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Publishers trounce Universal in license fight
News Music publishers win an important legal ruling against the world's largest record label in a case that could set rules for streaming copyrighted songs over the Internet.
Microsoft: Vista UAC designed to 'annoy users'
News By designing Vista's User Account Control security feature to 'annoy users', ISVs are being forced to make software more robust, claims a Microsoft product manager.
Tags: Business applications
Never use buzzwords to justify decisions without understanding them
Techguide The term "monoculture" gets a lot of traction in IT security circles. Unfortunately, it gets misused as often as it gets used, and at times that leads to an increase in the vulnerability of IT resources.
Tags: Operating systems, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Microsoft Corp., Security, IT Security, Vulnerability, Monoculture, operating system, Chad Perrin
Apple patches two critical Safari bugs
News Update fixes two bugs that put Mac and Windows systems at risk of cross-site scripting attacks or of being taken over.
Tags: Web browsers, Open source, PC security, Network security, Apple Inc., Security, Web Browser, Apple Macintosh, Secunia, patch management
Security expert warns of 'token kidnapping' threat
News IT professionals and hosting providers have been warned of a vulnerability that affects multiple Windows systems.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft IIS Server, Security, Token, Server, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft ASP, Microsoft Windows
IE security bug leaves files vulnerable
News Microsoft is investigating a security vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser that could give attackers free rein in reading known files on targeted computers.
Microsoft posts four security alerts
News New bugs affect Windows operating system and SQL Server database software.
