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Microsoft unveiled some details about Internet Explorer 9 this week at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. But what does Microsoft have in store for IE users from a security perspective?
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Three men were charged by federal indictment Nov. 19 in connection with attacking Comcast.net and redirecting traffic to sites under their control. The group altered Comcast's DNS records and is estimated to have cost the company more than $128,000.
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Microsoft uncovers a vulnerability in a controversial Google plug-in for Internet Explorer that could be exploited to bypass cross-origin protections. Google patched the issue this week in an update.
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Cloud computing is a dilemma for today's CIO. The potential to cut capital expenditure and rein in operating costs is so compelling that CIOs will push aggressively for cloud adoption. However, good managers understand that cost savings isn't the only variable to consider when evaluating whether to adopt cloud computing. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Scott Morrison offers 10 tips for CIOs to follow to successfully implement their cloud governance and adoption initiatives.
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With Chrome OS, Google says it has abandoned the traditional operating system security model and put its focus on using process isolation, verified boot, encryption and system hardening to protect users.
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SocialPet, a new product from Jetmetric, lets administrators send fake phishing e-mails to selected employees to determine which ones know enough to ignore the messages and which don’t - posing a threat to company security.
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News Analysis: Google is new to the operating system market, so it has to demonstrate that it understands how to build and maintain a secure Web OS. The history of Windows security has shown there are many avenues of attack against a desktop operating system. There are even more potential attack strategies for an online OS. But whether Google has learned the many hard lessons of Web security is very much in doubt at this point.
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T-Mobile confirmed that an employee at its U.K. subsidiary passed customer data to third-party brokers, potentially leading to a criminal prosecution. Despite the potential damage to customers’ lives, such a data breach is most likely punishable with a fine as opposed to jail time in the U.K. T-Mobile has been dealing with public-relations issues on both ends of the Atlantic, including an incident in which a massive server failure led to Sidekick smartphone users in the U.S. temporarily losing their personal data.
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Netgear offers cost-conscious businesses expanded work force mobility with the ProSafe Wireless-N Dual-Band Access Point, available for $429.
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Microsoft's "Windows 7 Is My Idea" billboard campaign reminds eWEEK Labs' Andrew Garcia that annoying things about Windows are still present in Version 7--and that new annoyances have been added to the list. Here's what Garcia would add to the OS to make Windows truly his idea.
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Mozilla updates its Firefox 3.6 beta to block add-ons from adding code to Firefox's components directory. The move is meant to reduce crashes and will keep vendors from silently installing Firefox add-ons without permission from the user, Mozilla says.
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The storage world is changing rapidly, with innovative services playing a major role. Savvy CIOs are turning to cloud-based offerings such as enterprise storage-as-a-service to reduce costs, optimize compliance and ensure security. As Knowledge Center contributor John Clancy explains, trust, security and a history of information protection are critical factors to consider when choosing a provider to help you implement your cloud storage strategy.
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The beta release of Office 2010 performs with striking stability and polish. In addition to the new edition's enhancements in the areas of cut and paste, picture and video editing, data visualization, and Web-based access to Excel and PowerPoint that I discussed in my review of the Office 2010 technical preview release, I took note in this beta of new ways to slice and dice data in Excel and a raft of application-building enhancements in Access.
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Police in the U.K. arrested two people tied to the Zeus Trojan, a notorious piece of malware used to steal banking information and another personal data such as passwords for sites like Facebook.
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In a new report released by McAfee, several noted security experts discuss the improving cyber-warfare capabilities of the world's superpowers and the risks facing critical infrastructures.
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Combining the Shavlik Netchk patch management system with the Sunbelt VIPRE anti-malware engine, Protect 7 is a full- featured security solution. Howewer, anti-malware is not fully integrated into the management console, and eWEEK Labs experienced some quirkiness with the GUI during tests.
The Dell R710 PowerEdge 2U rack-mount server is a worthy combination of compute and performance power, and the first system I've seen that provides an alternative to BIOS for power-on system setup and configuration. Many of the Dell R710 PowerEdge's most compelling characteristics are driven by the need to optimize the data center for virtualization tasks.
The Crossbeam X-Series Platform is a modular Ethernet switch targeted at the enterprise and carrier market. eWEEK Labs tested the the Crossbeam X80 model, and found that it will be a good bet for businesses that need a flexible, high-speed security switch. The $500,000 price tag is well worth it given the ability of the platform to consolidate many security functions and still push traffic at 40G bps.
SocialPET is a SAAS application that tests end users' ability to discern dangerous e-mails by sending fake phishing messages and reporting on users' actions. The app is useful for pointing to security weak links, but it is currently pretty bare-boned.
Providing stiff competition in its market space, Sun Microsystems' Intel "Nehalem"-based Sun Fire x4170 packs generous amounts of compute power, local storage, network bandwidth and PCIe expansion capability into a small footprint.
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