Complacency
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Ask these questions to assess e-info vulnerabilities
Insight Getting a grip on good security means getting honest, comprehensive answers from your IT staff about what's being done and what's not.
Mozilla chairman unfazed by Google Chrome
Insight Google gave Mitchell Baker's Mozilla Foundation US$75 million through a Firefox search deal, but she doesn't see Chrome as a threat to that revenue.
Tags: Open source, Web browsers, Web 2.0, Web services, Mitchell Baker, Google Chrome, Web Browser, Google Inc., Mozilla Corp., Advertisement
The Net on knife’s edge
Insight Oxford University Internet law professor Jonathan Zittrain says the Web is in danger of regressing back to become a playground for "nerds" and "hobbyists".
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web services, Security, Mobile, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, CIO, software, spyware
IT mega-projects: First 100 days are crucial
News Executives wanting success from major IT projects need to be "ruthless" in driving quick wins, says analyst.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IT project management, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Melbourne, CEO, job, leader, leadership style, information technology, strategy
Pick a security suite
Insight Robert Vamosi surveys the security suite landscape and picks his latest favourite.
IPv6: Ready when you are
Insight At the beginning of 2002, approximately 30 percent of the Internet's total available address space was in use. Since then, the number of Internet users doubled every six months, but the growth rate has slowed considerably since the turn of the century.
Analysts unveil final predictions for New Year
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No end in sight to hacking of 'WoW' accounts
News 'Tens of thousands' of players' accounts have been compromised with keylogging exploit, security experts say.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Hacking, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Games
Yahoo, Google wrestle to sell changes
News U.S. presidential hopefuls Obama and McCain are not the only ones trying to lobby for change. But Yahoo and Google are running into resistance.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Web 2.0, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Photo-sharing, phone, Facebook, Flickr, Internet
Not all employees are created equal
Blogs "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." I read that famous line in George Orwell's Anim...
Credit cards trapped in archaic security era
Blogs Some years back, after finishing a meal and calling for the bill, I handed my credit card to the waiter who returned soo...
Non-traditional cures to keep projects on schedule, on budget
Techguide Telling a client the project is late and running over budget is unpleasant and possibly humiliating. Two non-traditional methods for involving in-house personnel from the project's inception, can help keep things on track.
Tags: Project management, IT project management, Project, IT Manager, CIO, editor-in-chief, consultant, desktop, incentive, team
O'Reilly: Web is at war, and it's making me sad
News In his keynote at the Web 2.0 Expo, Tim O'Reilly sets off the "punditocracy" by insisting that the "war of the Web" is heating up again.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Apple Inc., Google Inc., Checkout, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Web sites, Web 2.0, Tim O'Reilly
Do laptop detectors really exist?
Blogs Many people complacently leave their laptop computers in their cars, and quite a few of them have had their laptops stol...
Firms see need to better risk management
News Companies also believe committing additional resources to risk management can help them create competitive advantage, Ernst & Young survey reveals.
Tags: Security Management, Business security, Risk Management, Survey, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, business strategy, compliance, leader, Security Management
