The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's open source security audit program has identified the biggest X Window System security vulnerability in the last six years. The X Window System is used in Unix and Linux operating systems. It also ships as an optional GUI with Apple's Macintosh computers. C...
The rising cost of fuel is prompting thousands of federal government workers to consider the benefits of teleworking -- either working from home or at an offsite location closer to home. A recently published study titled, "Fuel Smart Economy: It's No Gas," that examined the cost of the daily commute...
Juniper Networks today made three announcements about new product enhancements and the companies that have deployed them. But behind the product hype, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based hardware maker has quietly stepped into the midst of one of last summer's hottest technology controversies. Technology ne...
In a move that takes Cisco Systems into the middleware market, the company today unveiled plans to develop technology designed to enable networks to support intelligent decisions based on business policies. Technology developed under the initiative, dubbed Application-Oriented Networking, or AON, al...
Cisco today outlined a strategy for its new Internet protocol (IP) networks and gained technical and Japanese market support by striking a deal with Fujitsu. The company announced that its "IP NGN" -- IP Next-Generation Networks -- architecture was pushing network convergence to provide various vo...
Battered Nortel Networks said it would lay off 3,500 workers and fire seven executives as part of its latest attempt to move beyond an epic accounting scandal and regain its market prominence. The layoffs, part of a US$400 million restructuring aimed at cutting costs to be more competitive, represen...
Advanced Micro Devices, the second-largest maker of computer chips, followed the leader Wednesday by posting an impressive second-quarter earnings report but then deflating the optimism balloon with a measured outlook for the next three months. Releasing results one day after market leader Intel, AM...
Stocks closed out the week with a mild rebound as some high profile earnings reports had better-than-expected news. General Electric beat its own forecasts for second-quarter earnings. Earnings at the company rose 13 percent with future orders rising 29 percent, prompting CEO Jeff Immelt to say the ...
Hitachi and NEC announced Friday that they are joining forces to develop routers and switches for networks of telecommunications carriers, government and public sectors, and large enterprises. The joint venture will be formally established in October. The router market is currently dominated by Cisc...
Cisco Systems is to acquire the assets of Procket Networks in a cash deal valued at US$89 million. Procket Networks was a start-up that raised US$272 million in venture capital thanks to its development of routers it claimed could offer 30 percent to 65 percent savings over more traditional ones. Ci...
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