Daily news beat for July 3, 2008

Cloud computing services may be picking up traction with businesses, but a new report from Gartner warns that it is filled with security risks, and advises companies to ask tough questions before committing to a cloud vendor. Learn the seven security risks of cloud computing.

Nvidia has uncovered a problem with some of its older graphics chips that shipped in significant quantities of laptops. The problem relates to the thermal design of some laptops, and Nvidia is releasing a software driver that will cause system fans to start operating sooner and reduce the thermal stress on the chips.

Google has released for free one of its internal tools used for testing the security of Web-based applications. The company claims that Ratproxy is quick and less intrusive than other security scanners.

Krugle plans to ship next week an upgrade to its search appliance for enterprise software development projects that makes it easier for teams of developers to maintain code. Version 2.3 of Krugle Enterprise can handle more than 10 billion lines of source code per appliance and has the ability to search for multiple lines of code.

Posted by Caroline Craig on July 3, 2008 08:24 AM