Monthly Archives: October 2007
Microsoft Launches Health Care Platform
WASHINGTON—Microsoft rolled out a software and services platform Oct. 4 aimed at connecting physicians, patients and their records across a unified platform.Microsofts HealthVault is...
Google Accuses Verizon of Violating FCC Lobbying Rules
Google accused Verizon Oct. 3 of fudging Federal Communications Commission rules in its lobbying efforts to convince FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to roll back...
Google Asks FCC to Stand Tall vs. Verizon
An attorney for Google said the company has sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission urging it to stand fast against Verizon. The...
Critical Security Fixes on Tap for Windows, Outlook
Microsoft will be putting out seven security advisories on Patch Tuesday, Oct. 9, with four critical bulletins out for Windows, Outlook Express, Windows Mail,...
15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough
15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough
The DigitalLife consumer electronics show Sept. 27 to 30 at the Jacob Javitz Center, New York, and...
DHS Injects Itself with DDoS
The Department of Homeland Security self-inflicted what one observer called a mini distributed denial of service, with a reported mass of more than 2.2...
Set Shields to Web Protection
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An often-discussed technique for protecting systems from Internet-based malware is the concept of a sandbox. In the sandbox model, Web-based...
The Biggest Security Risk: You
It's not news that employees are often the enemy of IT security, from idly surfing questionable sites to downloading screen savers ("But it said...
BlackBerry 8820 Is a Dream Device
BlackBerry 8820 Is a Dream Device
The 8820 has a 320-by-240-pixel screen, and a trackball on the front panel replaces the familiar side scroll wheel.
BlackBerry...
N.J. Attorney General Subpoenas Facebook
Is the noose tightening around social networking site Facebook?One week after N.Y. State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo subpoenaed Facebook for information about its safety...