Monthly Archives: May 2007
VMware Adds Linuxs Paravirt-ops Virtualization
VMwares new desktop virtualization program, VMware Workstation 6, arrived on May 9 with support for the companys open paravirt-ops, a virtualization performance optimizer, which...
New Google Blog for Maps, Earth
Google has launched a new blog, this time for Google Maps and Google Earth. The blog's name: LatLong. Sounds Cambodian. Or an obscure exercise,...
IRS Leans On Auction Sites to Spill Customer Information
Would you trust eBay to keep your name, address and taxpayer identification number safe? What about uBid.com, or what about an obscure online broker...
Have Retailers Given Up on PCI Compliance?
You could draw quite a few different conclusions from the retail payment security compliance figures released by Visa on May 9, ranging from retailers...
Next-Gen Humans
Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend a unique symposium held by the MIT Media Lab. The title of the symposium was h2.0, but...
Bots on the Corporate LAN
People like me, who write about security, are flooded with reports on the state of malware. Theyre often valuable enough and say interesting things,...
Of MOICE and Microsoft: Securing Office 2003
Microsoft officials say plans are on the way for a weapon that can help protect Office 2003 from attacks, though users of even older...
Federal Judge Rules Against Retailer in Credit Card Receipt Case
As a series of lawsuits against some of the nations largest retailers for illegally revealing too much credit card information on printed receipts winds...
Red Hat Shuns Windows Clone Model for Global Desktop
SAN DIEGO—Red Hat officials gave more details about the companys new global desktop on May 9, revealing that it is based on a stripped-down...
Lexmark Releases Industrial-Strength Printer
Lexmark International rolled out May 9 its Mustang industrial ink-jet printer, which provides OEMs with a printing platform for mail addressing, product coding, packaging,...