Good news for users of Windows Vista. According to figures compiled by PC Tools, the OS has experienced only slightly more vulnerabilities than Windows 2000, which appeared eight years ago when malware was far less common.

Mainsoft has introduced an add-on that allows Lotus Notes users to interact directly with content such as Microsoft Office files stored on Microsoft SharePoint sites.

Adware pushers have found a new way to fox users said security vendor McAfee.

3Com has claimed it leads the market in making its networking gear more energy efficient. The company based its claim on a report by US analyst firm In-Stat; however, a rival has charged that 3Com only counted its role in enterprise-class large switches and may actually lag behind in greening the key market for small and mid-sized Ethernet switches.

Developers who use C++ and using Sun's OpenSolaris OS are to be offered a new tool. Intel said that Threading Building Blocks was aimed at reducing the amount of coding that C++ developers have to do to take advantage of the extra computing power in multicore chips.

SGI and Intel are teaming up to build a supercomputer for NASA that they expect will pass the petaflop barrier next year and hit 10 petaflops by 2012. A petaflop is 1,000 trillion calculations per second.

Microsoft plans to fix critical bugs in its Word, Publisher and Jet database software next week.

3Com has claimed it leads the market in making its networking gear more energy efficient. The company based its claim on a report by US analyst firm In-Stat; however, a rival has charged that 3Com only counted its role in enterprise-class large switches and may actually lag behind in greening the key market for small and mid-sized Ethernet switches.

The market for social networking software nearly tripled last year, and an IDC analyst says when implemented properly, these tools can improve internal communication.

Israeli security researcher Aviv Raff has published code that would allow someone to take control of a computer running Internet Explorer, but there's a catch. He's not saying exactly where he's hidden the attack.

Advanced Micro Devices has announced that it plans to release a six-core chip next year and a 12-core chip in 2010.

Three months after acknowledging multiple vulnerabilities in its popular Reader software and then patching the program, Adobe has finally provided some details about the bugs.

CodeGear, the development tools unit of Borland Software, has been acquired by Embarcadero Technologies.

Microsoft has warned users updating to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) that they won't be able to downgrade from Internet Explorer 7 to the older IE6 without uninstalling the service pack.

WabiSabiLabi, the company best known for building an online marketplace for security flaws, is getting into the hardware business.

A new Forrester report says that enterprise mashups, while not yet a panacea for connecting all the dots of corporate data, will help companies (and their employees) mix and match information to help them do their jobs better.

After a week's delay because of a compatibility bug in the point-of-sale software it sells, Microsoft has now released Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) to the general public.

HP has introduced a platform that combines storage and computing in one rack with a single file system and management console, in an effort to help IT departments prepare for the coming onslaught of data.

Researchers at Princeton University this week reported that they have found a way to literally melt away miniscule defects in computer chips, a discovery that could help manufacturers build more powerful processors.

Facing shareholder ire and a plunging stock price, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang said Yahoo board members would still sell the company to Microsoft or another suitor if the price is right.

Dell has picked quad-core Opteron processors from AMD to power two new rack-mount servers, called R805 and R905. It said the servers will be offered with embedded versions of VMware ESXi and Citrix XenServer, plus eventually Microsoft's HyperV as well.

Wireless broadband provider The Cloud is taking Wi-Fi access technology from Devicescape to make it easier for customers to find and use hotspots.

Ruckus Wireless has sued Netgear, alleging the networking vendor infringed its patents on technology for improving Wi-Fi performance and reliability.

Google has thrown its weight behind a fledgling security reporting group for the open-source community.

Third-generation (3G) networks are rapidly becoming one of the cheapest ways to get broadband of any kind in the UK with the 3 network cutting the price of a 2.8Mbits/s connection to only £5 per month for existing customers.

Dell has stopped shipment of two Vostro laptop models in Europe after discovering a faulty keyboard design with a few keys out of place.

Riverbed has done deals with several developers of network monitoring software to get them to add support for its Steelhead WAN appliances.

Microsoft has dropped its three-month-long pursuit of Yahoo, taking Microsoft back to square one in its quest to boost its online business.

Riverbed has done deals with several developers of network monitoring software to get them to add support for its Steelhead WAN appliances.

IT governance software provider Centennial Software has this week been acquired by CRM provider FrontRange Solutions for an undisclosed sum.

Zeus Technology, has launched a new version of its application delivery software, ZXTM. The new release, version 5, will include Java extensions enabling developers to include Java libraries.

Microsoft has unveiled a version of its toolset for Web and multimedia designers that includes the first native support for its Silverlight technology across all of the products in the suite.

Early demand for an Intel chip that's being designed for small laptops and desktops is so much higher than anticipated, the company has been forced to ramp up pre-release production.

BEA Systems employees gathered at a Silicon Valley restaurant earlier this week for what was loosely termed a "wake" to recognise that the company no longer exists as an independent, publicly owned company but has become part of Oracle.

Intel has set up an online store called Business Exchange that's meant to help small and medium-sized business find software applications that runs on the chip maker's hardware.

Intel has set up an online store called Business Exchange that's meant to help small and medium-sized business find software applications that runs on the chip maker's hardware.

Laptop users may soon get longer battery life from their machines, with ZPower set to plug in its new silver-zinc batteries, which it claims last significantly longer than traditional lithium-ion batteries.

Qumranet, the start-up behind the increasingly popular KVM kernel-level virtualisation technology, has thrown its hat into the desktop virtualisation ring with a system it promises can deliver an experience indistinguishable from a conventional desktop.

Web gateway developer Blue Coat and content security specialist Vericept have adopted a standard called ICAP to enable their devices to collaborate.

SugarCRM is bridging the distance between mobile phones and PCs with a new version of its web-based customer relationship management software now available for beta testing.