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Internet security is everyone's business
Blogs About a month ago, a friend of mine revealed that his bank account had been compromised and that an unknown person or pe...
Black Hat talk on Apple encryption canceled
News Researcher signed confidentiality agreements with Apple, preventing him from speaking on the topic or discussing the matter further.
Tags: Hacking, Security, Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Apple Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Encryption, job, researcher
Gore: Wireless access to info means power
News Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's address at CTIA 2009 covers many of his usual themes regarding need for environmental change, but it also provides a history lesson on communications.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Leadership, Green IT, North Korea, wireless industry, Wireless Access, Wireless, CTIA, Al Gore, wireless technology
HP darknet 'not for dissidents'
News Technology developed by Hewlett-Packard to enable secure communications networks to be set up via a Web-browser should not be used by dissidents.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Hewlett-Packard Co., Security, Iran, Web Browser, Tool, U.S. Government, File-sharing, researcher
Report: Skype coming to the iPhone
News GigaOm said Thursday that Skype will announce an application for the Apple device at the CTIA Wireless tradeshow in Las Vegas next week.
Tags: VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, Apple Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., Mobile, Cell Phone, computer, phone, software, Wi-Fi
Juniper Networks pulls security talk from conferences
News Network infrastructure company cancels researcher's talk at Black Hat and Defcon about ATM insecurities after a vendor complains.
Tags: Network security, Hacking, Federal Government, Business applications, ATM, Security, Conference, Cisco Systems Inc., Juniper Networks Inc., E-book
Microsoft elevates server unit, promotes Muglia
News Longtime Server and Tools unit head Bob Muglia is now president of the company's server unit.
Tags: Servers, App servers, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, entertainment, Server, business software, software, Consumer Electronics Show, Wall Street Journal
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
VMware adds Linux, iPhone to virtualization mix
News Taken together, the moves mark a shift away from having to rely on Microsoft Windows to host the software used to manage servers with VMware installed.
Tags: Virtualization, Linux, Mobile, Virtual Machine, Replica, VMware Inc., Server, failover, fault-tolerance, software
Thank God for Pacman
Blogs The recent year-end list released by search behemoth Google seems to validate a trend that has been proven over time--th...
Microsoft hams up design in Mix
News Microsoft begins its Web design conference in un-Microsoft fashion, with researcher Bill Buxton talking about design.
Tags: Software, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Conference, Tool, Software, Bill Buxton, Buxton, researcher, programming tool
Logitech to slash 15 percent of workforce
News Manufacturer of PC peripherals, based in Switzerland, says the retail environment has "deteriorated significantly" and will "worsen in the upcoming months".
Tags: Keyboards and mice, Human resources, Logitech, Asia, Workforce, Sales, Environment, Switzerland, Consumer Electronics Show, North America
Amazon to acquire retailer Zappos
News The e-commerce giant will be acquiring all Zappos stock and converting it to Amazon stock.
Tags: Web sites, Stock, Amazon.com Inc., retail company, network, shareholder, brand, Las Vegas, Web sites, board
A laptop equivalent of a two-headed snake
News Lenovo is apparently set to unveil a ThinkPad notebook that features a dual-screen set-up.
Tags: IBM Corp., Site, eWeek, Notebook, Intel Core 2 Duo, IBM ThinkPad, Lenovo Group Ltd., Consumer Electronics Show, photograph, Laptop Computer
Microsoft launches IE 8 with a smile
News At its Mix 09 event, Microsoft begins its campaign to persuade Web surfers to give its browser another chance.
Tags: Web browsers, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Video, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, general manager, Web Developer, Las Vegas
