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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    Critical vulnerability surfaces on Google Desktop   Gates: Vista has had 'incredible' reception   Hurd: HP still does not cover enough accounts   SEC: Veritas to pay US$30 Million to settle fraud case   SAP hires software-as-a-service exec   Cisco buys XML specialist   Nintendo's Wii top US seller in January   US high court skeptical of Microsoft patent ruling   Dell to pay US$5m to former CEO Kevin Rollins   Software AG expects to double revenues from SOA market by 2011   Algorithm helps computers beat human Go players   Intel unveils medical tablet PC
Thursday, 22nd February 2007
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Tim Lohman,
Editor

 

This morning, security researchers with Watchfire have uncovered a vulnerability in the Google Desktop application that could allow an attacker to steal confidential information and potentially take over control of a system.

Also making news, Gates claims Vista has been "incredibly well-received" and "people who sell PCs have seen a very nice lift in their sales".

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Security
Critical vulnerability surfaces on Google Desktop
Desktop search vulnerable to cross site scripting attack.
By Tom Sanders


Operating Systems
Gates: Vista has had 'incredible' reception
Gates claims Vista has been "incredibly well-received" and "people who sell PCs have seen a very nice lift in their sales".
By Reuters


Finance
Hurd: HP still does not cover enough accounts
HP still delivers better than expected results in its first quarter earnings report.
By Steven Burke


Government/Law
SEC: Veritas to pay US$30 Million to settle fraud case
Veritas to pay a US$30 million civil penalty to settle charges.
By Reuters


Jobs Centre
SAP hires software-as-a-service exec
SAP has hired Peter Dunning, who was president of field operations at RightNow Technologies, for the job of executive vice president of strategic industries.
By Mary Hayes


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Convergence
Cisco buys XML specialist
$135m acquisition promises to speed up SOAs.
By Tom Sanders


Hardware
Nintendo's Wii top US seller in January
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nintendo's Wii was the best-selling video game console in the United States in January, and the Japanese company also boasted four of the top 10 games, data released on Wednesday showed.
By Staff Writers


Government/Law
US high court skeptical of Microsoft patent ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US Supreme Court justices on Wednesday expressed doubts about whether Microsoft should be liable for infringing AT&T Inc. patents in Windows software sold overseas, a case that could determine the reach of American patents in foreign markets.
By Peter Kaplan


Finance
Dell to pay US$5m to former CEO Kevin Rollins
Dell said Tuesday it will pay US$5 million in severance to former chief
executive Kevin Rollins after he was replaced by founder Michael Dell in January.
By Staff writers


Applications
Software AG expects to double revenues from SOA market by 2011
The German software maker will have to move fast to launch products and acquire technologies to compete with SOA heavies such as IBM, BEA, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and SAP, Forrester Research says..
By Staff writers


Research/Trends
Algorithm helps computers beat human Go players
BUDAPEST - Computers can beat some of the world's top chess players, but the most powerful machines have failed at the popular Asian board game "Go" in which human intuition has so far proven key.
By Andras Gergely


Hardware
Intel unveils medical tablet PC
New computing platform seeks to streamline nursing.
By Shaun Nichols


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