GFI Software Enhances its Security Product Offering with the Acquisition of Sunb
GFI Software, a market leading provider of software infrastructure products for small and medium-sized enterprises, announced today that it has acquired Sunbelt Software and specifically its VIPRE® product suite. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition will allow GFI to merge VIPRE technology into GFI’s email security and web security solutions group, and will provide GFI with new security products consisting of world-class and innovative technology. The assets of Sunbelt’s software distribution business, started over 16 years ago and separate from the technology side of the company, will be divested into a separate entity and the company is exploring other strategic partnerships.
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Posted by admin on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 15:52:38 EEST (344 reads)
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U.S., Russian satellites collide in space
chris writes "Service outages expected, but issues likely resolved by Friday, Iridium says.
A commercial Iridium communications satellite and a decommissioned Russian satellite appear to have been destroyed after an unprecedented collision in space, Iridium said."
Posted by admin on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 @ 09:11:06 EET (1197 reads)
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Google Q4 earnings plummet, revenue up 18%
Chris writes "Google's profit took a dive in the fourth quarter, which ended Dec. 31, while revenue grew almost 20 percent, the company announced Thursday.
In a statement, CEO Eric Schmidt said Google performed well despite the difficult economic environment. "Search query growth was strong, revenues were up in most verticals, and we successfully contained costs," he said."
Posted by admin on Friday, January 23, 2009 @ 00:46:52 EET (1047 reads)
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A Second undersea break sets back cable repairs
chris writes "Efforts to restore normal communications between Europe and Asia have suffered a setback after an important undersea cable broke for a second time, this time at a much greater depth.
Engineers from France Télécom had just finished repairing the Sea Me We 4 cable on Dec. 25 when the same cable broke again in a different place, this time 388 kilometers (241 miles) off the coast of Alexandria in Egypt, a France Télécom spokesman said Monday."
Posted by admin on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 19:00:00 EET (1255 reads)
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Google fires back at analyst claim it's a bandwidth hog
chris writes "Expert says Google uses 21 times more bandwidth than it pays for..."
Posted by admin on Friday, December 05, 2008 @ 22:58:08 EET (1424 reads)
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Google Earth used by terrorists in India attacks
chris writes "BANGALORE, India -- The terrorists who attacked various locations in southern Mumbai last week used digital maps from Google Earth to learn their way around, according to officials investigating the attacks."
Posted by admin on Monday, December 01, 2008 @ 23:53:28 EET (1375 reads)
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NASA tries again to fire up ailing Hubble telescope
chris writes "NASA's Hubble Space Telescope may be down, but it's not out.
Scientists announced this afternoon that the 18-year-old orbiting observatory's long-sleeping backup computer system is up and running and has started to bring the telescope back to life. The announcement comes a week after two glitches had foiled NASA's initial effort to switch to the backup system.
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Posted by admin on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 @ 09:00:00 EET (1382 reads)
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Hackers attack Cern
Chris writes "A Greek hacking crew have come close to getting into the controls of Cern’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which went live last week.
The hackers managed to breach Cern’s network defences and got into the Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment (CMS). There they left a file reading 'GST: Greek Security Team. We are 2600 - dont mess with us.'"
Posted by admin on Monday, September 15, 2008 @ 02:48:59 EEST (1844 reads)
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Oregon man admits selling pirated software on eBay
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A 23-year-old Oregon man who used keylogging software to steal names, bank account numbers and other information from online victims so he could sell pirated software in online auctions faces 27 years in prison and fines up to $500,000 after pleading guilty to several federal charges today.
Jeremiah Joseph Mondello, of Eugene, Ore. pleaded guilty to one count each of criminal copyright infringement, aggravated identity theft and mail fraud before U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken in Eugene, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Mondello, who also faces three years of supervised release, is scheduled to be sentenced on July 23. He is a former student at the University of Oregon.
Posted by Jack on Friday, May 16, 2008 @ 15:30:57 EEST (2627 reads)
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FBI probe nets counterfeit Chinese networking parts
Jack Writes: The FBI announced Friday that an investigation into counterfeit network components made in China and sold to the U.S. government has recovered about 3,500 fake devices with a value of $3.5 million.
The criminal probe, code-named Operation Cisco Raider, was prompted by concerns that counterfeit network components could give hackers access to government databases. But one U.S. official told Reuters that the components discovered by the FBI are not believed to have made government computer systems more vulnerable.
Posted by Jack on Sunday, May 11, 2008 @ 16:23:51 EEST (2119 reads)
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