Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it will release Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista in early 2008. It also said that it would expand its recent SP1 beta release in a few weeks. The new service pack...

Research reports released this week are predicting the end of wired Ethernet, and the end of Wi-Fi networking. In the second of a two-part report, The Bunton Group predicts that wired Ethernet...

Last month's eruption of the Storm Worm, and the persistence of other worms such as the Slammer worm, which made its debut nearly five years ago, points to the ongoing need for a comprehensive...

A study released by Network General shows a significant uptake of unified communications, to the extent that its use is hampering the function of enterprise applications and other network traffic. The...

Data loss and theft is nothing new. High profile losses have included personally identifiable data, medical records, credit card and financial information, and a host of other corporate data. Recent...

Microsoft announced on Thursday that it was retiring its controversial "Get The Facts" web site, which promoted Microsoft products by casting doubts upon the cost-effectiveness of...

A new research report by IDC indicates that the ability to lease or finance major IT equipment purchases plays a strong role in product and vendor selection. According to IDC, the absence of...

A study released by Insight Express reveals that nearly half of mobile users open email and attachments from unknown persons, and one-third of mobile users access open wireless connections, regardless...

In a video conference on Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it will make the components of its Unified Messaging system available October 16. The announcement was timed to co-incide with VoiceCon....

Edgewater Networks has introduced a new series of VoIP/VPN routers for small-and medium-sized businesses, designed to integrate VoIP and VPN services, and provide WAN management for multiple...

ABI Research is predicting strong growth in the adoption rate of 802.11n as a primary means of transferring network information to consumer electronic devices. Demand is expected to increase the sales...

According to ABI Research, cable operators are facing a "critical lack of capacity" and will need to spend $80 billion over the next five years to remedy the situation. Bandwidth-hogging...

McAfee reported on Wednesday that it had been able to reproduce a so-called zero-day bug that affects Yahoo! Messenger, first described by Chinese researchers on Tuesday. The vulnerability is found in...

Earlier this week, Boeing launched the Spaceway 3 satellite, which is now in orbit, and the device is sending and receiving commands. The satellite will enhance Hughes Network Systems' high-speed...

On Monday, Microsoft opened a technology preview for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1. In preparation for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, the new service pack offers enhanced integration...

Germany's recently enacted law that prohibits the creation, distribution and possession of hacking tools is causing no small amount of consternation among the security industry. The aim of the law...

Last month, PatchLink released the results of a survey, which indicate that the adoption rate of Windows Vista by businesses had slowed significantly. In the survey of 250 IT managers at various...

With the release of Windows Home Server to manufacturers in July, many new home server products will be coming to market. Home servers are nothing new: Sony put a 1-TB home server on the market in...

A recent survey of nearly 130 million Web sites by Netcraft shows for the first time that more than one-third are powered by Microsoft's IIS. Apache accounts for 48.4 percent of the market, its...

A recently released survey conducted by PatchLink indicates that 54 percent of IT managers' identify zero-day vulnerabilities as their major concern. The survey, which relied on answers by 250...

Earlier this week, Apple released Security Update 2007-007 for the Mac OS 10.3.9, 10.4.9 and Mac OS X Server 10.4.9. The mega-patch release fixes nearly fifty vulnerabilities in the current version of...