Monthly Archives: June 2006

Web Attackers Train Guns on Patched Windows MDAC Flaw

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Malicious hackers are actively exploiting a flaw patched by Microsoft in its April batch of bulletins to hijack computers for use in botnets, according...

200 Million Item-Level RFID Chips To Be Sold This Year

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This year, some 1.3 billion RFID tags will be sold, a number that will top 2.2 billion next year, according to figures released Wednesday...

Working Model of $100 Laptop Steals MITX Spotlight

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At an event put on to honor the top technology innovations from Massachusetts companies, a technology designed for users far from the halls of...

Google Enlists Its Own for Net Neutrality Fight

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Google's the latest leading Internet concern to turn to its consumers for help in the fight over net neutrality.Loosely-defined, net neutrality guarantees that Internet...

eWEEK Daily News Podcast, June 8

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In this eWEEK Daily News Podcast: The VA says its data loss was bigger than originally reported; Apple files a second lawsuit against Creative;...

VA to Recall All Agency Laptops

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The Secretary of the Department of Veteran Affairs, R. James Nicholson, will announce a VA-wide recall of all laptop computers June 8 in a...

Techs Glass Ceiling Shows Some Cracks

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Despite considerable progress, industry leaders and gender advocates make no bones about stating that women are still largely underrepresented in technology, put off by...

Innovations in Wireless

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Garcia discusses forthcoming 802.11n products and innovations in mobile wireless. Duration: 6:04 /zimages/2/28571.gifClick here to download this podcast. /zimages/2/28571.gif /util_get_image/1/0,3363,i=114836,00.gifTo subscribe to eWEEK podcasts, click here. /zimages/2/28571.gifCheck out eWEEK.coms...

Akamai Speeds Web 2.0 Traffic

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Akamai Technologies on June 12 will launch a new suite of services that address the dynamic nature of Web 2.0 rich media content. Recognizing that...

VA Secretary Announces New Security Measures

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WASHINGTON—Secretary of Veterans Affairs R. James Nicholson on June 8 called for criminal penalties for VA personnel who fail to secure protected personal information. Nicholson...