Friday | 29 August, 2008
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Credit card thieves ran a polite, professional help desk 08/08/2008 09:45:55
The criminal network identified in the US Justice Department indictments this week as having stole tens of millions of credit card numbers used people with skills in technology, finance and black markets -- some whom were notably polite, attentive and productive. - +
Soloway case reveals big business behind spam 16/07/2008 09:07:49
Selling the tools used by spammers is easy money, at least until you get caught. Just ask Adam Sweaney, a man charged with computer fraud who took the stand at the sentencing hearing in Seattle for Robert Soloway, the so-called spam king. - +
Laptops lost like hot cakes at US airports 01/07/2008 09:19:25
Keep laptops close at airports, because they have a startling tendency to disappear in the blink of an eye, according to a new survey. - +
Researchers say notification laws in US not lowering ID theft 06/06/2008 10:41:42
Over the past five years, 43 U.S. states have adopted data breach notification laws, but has all of this legislation actually cut down on identity theft? Not according to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University who have published a state-by-state analysis of data supplied by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). - +
Researcher: Ad software maker likely violates copyright 30/05/2008 10:04:24
Some videos offered by advertising software maker Zango are likely being distributed without permission from the copyright holders, according to a spyware researcher. - +
Benefits of personal health records will eclipse privacy concerns 08/05/2008 08:27:48
In five years, the privacy debate over personal health records will be a over, and you and I will be storing our medical records at a central location. Why? Because the benefits of better care and less paperwork will outweigh our current fears about data breaches and inappropriate data sharing. Whether that central location will be Redmond, Mountain View or Boston will depend on whom we trust most with our medical information. - +
US court halts adult site's e-mail operation 07/05/2008 09:24:35
A US judge has ordered the halt to an e-mail campaign by the operators of adult Web sites after complaints by the US Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice that the e-mail messages violated an antispam law. - +
Three companies Microsoft could buy instead of Yahoo 06/05/2008 08:06:50
Assuming that Saturday's public walkaway by Microsoft doesn't prove just to be a high-risk negotiation tactic against Yahoo -- after all, the companies are rumored to have been talking about some sort of merger or acquisition for almost three years -- then what we have is a software vendor suddenly awash in tens of billions of unspent dollars that it can now lavish on other Internet firms. - +
E-mail management a mighty struggle for US agencies 24/04/2008 09:03:08
To put it politely, the burgeoning use of e-mail is resulting in disruptive records management challenges for federal agencies. - +
Intel closes deal to create new flash memory vendor 01/04/2008 07:01:44
Intel, STMicroelectronics and investment firm Francisco Partners LP Monday closed a deal to create an independent flash memory chip business. - +
CAN-SPAM still gets mixed reviews 31/03/2008 09:13:41
When the US Federal Trade Commission announced a US$2.9 million settlement with online marketing firm ValueClick this month, it was a record monetary settlement under the 4-year-old CAN-SPAM Act.
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Computerworld Live Podcast #97: The Future of Enterprise Networking 25/07/2008 09:45:36
This week CW Live chats with Mark Thompson, global sales and marketing manager for HP ProCurve, on the future of the enterprise networking. Mark discusses the trends we can expect to see in the near future and how the right infrastructure can ensure your enterprise network is secure. - +
Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
This week we look at sustainability and the development of multicore technologies to build multi-petascale systems. - +
IT Security Edition #11: How to poison the Storm botnet 01/05/2008 08:51:55
This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
IT Security Edition #10: Cyber-battles fought and won 24/04/2008 11:09:47
Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future.
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