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McAfee SiteAdvisor Plus Adds Support for Firefox and AOL
McAfee announced Dec. 19 that its McAfee SiteAdvisor Plus safety tool now supports Firefox, AOL Instant Messenger and AOL Mail.SiteAdvisor Plus actively shields consumers...
SEC Freezes Assets of Pump-and-Dump Schemer
The Securities and Exchange Commission reported on Dec. 19 that it has frozen the assets of a company believed to be responsible for carrying...
2006: The Year That Changed Linux
Ive been saying for years that Linux was well along on its way from being the tech fanboy operating system of choice, to becoming...
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Debian/Ruby Extras - Position on RubyGems
I've been messing around with Ruby, and also reviewing Ubuntu and OpenSUSE. The two projects are taking separate tacks...
eBay Outsources Enterprise Marketplaces to FreeFlow
FreeFlow, a provider of online inventory asset management services, revealed a new service partnership with eBay on Dec. 19 that will allow enterprise customers...
Check Point to Buy Intrusion Detection Specialist
Check Point Software Technologies announced Dec. 19 that it has signed an agreement to acquire network intrusion detection analyst NFR Security for approximately $20...
75% of Work Force Is Headed for the Door
The new year may bring resignations aplenty, as more than 75 percent of employees are currently looking for new jobs, according to a poll...
Alltel Offers Palm Treo 700wx
Wireless provider Alltel and smart-phone maker Palm have teamed up to bring businesses the Palm Treo 700wx featuring Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0, providing business...
MS Investigating Vista Zero-Day Exploit Sale
Microsoft's security response team is trying to verify the accuracy of reports that underground hackers are selling zero-day exploits for Windows Vista.
ORDB.org Calls It Quits
After five-and-a-half years of maintaining IP addresses of verified open SMTP relays, ORDB.org is calling it quits, citing irrelevance as the main reason.