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Article | 15/10/2007 Best practices for implementing messaging security
Most enterprises have some type of messaging security in the form of spam and virus filtering. When installing a new or replacement messaging-security...
Article | 15/10/2007 Microsoft adds event planning to Live services
Microsoft is adding an event planning offering to its expanding Windows Live suite of services.
Article | 15/10/2007 Universal rousing an iTunes rebellion, report says
The head of Universal Music Group is enlisting the support of other major record labels to launch a new music subscription service that will try to lo...
Article | 15/10/2007 Symantec to buy DLP specialist Vontu
Security software giant Symantec is preparing to announce an acquisition of Vontu, one the largest remaining independent providers of data leakage pre...
Article | 15/10/2007 Microsoft explains Windows URI patch strategy
Microsoft has clarified what it plans to patch to fix a bug in Windows XP and Server 2003, but said it had no plans to overhaul the operating system's...
Article | 15/10/2007 IT a culprit, savior in climate change
Climate change is both a large-scale crisis and a huge opportunity, and IT has a role in both, industry executives said at a panel discussion this wee...
Article | 15/10/2007 Red Hat, Novell sued for patent infringement
Linux vendors Red Hat and Novell are being sued for patent infringement by IP Innovation and Technology Licensing.
Article | 13/10/2007 Researcher: Mac OS, Linux probably have URI issues too
This week Microsoft said it would patch Windows to reduce the risk of a new kind of Web-based security vulnerability, but security researchers say tha...
Article | 13/10/2007 Blogger preaches Internet download freedoms
Efforts to fight copying on the Internet were criticized in a presentation by blogger and author Cory Doctorow, a frequent critic of copyright regulat...
Article | 13/10/2007 'Storm' flaunts crazy cat to build out botnet
After lying low for several weeks, hackers responsible for spreading the Storm Trojan have returned to the attack with e-mail that leads to an exploit...
Article | 13/10/2007 Charity uses widgets to provide accountability to donors
A children's charity is using widget technology -- traditionally used with a single purpose application like updating weather or news on a Web site --...
Article | 13/10/2007 Security professionals poke holes in Viagra Spammer murder
If rumours are correct, there should be a dramatic decrease in Viagra and Penis Enlargement spam from today, with the so-called 'murder' of a Russian ...
Article | 12/10/2007 Quantum cryptography working with Australian company to secure ballots in Swiss election
Swiss officials are using quantum cryptography technology to protect voting ballots cast in the Geneva region of Switzerland during parliamentary elec...
Article | 12/10/2007 Student who disclosed breach to paper escapes expulsion
A student at Western Oregon University who accidentally discovered a file containing personal data on a publicly accessible university server and then...
Article | 12/10/2007 .Asia registry to crack down on phishy domains
The registry for the new .asia TLD (top-level domain) plans to ban domain names that are consistently used for phishing sites.
Article | 12/10/2007 Hackers claim to revive 'bricked' iPhones
Hackers have come up with at least one way to "unbrick" iPhones disabled by a firmware update Apple issued two weeks ago, developers of both paid and ...
Article | 12/10/2007 iPod nano sets light to man's pants
The iPod nano may not be cheap but it's not supposed to literally burn a hole in your pocket. However, for one man in Douglasville, Georgia, US, it di...
Article | 12/10/2007 Mobile Firefox likely to work on Symbian
Mozilla's mobile Firefox browser, which the company said earlier this week is in the works, will likely be available for phones running Symbian, Windo...
Article | 12/10/2007 New iPhone lawsuit seeks US$2.6B in damages
A class-action lawsuit targeting Apple and AT&T, filed last week in a US federal court, accuses the companies of illegally conspiring to tie iPhone cu...
Article | 12/10/2007 Microsoft adds PHP to InfoCard support list
Microsoft said this week it would collaborate with Zend Technologies to allow PHP developers to build support for user-centric identity cards into the...

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