Monthly Archives: August 2006

Another VA Computer Goes Missing

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WASHINGTON—Officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs announced this afternoon that a VA contractor has discovered that a computer containing information on as many...

The Weakness of Antitheft Transponders

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Transponder antitheft systems prevent thievery by using a radio signal code (RFID) sent from an embedded microchip in the ignition key to the vehicles...

Microsoft Wants Vista PCs to Pop

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Microsoft wants PC buyers to recognize a machine running its forthcoming Windows Vista operating system from afar. The software giant has already set out the...

McAfee Revamps Security Risk Management Tools

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McAfee expanded its array of compliance automation applications on Aug. 7, launching two new software offerings that promise to help companies test and report...

Apple Unveils the Mac Pro

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As its first order of business at Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Apple announced the new Mac Pro desktop with the Dual-Core Intel...

Lenovo Means Business with AMD Desktop PC

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PC maker Lenovo Group says its business customers want more choice, so its offering machines with processors from Advanced Micro Devices. Lenovo, as expected, will...

Vulnerability Disclosures: Whats Next?

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Apples Leopard Finally Shows Its Spots

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Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs showed off the new Mac OS X Leopard at the Worldwide Developers Conference Aug. 7 in San Francisco. While showing...

Live Spaces Disaster Launch

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AOL Screw-up Causes Search Data Spill

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AOL on Aug. 7 blamed an internal "screw-up" for the embarrassing release of detailed keyword search data for roughly 658,000 anonymized users.Dulles, Va.-based AOLs...