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Open source PBX calls on telecoms
Insight The Asterisk open-source platform touts increased flexibility that proprietary products cannot offer, allowing users to integrate their own applications.
Tags: Routing/switching, VoIP/IP telephony
Security: It's all in the software
Insight Security-industry veteran and venture capitalist Ted Schlein says chief security officers' time should be spent on engineering, not network security.
Tags: Data security, PC security, Security, Google Inc., Ted Schlein, Information Security, venture capital, software, Symantec Corp., marketing
Device identification in online banking is privacy threat?
News Civil liberties attorney says antifraud technology that tags or queries devices used for online banking is a privacy invasion.
Tags: Privacy, Network security, Wells Fargo & Co., online banking, computer, RSA Security Inc., analytics, bank, U.S., information technology
Spam: You just can't win
News No real solutions arise at the Information Security Best Practices conference at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Tags: Spam, Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Regulations, Tool, social engineering, Comcast Corp., e-mail, CAN-SPAM Act, Internet Service Provider
Linden Lab selects Mark Kingdon as new CEO
News By choosing someone squarely on the business side of things, the Second Life creator may be hinting that it wants to beef up business and head for an IPO.
Tags: Leadership, Web 2.0, Linden Lab, social networking, network, marketing, Second Life, MBA, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
IBM computers picked for cancer research
News Big Blue will supply the University of Pennsylvania and four hospitals with computers that will link into a computing "grid" to check for breast cancer.
Teenage bot herder pleads guilty in New Zealand
News Considering Owen Thor Walker's age and cooperation with authorities the judge is expected to recommend home detention or community service instead of jail time.
Most P2P movies leaked by studio: Study
News The idea of the computer users copying or "ripping" DVDs to upload to peer-to-peer (P2P) networks seems to be a myth, according to new research.
IBM wooing smaller businesses to Linux
News At its DeveloperWorks Live conference, the computing giant unveils a Linux software bundle as part of its effort to court small and midsized businesses.
IBM grid to target cancer research
News Oxford University and the United Kingdom plan to use large networks of IBM computers to aid cancer research in Europe.
IBM taps open source to improve patent quality
News For the thirteenth consecutive year, IBM was awarded the most patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, according to the company.
Tags: Standards, Open source, Patents
On antitrust, is Google the next Microsoft?
News Google is facing opposition to its DoubleClick deal in what could be a repeat of the way Washington punished Microsoft a decade ago.
eBay to buy Shopping.com for US$620 million
News Auction giant says the deal will enhance its service with comparison shopping capabilities.
Tags: E-commerce, Search, Acquisitions, Advertising
Google adjusts to life with trustbusters
News In less time than it takes for some government investigations, the search company has gone from start-up to accused menacer of Internet competition. Fair or not, this is Google 2.0.
Tags: Browser, Web browsers, Operating systems, Internet Search Advertising, U.S. Department Of Justice, AT&T Corp., antitrust, Wharton School, Internet, Web browsers
Amateur Web content difficult to 'monetize'
Techguide It is difficult to make money out of amateur Web content, such as blogs, podcasts and user reviews, experts agreed last week.
