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Lees meerAdapt or die Microsoft's move last year to block macros by default in Office applications is forcing miscreants to find other tools with which to launch cyberattacks, including the software vendor's LNK files – the shortcuts Windows uses to point to…
Lees meerYeah, we know: cost alone won't lead to success. But it may be hiring, unlike certain other tech giants The server virtualization market has a new/old player that wants to make waves with keen pricing and a plan to improve its tech: XenServer.…
Lees meerNew system 'commercially sensitive' but set to go live in October Leeds City Council is keeping the replacement of its Oracle finance system secret after deciding to abandon plans for a £44 million ($54 million) ERP system to support finance, HR and…
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Lees meerTo avoid cloudy judgement, heed the weather forecast Opinion Simple sums can pack a punch. When the CTO of 37Signals got his $3 million cloud bill for 2022, and after the red mist had cleared, he sharpened his pencil to see if that was kosher.…
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Lees meerVast and unpleasant – for Google – changes to the Android ecosystem remain a possibility Google has lost a court bid to avoid payment of fines levied on it by India's Competition Commission, and massive changes to the way it does business in India.…
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