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November 15, 2007 It seems that IBM is trying to position itself as a leader in the corporate market for cloud computing, which many regard as the next evolutionary step in information technology.The New York Times TAGS: computing, data center, server computer, IBM Corp., Internet company, Linux, leader, information technology, researcher, open source, Microsoft Corp., operating system, server

May 27, 2005 Microsoft and some Linux vendors have yet to patch a hole related to a flaw in some Intel chips, despite having two months' notice. TAGS: BSD, Linux company, flaw, vulnerability, researcher, Novell Inc., Red Hat Inc., representative, Linux, security, operating system, Intel, Microsoft Corp., server

August 2, 2006 Some of the vulnerabilities are serious and could be used in malicious attacks to commandeer Macs. TAGS: Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Computer, Apple Macintosh, flaw, Symantec Corp., vulnerability, denial of service, file-sharing, researcher, security, operating system, attack, networking, Bluetooth, server

December 15, 2004 "Linux is no longer a fringe player. Linux is now mainstream," the researcher says. TAGS: Linux PC, Linux, forecast, Open Source Development Labs, Linux server, mainframe, study, Intel Itanium, IBM Corp., server, researcher, operating system, Intel, PC, HP, Microsoft Windows

February 19, 2004 Three separate security bugs could be used by an ordinary user to gain total control of a Linux server or workstation, security researchers warn. TAGS: kernel, Linux server, Linux, security hole, Linux kernel, Debian, flaw, attacker, vulnerability, security, Symantec Corp., workstation, researcher, server, open source, Microsoft Corp.

January 27, 2005 Databases protected by weak passwords on Windows-based machines could allow a worm to spread to several thousand systems. TAGS: Internet Storm Center, bot, MySQL, worm, IRC server, SQL Slammer, password, database software, flaw, database, researcher, open source, security, Microsoft Corp., operating system, server

February 11, 2007 The chip unveiled at IDF works, but there are a lot of hurdles to overcome before an 80-core chip shows up in a living room. TAGS: transistor, Intel, memory chip, Intel x86, manufacturing, researcher, operating system, server, PC

May 21, 2004 Source code was again under attack, as Cisco Systems investigated a leak, and two popular repository applications were found to have vulnerabilities. TAGS: Concurrent Versions System, Minix, Cisco Systems Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Week in review, flaw, vulnerability, Apple Mac OS, attacker, source code, Apple Computer, Apple Macintosh, Linux, open source, researcher, security

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