Consumer Reports
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Deploying the wisdom of the crowds against badware
Techguide Professors John Palfrey and Jonathan Zittrain say this might be the best chance to create a more accountable Internet.
Rollins to take up the reins at Dell
News The PC maker's No. 2 becomes its top executive as founder Michael Dell steps aside as CEO.
Sony plans its own battery recall
News Consumer electronics giant is working with product safety agency to figure out "the widest scope" of alert.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets
Symantec launches online PC tech support services
News A new diagnostic service will offer remote technical assistance, while the company's tune-up service will tweak performance of the Windows operating system.
Tags: Antivirus software, Norton Co., remote access, Support Services, software, Symantec Corp., hard drive, Consumer Reports, Internet, U.S.
AT&T iPhone collects user complaints about poor service
News AT&T creates a new iPhone application that allows iPhone users to submit complaints about service they consider subpar.
Tags: Smart phones, Applications and tools, Apple Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., RIM BlackBerry, AT&T iPhone, advertisement, network, Apple iTunes, Wireless
Google warns entire Internet is malware
News For about an hour Saturday morning, Google listed every site on the Internet as potentially harmful to your computer. At first, Google blamed the problem on StopBadware.org but later had to eat crow.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Web 2.0, Malware, Google Inc., Site, Computer, PST, StopBadware.org, Berkman Center
Consumer Reports plans Web site critiques
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Consumer Reports to issue e-commerce report cards
News Consumer Reports Online is expected to announce Monday that it will begin providing regular Web site evaluations, just as it has for decades in the brick-and-mortar world.
Web sites sign up to receive hate mail
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Net filters strain to block sites
News Internet filtering software generally fails to block one out of every five sites deemed objectionable, according to a new study.
Handset theft, streaming video
News A U.S.-based firm unveils new equipment to halt handphone thefts while IT consultancy LogicaCMG demoed a new solution to stream video on MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service).
Should new 'Red Flags' rules concern security managers?
Techguide Now that the deadline for compliance with the U.S. regulation is up, the work carved out for IT security heads depends on the level of controls within the organization.
Tags: Regulations, Data security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Business security, Security Manager, Information Security, Red Flag Software, Identity Theft, compliance
Trojan gets the cell phone message
News Threat could be more pervasive than Cabir, as it uses multimedia text messaging as well as Bluetooth to spread.
Tags: Viruses and worms
Growing pains hit Dell's customer service
News The company continues to win market share and turn out record quarterly profits, but two recent surveys show that it's slipped when it comes to a more subjective measurement: customer service.
Dell's dilemma--it's about pricing
News As the company forecasts an earnings slip, bargain PC makers are making steady gains in market share.
Tags: Desktops, Servers, Financial
