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A leading computer security analyst is predicting that even as companies implement more IT security to prevent Internet hackers from tapping their networks, there will be increased theft of secure data by insiders, like employees. The data security forecast by Joseph Ansanelli, chief executive offic...

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Google: The New Evil Empire?

I'm either fortunate or unfortunate enough to have gone through a couple of significant corporate cycles in the world of business in recent decades. In the 1980s IBM started as the most respected company in the industry and ended as that decade's "Evil Empire." In the '90s, and over what seemed to...

Y2K may be a distant memory, but there are plenty of other threats against corporate IT systems. In fact, today's list of disaster threats includes more than just hurricanes and blackouts -- chemical attacks and terrorist bombings have become a stark reality. Although fires, floods and earthquakes a...

One in every 74 e-mail messages on the Internet yesterday carried a new strain of the Sober virus, estimates one security analyst. Although the new Sober variant spread quickly, security experts said that existing anti-virus programs should be able to scrub most infected messages because this virus ...

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Don’t Sweat Slideshows in Flash

The software universe is teeming with programs for creating slideshows from digital images. Many of these applications fulfill their appointed task very well. But one snag for me when creating slideshows has been their file size. Although some programs claim they'll create slideshows suitable for po...

One e-mail worm and one browser flaw have security researchers paying close attention to Internet activities: Sober is back on the loose and Microsoft's Internet Explorer has yet another "extremely critical" flaw -- one that was initially thought to be fairly harmless. The Federal Bureau of Investi...

In an apparent move to cater to governments, Microsoft today said it is taking steps to offer the file format technology behind Word and Excel to customers and the industry as an international standard. A large group of co-sponsors, including Apple, Barclays Capital, BP, the British Library, Essilor...

Skype VoIP Gets Into the Shack

RadioShack may be more associated with remote controlled toy cars than cutting edge technology, but a deal with voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) provider Skype puts the retailer at the forefront of the Internet-based voice technology's move to mainstream. RadioShack said it will sell Skype hardwa...

What began as a promising way to protect CDs from piracy has become a public relations nightmare for Sony BMG Entertainment and its digital rights management (DRM) partners, First 4 Internet (F4I) and SunnComm. The new lawsuits leveled at Sony BMG stem from its sale of audio CDs protected with a sch...

A new combatant, Broadband over Power Lines (BPL), has entered the broadband Internet access services competition. This network option relies on electrical power lines to move information to users. While the universality of electrical power offers vendors hope in penetrating the broadband market, th...

In a move that underscores the growing importance of flash memory chips as consumer electronics devices continue to shrink in size, Intel and Micron Technology announced a joint venture that will create flash chips for the likes of Apple and others. The two chip makers will contribute up to US$5.2 b...

Microsoft is up in arms over a French security team's decision to make a potential vulnerability in Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and Microsoft Windows XP SP1 public. The French Security Incident Response Team published details about a proof-of-concept exploit that targets the vulnerability without fi...

The time American Internet users spend online increasingly involves searches for information, with the practice now trailing only e-mail as users' primary purpose of using the Web, according to the latest survey from the Pew Internet Project. The group said its survey indicated search engine users i...

Whether you call it "Voice over Internet Protocol," or a trendier "Voyp" you're joining a widening group of vendors, industry watchers and analysts who see VoIP as SMBs' telephony technology of the future. The key reason most businesses are so interested in VoIP is the cost savings that come from ...

As the time comes to make your holiday purchases, it would be a good idea to look beyond the rhetoric this year and find out which companies really are acting against your best interests -- and choose accordingly. Why is this important? Your rights are under siege, and the attacks are incredibly bro...


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