BlackBerry Apps: Four Types to Avoid

Not every BlackBerry application is all it's cracked up to be. CIO.com's BlackBerry expert Al Sacco highlights four types of BlackBerry apps you'd do well to avoid. Read More

R.I.P. Windows XP SP2

" Microsoft on Tuesday officially retired Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the company's most significant service pack, several security experts said.

"Windows XP SP2 was a game changer," said Wolfgang Kandek, chief technology officer of Qualys, a California-based security risk and compliance management provider. "

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Microsoft confirms Russian spy was employee, report says

" Microsoft has confirmed that the "12th alleged member" of the recently exposed Russian spy ring worked for Microsoft at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Wash., according to a new report by the Bloomberg news service. "

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Microsoft punches Cisco, VMware in the eye with Windows Azure Appliance

" The Windows Azure Appliance that Microsoft announced on Monday combines cloud services and virtualization with an on-premises flexible server, networking, storage. Partners for the device include Dell, HP, Fujitsu. Sound familiar? It should. The appliance takes on the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) platform, a product that heartily contributed to Cisco's estrangement with HP. HP has made it a mission to offer a networking product portfolio that lets users build a 100% Cisco-less environment. "

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