A government audit of four U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) centers found US$6.4 million worth of missing or misplaced IT equipment, according to a report released Tuesday.

McAfee Inc. has released beta version of its next-generation Total Protection 2.0 consumer security software.

Az új Adobe Digital Editions szoftver mellett ingyen letölthető a Flash Player 9-es pre-release verziója is.

Apple is becoming a favorite target of security researchers these days. In April, there was the US$10,000 CanSecWest hack a Mac contest, and on Monday there was the Safari Web browser. Or the public beta of Safari for Windows, anyway.

With Microsoft Corp.'s monthly patch release expected on Tuesday, scammers are sending out fake security bulletins that attempt to install malicious software on victim's computers.

The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum planned to release its first mobile phone specifications on Monday, in hopes of encouraging more applications for Linux phones.

Blizzard on Tuesday announced the release of World of Warcraft Client Patch 2.1.0, a 256 MB update that features an incredible laundry list of game tweaks, upgrades, and bug fixes.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is putting the finishing touches on its DDR3 memory chips ahead of their commercial release later this year.

Deferred revenue from the release of Windows Vista and Office 2007 helped Microsoft Corp. increase revenue 32 percent year over year for its fiscal third quarter.

The federal government will release its plan to combat identity theft in the U.S. on Monday.

Hewlett-Packard Co. has extended its lead over Dell Inc. in personal computer sales according to two industry reports released Wednesday.

If you like Thunderbird 1.5, you'll love version 2, now available as a near-final release candidate. Like the new Firefox 2, Thunderbird 2 doesn't introduce any radical changes. But it does introduce inherently useful upgrades that will boost your productivity, particularly if your inbox overflows with e-mail.

Google Inc. has commented on a new software tool it released in China this week, although it did not address allegations that the software bears more than a passing resemblance to a rival's product.

The European Commission's complaint against Apple Inc. and the major record labels over a possible violation of European rules on cross-border trade has served to highlight the inconsistencies in how music is released and priced online.

It takes a long time for hospitals to see a return on IT investments, according to a report released this week, which may explain why the industry has long been seen as a laggard in technology spending.

Microsoft Corp. is not planning to release any security updates on Tuesday, one of only a handful of times the company won't have security patches available since its monthly security updates began in 2003, Microsoft said Thursday.

Windows Vista may yet prove to be an unstoppable juggernaut, but statistics released Thursday by a market research firm show that the new operating system hasn't even licked its nine-year old ancestor.

Microsoft Tuesday released a set of six free tools for corporate users focused on assessment, planning, testing and deployment of Windows Vista.

Microsoft Corp. released Service Pack 2 (SP2) for SQL Server 2005 on Tuesday, a free upgrade available for download, in addition to new virtualization licensing for the database.

First-week retail sales of Office 2007 more than doubled the purchases of Office 2003 in the week after its launch in October 2003, according to market research firm NPD Group Inc.