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Oracle issues out-of-cycle patch for flaw
Oracle has released an emergency patch for a flaw the company issued a rare security alert for last week.
Online project management tricks
The term “Project Management” usually brings pained looks to business people because they associate it with Microsoft Project. The tool may make their lives easier, but the software costs hundreds of dollars per user, and worse, the desktop-centric management application of yesterday doesn’t fit well with the distributed workforce reality of today. What’s more, when you take the plunge, getting up to speed on the methodology takes time before you see results.
New social networks invent twists to stay in game
New social network players say don’t call “game over” simply because MySpace and Facebook are pulling in about 70 per cent of the Web traffic that’s headed toward the top 57 social networking sites. Scrappy new players are devising engagement strategies, narrow customer focuses, and product twists to lure audiences and catch the eyes of business developers. The market is still young and up for grabs.
IBM exec on Linux apps: ‘I’m tired of waiting’
Open source software may not make major inroads into industry-specific enterprise applications, according to an IBM open source guru.
Russian hacker gang steals with impunity, says researcher
The Russian hacker gang using a Microsoft administration tool to steal passwords has cashed in big time for years, the researcher who has tracked the group’s crimes said Thursday.
DOJ files complaint against online ad firm
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to seize two houses and US$53 million from the owner of an Internet-based business allegedly engaged in a “massive” Ponzi scheme, the agency said.