Monthly Archives: September 2006
McAfee: Malware Hides Behind Legitimate Companies
Individuals responsible for spreading nefarious adware and spyware programs are increasingly using legitimate Web sites to deliver their work to unsuspecting users, according to...
AMDs Shaw: Steps Are Needed to Address Power Issue
ORLANDO, Fla.—Despite the rapid rise of power and cooling costs in the data center, the technology industry—vendors and users alike—have fallen down on addressing...
Keep a Perspective on Code Risks
Im now in the process of reviewing Parasofts Jtest 8.0, released today as the latest update to a Java code testing tool that Ive...
Analyst: Apples iPhone Ready in Four to Six Months
As part of a major announcement scheduled in San Francisco on Sept. 12, Apple CEO Steven Jobs is expected to talk about moving his...
Theres More than One Monoculture
Risks due to software monoculture were accurately identified in 2003, when computer security pioneer Dan Geer and his co-authors issued their controversial report on...
IT Wrestles with Microsoft Monoculture Myopia
When Microsoft announced in March 2006 that it would add code-scrambling diversity to make Windows Vista more resilient to virus and worm attacks, you...
No ‘Live’ Treatment for Microsoft’s ‘Warhol’?
Looks like Microsoft's YouTube competitor may not become one of Microsoft's Live services, after all. The technology Microsoft watchers were expecting to be christened...
Thoughts on VMware’s Virtualization on OS X Demo
Yesterday I dropped by the Four Seasons Hotel to check out VMware's public demo of its in-development virtualization software for OS X. I watched...
Partners Enter Lending Game
Tech Data, a distributor of microcomputer-related hardware and software products to VARs and retailers, is putting more money into its small and midsize business...
Credit Card Brokers Launch Security Effort
A handful of the planets largest credit card companies have come together to create a new effort aimed at promoting common data security standards.
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