugs hackers already exploiting
Adobe on Tuesday patched 17 critical vulnerabilities in Reader and Acrobat, including one that hackers have been using for nearly a month to commandeer PCs.
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News about operating systems
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Windows XP SP2: Don't fear the reaper
An open letter to those who are distraught over the impending retirement of Windows XP SP2:
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Death of Windows XP SP2 Support a Security Risk, Says Report
If your business is still running Service Pack 2 of Windows XP, security problems are lurking around the corner, according to new research from IT services vendor Softchoice stating that almost 80 percent of organizations surveyed risk a security breach if the do not upgrade to SP3.
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Alleged Windows 8 blueprints leaked online
What's Microsoft cooking up for Windows 8? We've already heard rumors of a 128-bit operating system with a 2012 release date, but what about the cool stuff that would make an upgrade worthwhile? A few Windows aficionado sites have just posted leaked documents--purported to be from Microsoft insiders--that offer a sneak peek of what Redmond has in mind.
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Five Reasons to Give Windows 7 a Second Look
Microsoft has sold 150 million copies of Windows 7 in nine months--that is, seven copies per second. It's the fastest-selling operating system in history. Vista, by contrast, was such a flop that users couldn't wait to get rid of it.
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Windows 7 sales are hot and just getting started
Microsoft reports that it has sold more than 150 million copies of the Windows 7 desktop operating system in the roughly nine months it's been available--making it the fastest selling OS in history. Windows 7 has more than redeemed Microsoft for the fiasco that was Windows Vista, and it is still just getting started.
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Intel's Meego OS shown on multitouch tablet
Intel has posted a demonstration of its Linux-based Meego OS for tablet computers via a YouTube video that shows the OS's multitouch support, multitasking and integrated social networking.
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Microsoft updates IE9 preview, beefs up HTML5 support
Microsoft on Wednesday updated its rough-edged preview of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), adding support for several crucial HTML5 standards and boasting that the browser is faster than ever.
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Motorola Droid X released in US, Android 2.2 open sourced
Verizon on Tuesday introduced the newest Droid and the second from Motorola, but some Android fans may be disappointed to learn that it won't ship with the latest operating system or the newest Flash Player.
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Verizon introduces the newest Motorola Droid
Verizon on Tuesday introduced the newest Droid and the second from Motorola, but some Android fans may be disappointed to learn that it won't ship with the latest operating system or the newest Flash Player.
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Google Docs creates expectations CIOs can't meet, Red Hat CEO says
As chief executive of Red Hat, Jim Whitehurst spends much of his time traveling the world and talking to CIOs, and he constantly hears one thing: that they are "under siege" by user expectations.
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Apple sneaks anti-malware update into Snow Leopard
Ten months after it debuted rudimentary malware scanning in Snow Leopard, Apple this week quietly added a signature for a third piece of malware, security researchers reported today.
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Chrome OS to achieve Windows support via 'Chromoting'
Google is hard at work putting the finishing touches on the Chrome OS--expected to hit the streets as a netbook operating system before the holidays. A new feature dubbed "chromoting" hopes to bridge the divide between Chrome and Windows, but the sketchy details thus far don't make it sound all that compelling.
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With iOS, Apple gets the OK to borrow a Cisco name
Three years after being sued by Cisco Systems for giving its iPhone the same name as a Cisco product, Apple has taken another page from the Cisco playbook, renaming its iPhone operating system, iOS.
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Google to release Chrome OS in fourth quarter
Google plans to release its Chrome operating system late this year, initially targeting laptop users, the head of the project said Wednesday.
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