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A Better Windows Permission Model
Microsoft has been moving slowly, and lately more steadily, towards an approach of having users run, by default, with restricted privileges.The tools for letting...
SAP Speeds MDM Development
As companies integrate more and more systems, both internally and externally, the reality of having one single version of data—master data management, in other...
Desktop Standard Solves Windows Permissions Dilemma
Desktop Standard Corp. on Monday will fill a big hole in ITs ability to secure desktops when it releases an upgrade to its PMAS...
Poll Reveals Data Safety Fears
Nearly half of all adults in the United States avoid making purchases online because they are afraid that their personal information could be stolen,...
Wikipedia Erects Accuracy Firewall
Wikipedia has implemented a new policy of using "semi-protection" on targets of frequent vandalism, such as its entries on love, beauty or George W....
MS Researcher to Explore Human Side of Technology
Microsoft Corp. Monday announced the hiring of Bill Buxton, a leading computer scientist and designer specializing in the human aspects of technology, to work...
IBM Steps Up Continuous Data Protection
IBM is planning a major upgrade to its Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files software, a move designed to fill in a number of...
Doubts Raised on Palm OS Future
While the mobile computing industry has been focusing on whether a federal judge will disallow BlackBerry service in the United States, there is also...
Microsoft Releases Longhorn Server Code with Vista Beta
Microsoft Corp. released to testers Monday a build for both the Windows Vista client and for the Longhorn Server.
Both the Longhorn Server and Vista...
EU Passes Contentious Data-Retention Law
The European Union has passed a contentious data-retention directive that requires all telephone and Internet traffic to be logged and stored for between six...