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Cybercrime cost firms US$1 trillion globally
News In a McAfee survey, CIOs report spending billions of dollars after data thefts, and say fired workers pose a big threat to sensitive data on the network.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Security, Chief Information Officer, Davos, Cybercrime, World Economic Forum, intellectual property, Dubai
Cloud fever: What will it take for a breakout?
News Some of the tech industry's best and brightest gather at a roundtable discussion offering a snapshot of cloud computing's progress--and lack thereof.
Tags: Web services, Marc Benioff, Davos, Cloud Computing, dot-com, World Economic Forum, Switzerland, CTO, TechCrunch, Mountain View
Botnets could 'eat' the Net
News Vast networks of compromised PCs are reported to be growing at an alarming rate, in terms of their potential, and could spread like a pandemic, says Vint Cerf.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security
Dude, Putin is so not getting a Dell
News commentary At Davos, Russia's prime minister tells Michael Dell his country doesn't need help and his residents "are not invalids".
Tags: Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Davos, PC Company, World Economic Forum, Ina Fried, News.com, founder, Prime Minister, CNET Networks Inc.
Police nab man in World Forum hacking case
News Swiss police arrested a man Friday on suspicion of hacking into the computer systems of the World Economic Forum and stealing private information about participants.
Dell, Microsoft looking for some Red ink
News The two tech giants plan to announce a total of three (Product) Red PCs, with a portion of sales to go to the African AIDS charity.
Tags: Personal Computers
Learning to market in virtual worlds
News At the inaugural Virtual Worlds conference, big media companies to discuss how to take advantage of social 3D environments.
Otellini: soft-spoken, driven and an Intel lifer
News With Paul Otellini, Intel will get a CEO who is part college professor and part Cosimo de Medici.
Tags: Processors
The US$100 laptop: A well-intentioned waste of time?
Insight Non-profits claim that scheme will fail unless support is given to third world nations to exploit technology.Sustainability of the project is also questioned.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Linux
ISP snooping gaining support in U.S.
News States getting behind idea of requiring records to be kept of customers' online activities for police access.
Tags: Service level management
Sender ID's fading message
Insight Lack of popularity of Microsoft's antispam technology could make it harder to reverse consumers' eroding faith in e-mail.
Tags: Personal applications
Flash 10 coming to most smartphones in 2010
News Adobe says its full version of Flash will be available on most smartphones in early 2010, but the technology still won't be available for Apple's iPhone.
Tags: Smart phones, Multimedia, Digital media, Apple Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, Mobile, Smart Phone, Adobe Flash Player, Bloomberg L.P.
Microsoft is expanding and investing in Thailand
News The software giant will collaborate with the country's National Electronics and Computer Technology Center on research and development, among other initiatives.
Tags: Innovation, Microsoft Corp., Technology, Mobile, Thailand, software testing, memorandum of understanding, Nectec, software, R&D
Microsoft clarifies policy on censoring blogs
News Under fire for removing a Chinese journalist's postings, it sets out how it will respond to government censorship orders.
Tags: Corporate responsibility, Web logs, Politics
No booze or jokes for Googlers in China
News In its move to comply with Chinese laws, the search giant delists a wide range of sites beyond those critical of Beijing.
Tags: Web sites, Government
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