Herndon
63 Stories
Vista plays hide-and-seek with hackers
News Windows update beta aims to foil attacks by loading key system files in different locations each time the PC starts.
Tags: Data security, Hacking, Microsoft Windows, windows alerts
Lawmaker: "Influence" drove Oracle deal
News California lawmakers grill an executive to try to determine how the state got mired in a controversial, US$95 million contract to buy Oracle software.
Microsoft draws fire for stealth test program
News Software giant draws flak for hitting Windows users with an unfinished piracy tool sent as a "high priority" update.
Tags: PC security, Security applications/tools
To cool data centers, let the breeze flow in
News The Green Grid releases a Web-based tool to evaluate how much outdoor air can be used during colder months to naturally cool energy-dense data centers.
Tags: Data centers, Green IT, ADC Telecommunications Inc., Hosting Company, Tool, energy efficiency, Herndon, North America, San Jose, data center
Fatal flaws found in US terrorism database
News Congressional investigation reveals one of the country's most important terrorism databases is suffering from mismanagement and technical flaws.
Tags: Security, Database management, Google Inc., Database, Search Engine, Flaw, program manager, action item, Herndon, U.S.
Videoconferencing: Cisco, Logitech target mainstream
News Logitech's acquisition of LifeSize and Cisco's bid for Tandberg are aimed at grabbing market share and expanding sales to more businesses--and even consumers.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Logitech, Vidyo Inc., LifeSize Communications, CEO, software, Business Strategies & Functions, Conference, Cisco Systems Inc., Video Conferencing
WorldCom's US$90m settlement of overcharge suits approved
News WorldCom has won final approval of a US$90 million settlement of consumer lawsuits alleging the No 2 long-distance provider's MCI unit overcharged them.
Win jobs by being up front about background issues
Insight If you've got a black spot on your employment record, the hiring manager is going to find out. These days, companies are conducting more background checks than ever before, and the key to handling these record checks is to be honest from the start.
Search specialist stakes its claim on names
News Language Analysis Systems plays the terrorism card to pitch tools that make sense of "Smith," "Smythe," "Smits" and "Schmidt."
Tags: Security, Software integration, Search
Net weakness seen in YouTube outage
News The video-sharing site went dark all across the world in a chain of events that started in Pakistan. How exactly was that possible?
Tags: Video, Security, Politics
TruSecure readies defense-analysis tools
News The security specialist's new package is designed to measure how effectively a company's IT defense systems are working.
Tags: Security applications/tools
TruSecure, Betrusted to merge and rename
News Companies are expected to formally announce on Tuesday that they plan to create a new firm called Cybertrust.
Tags: Security applications/tools
No fix for 'critical' hole in Windows 98, ME
News Repairs would require so many changes to the older OSes that it might break applications, Microsoft says.
Tags: Security
Is Intel a safe bet for Apple security?
News Macs have largely been immune to the viruses that plague Windows PCs. Experts pitch in on whether the Intel chip switch will change that.
Tags: Networking, Mac OS
Border patrol for Internet Explorer
News Start-up GreenBorder offers a virtual defense for the much-attacked Microsoft browser, but it goes only so far.
Tags: Security, Web browsers
