HP to acquire ArcSight for $1.5 billion

From CNET News.com: Hewlett-Packard said Monday it will acquire ArcSight, a security and compliance management company, for $43.50 per share, or a total of $1.5 billion.

The technology giant said that ArcSight's "superior technology" is complementary to HP's own existing security...

Microsoft, Intel tout faster IE9 graphics

From CNET News.com: Recent Microsoft and Intel primers on Internet Explorer 9's accelerated graphics point to snappier Web browsing.

Microsoft will launch the beta of the upcoming Internet Explorer browser on Wednesday at an event in San Francisco as competition from Chrome, Firefox...

New Trojan Hits Android, Study Suggests Better Smartphone Security

From DailyTech: While viruses are not nearly as common on mobile devices as they are on personal computers, security firms have warned about the possibility of app attacks in the past, and we've seen it in the form of an SMS Trojan on the Android platform. Now, a second Trojan has...

Facebook New Internet Super Power; Surpasses Google

From DailyTech: Americans prefer socializing on Facebook to searching for information on Google or looking up videos on YouTube. For the first time since its inception, Facebook beat out Google for a full week as the most visited site in the U.S. That is the word from online...

Slates Are Not Immediate Target, Says AMD

From X-bit Labs: Leslie Sobon, a vice president of Advanced Micro Devices, said that the company had no immediate plans to target the market of slate-type computers. Earlier Ms. Sobon said hybrid chips that feature both x86 and graphics engines would revolutionize tablets.

"I think...

AMD: High-Performance Hybrid Chips Will Be Available in Summer 2011

From X-bit Labs: A high-ranking official for Advanced Micro Devices said that the company would initiate mass shipments of its code-named Llano products in the first half of next year. Partners of AMD would start sales of systems featuring Llano - the hybrid processor that features...

Newest Adobe zero-day PDF exploit bypasses two Microsoft defenses

From InfoWorld: The exploit for a critical unpatched bug in Adobe Reader that's now circulating is "clever" and "impressive," security researchers said this week.

First uncovered on Tuesday by Washington-based researcher Mila Parkour, attackers are using rigged PDF documents that...

Microsoft apologizes for recurring service outages

From InfoWorld: Microsoft apologized to customers of its hosted software services for businesses after at least three outages over the past few weeks.

"We aspire to deliver quality services, and in the last couple of weeks, we have fallen short of this aspiration," wrote Morgan Cole...

Nokia Names Microsoft's Elop as New CEO

From PC World: Nokia has named Stephen Elop, former president of Microsoft's business software group, to become its new CEO effective from later this month.

Elop will replace Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo in the top job on Sept. 21. Kallasvuo loses his board seat with immediate effect and...

Adobe resurrects Flash-to-iPhone app tool

From CNET News.com: In the wake of loosened Apple restrictions, Adobe Systems has restarted work on a tool called Packager for iPhone that lets developers make native iOS apps out of Flash programs.

"We will now resume development work on this feature for future releases," Adobe...

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