Monthly Archives: July 2005
Cisco Tries to Quash Vulnerability Talk at Black Hat
A discussion of vulnerability in Cisco Systems Inc.s IOS provoked controversy at this years Black Hat Briefings conference in Las Vegas, after the San...
Cisco Files Suit to Gag Researcher, Security Conference
Cisco Systems and Internet Security Systems have asked a U.S. District Court to issue a restraining order against a former ISS researcher and Black...
Compliance Calls for New Priorities, Not New Software
Compliance is one of those umbrella terms consultants and vendors use to scare the living daylights out of clients so that they spend more...
Vista Beta Presents Clearer View of Data
Earlier today, Microsoft uncloaked the first beta release of Windows Vista, the next-generation version of its Windows client previously known as Longhorn.
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CA Announces Layoffs, Doubled EPS
CA announced Wednesday that it is cutting 800 jobs as part of a restructuring effort, and at the same time reported an 8 percent...
Drug Monitoring Is Inadequate, Physicians Report
A recent study by industry consultancy Accenture found that about two-thirds of doctors and one-third of consumers have become more concerned about the safety...
KDE Keeps Advancing
While Microsoft beats the drum loudly for Vista, the K Desktop Environment open-source community has more quietly been improving its popular desktop interface.
The upcoming...
Cyber-Crime Treaty Advances, Sparking Debate
Members of the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved a treaty addressing cyber-crime, prompting criticism from civil liberties groups that...
Patent Wrangling Slows DRM Adoption
NEW YORK—While DRM vendors aim to protect the rights of content creators, some of them seem to spend more time and money protecting their...
Security Hole in SAP R/3 Could Expose Sensitive Data
A security flaw has been discovered in the Internet Graphics Server application in SAP R/3 that could allow unauthenticated access to files.
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