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Belt-tightening may affect security, warn experts
News At the RSA Conference Europe 2008, experts warned that cost-cutting may force some companies to implement tech that does not have "security maturity".
Tags: Security, Virtualization, Budgeting/cost control, Conference, VMware Inc., RFC, London, Cryptography Research, security adviser, VoIP
Google patches Android security flaw
News T-Mobile and Google are distributing a patch to close a browser security hole that came to light in late October.
Tags: Smart phones, Open source, Security, Google Inc., T-Mobile G1, RFC, mobile phone operating system, system update, software, patch management
Android security team appeals to bug hunters
News Security team for Google's nascent open source mobile platform has attempted to raise its profile with the security community.
Tags: Security, Smart phones, Open source, Mobile platforms, Mobile, Google Inc., Security Team, Vulnerability, RFC, software
Use RFC 2606 example domains for example e-mail
Techguide Example e-mail domains were created specifically for use in examples, so that people with real e-mail accounts that happen to coincide with your examples don't suffer the fallout of an unfortunate choice of example.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Security Management, E-mail Address, Security, Domain Name, Domain, CompTIA, Chad Perrin, RFC, e-mail
Chink in encryption armor discovered
News An underlying flaw in the OpenSSH encryption protocol has been revealed by academics.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, OpenSSH, SSH, IT Professional, Encryption, Information Security, Flaw, Server, Attacker, RFC
Dell loses 'cloud computing' trademark bid
News The company has been given a further six months to convince the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to grant a patent on the term "cloud computing".
Tags: Patents, Utility computing, Officer, Cloud Computing, computer hardware, Environment, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, RFC, blog, data center
Twitter on the blink again, no word on cause
News Following two outages, the microblogging site appears to be undergoing another technical hiccup--feeds have stopped updating.
Tags: Web 2.0, Twitter, Site, RFC, denial of service, Web 2.0
Web standards group scrutinizing Apple patent
News The W3C aims to get a handle on an Apple patent that could hold back the consortium's work to standardize Web applications.
Tags: Standards, Prior Art, W3C, consortium, RFC, PNG, Standards, software update, software, computer
YouTube's legal end-run irks Korean officials
News Google has provoked the wrath of government officials through its resistance to a law prohibiting anonymous YouTube uploads and comments.
Tags: Privacy, Google Inc., Video, South Korea, YouTube Inc., RFC, YouTube Video, network, Internet, commission
Report: Google in 'late-stage' talks to buy Twitter
News TechCrunch reports Google is in "late-stage" discussions to acquire Twitter. If it pans out, Google would get better social and search features.
Tags: Acquisitions, Web 2.0, Twitter, Google Inc., search results data source, RFC, Facebook, TechCrunch, data source, revenue
Wikimedia Foundation: Jimmy Wales 'absolutely' not out
News Valleywag reported Saturday that the Wikipedia founder was out at the foundation that runs the Web-based encyclopedia. But the foundation strongly disputes it.
Tags: Web sites, Best strategies, Business plans, Wikipedia, Jimmy, RFC, e-mail, job, News.com, founder
Google-Digg acquisition talks fall through
News With talks of an acquisition in the final stage, Google reportedly decides not to buy the social-news site.
Tags: Acquisitions, Mergers, Legal, Corporate law, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Digg, RFC, Google News, TechCrunch
Apple fixing iPhone SMS security hole
News Vulnerability in the way iPhones handle text messages could be used to track the location of the phone, turn on the microphone, or turn phone into botnet zombie.
Tags: Mobile, Security Management, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Apple Inc., Security, Conference, co-author, RFC
Two new Mac attacks surface
News Trojans target Mac OS users, including one hidden in a porn site.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Mac OS, Malware, Security, Sophos Plc., Attack, Graham Cluley, Apple Macintosh, RFC, trojan horse
US payment processor in credit data breach
News One of the largest credit-card payment processors in the US has discovered malware that compromises data in its systems.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Applications and tools, Spam and phishing, Hacking, Firewalls, Malware, Payment Processor, MasterCard International, U.S.-based Payment Processor, phone
