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Security group: Vulnerability disclosure is impractical

Security group: Vulnerability disclosure is impractical

An advisory group contends that the scramble over Dan Kaminsky's DNS flaw discovery proves that full disclosure is simply not feasible.
Mark Mayne Oct 30 2008 9:36AM Security
Javascript to be next core malware language

Javascript to be next core malware language

The demand that web 2.0 has placed on browsers is opening up new vulnerabilities to unsuspecting users, Itzik Kotler, team leader of the Security Operation Center at IT security firm Radware, has warned.
Staff Writers Oct 30 2008 9:31AM Security
Yahoo and Microsoft take aim at lottery scams

Yahoo and Microsoft take aim at lottery scams

Yahoo and Microsoft are teaming up in an effort to stop lottery email scams.
Shaun Nichols Oct 30 2008 9:31AM Security
Google offers testbed for enterprise apps

Google offers testbed for enterprise apps

Google Apps users will soon have access to new add-on features, including a Q&A feedback manager, a URL storage feature and a tool that facilitates quality software development.
Rosalie Marshall Oct 30 2008 6:40AM Software
Virtual servers to roam across networks

Virtual servers to roam across networks

A consortium of University researchers has developed a way to make Internet switches and routers both open and programmable, a move that will allow virtual servers to roam between networks in real-time.
Staff Writers Oct 30 2008 12:26AM Networking
Asus to launch Android handset?

Asus to launch Android handset?

Asustek Computers, makers of the little Eee PC, will apparently be releasing a Google Android-based smartphone during the first half of 2009.
Sylvie Barak Oct 30 2008 12:21AM Hardware
Internet sex causes depression

Internet sex causes depression

People who visit online sex sites have "alarmingly high" rates of depression, anxiety and stress, according to Melbourne researchers.
Nick Farrell Oct 30 2008 12:21AM Oddware
RedDot embraces enterprise 2.0

RedDot embraces enterprise 2.0

Web content management firm RedDot has launched a suite of products designed to give firms the tools to create internal and external Web 2.0 sites that remain firmly under the control of the enterprise.
Phil Muncaster Oct 30 2008 12:14AM Software
Sun expands server test drive programme

Sun expands server test drive programme

Sun is expanding a programme that allows businesses to test drive its servers.
Shaun Nichols Oct 30 2008 12:14AM Hardware
Embedded Nano kit announced

Embedded Nano kit announced

Via has produced a working mini-ITX motherboard with a Nano processor on it.
Staff Writers Oct 29 2008 3:47PM Hardware
Google finally wins book deal

Google finally wins book deal

An agreement has finally been made with the Authors' Guild and Association of American Publishers which will cut some of Google’s woes.
Emma Hughes Oct 29 2008 3:47PM Software
Red Flags rules can help stop identity theft

Red Flags rules can help stop identity theft

Identity theft has become a multi-billion dollar issue that continues to accelerate, and protecting against it has become a multi-million dollar business, says Deloitte's Mark Steinhoff.
Mark Steinhoff, Deloitte Oct 29 2008 3:42PM Security
Opinion: Vista is dead, PDC suggests

Opinion: Vista is dead, PDC suggests

Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference has shown one thing at least, says Iain Thomson: the company has given up on Vista and is now looking at Windows 7 as its saviour.
Iain Thomson Oct 29 2008 3:41PM Software
3 lets users share wireless broadband capacity

3 lets users share wireless broadband capacity

3 Mobile has taken the wraps off a new 3G Wi-Fi router offering that lets users share their wireless broadband connection with others at work or home.
Staff Writers Oct 29 2008 3:34PM Telco/ISP
Review: EMC Documentum IRM

Review: EMC Documentum IRM

EMC Documentum IRM (Information Rights Man­agement) brings complete document control and the ever-changing needs of users into one product.
Peter Stephenson Oct 29 2008 3:32PM Security
Inmon tries to clean up data warehousing’s dirty image

Inmon tries to clean up data warehousing’s dirty image

The ‘grandfather of the data warehouse’, William Inmon, is so incensed at the negative connotations of data warehousing today that he’s trademarked the name of the next version to prevent vendors from overhyping it.
Ry Crozier Oct 29 2008 3:32PM Storage
Online shoppers using more coupons but ordering less

Online shoppers using more coupons but ordering less

Online coupon aggregator Tjoos.com released statistics today which show that coupon use is up while order sizes are down by 30 per cent in the past two months.
Staff Writers Oct 29 2008 3:03PM Software
Fraud-as-a-service looms over firms

Fraud-as-a-service looms over firms

Newly organised methods of online criminal activity are threatening to democratise fraud and undermine banks and online traders, according to security experts at this year’s RSA Conference Europe.
Phil Muncaster Oct 29 2008 11:56AM Security
Hackers attack forensics tools

Hackers attack forensics tools

Criminals are increasingly deploying aggressive anti-forensics technology to ensure that prosecution is impossible, according to experts.
Mark Mayne Oct 29 2008 10:20AM Security
Brazil is "cesspool of fraud" says guru

Brazil is "cesspool of fraud" says guru

Brazilian hackers now more technically sophisticated than Russians, "fraud as a service" model emerges.
Paul Fisher Oct 29 2008 10:20AM Security

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