Monthly Archives: December 2007
Veracode Looks to Close ‘Backdoors’ in Code
Leave a backdoor in a program and it won't be a draft coming in-it will be a hacker, who will be followed by his...
Social Networking in the Workplace
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Outlook 2008: No Worries
If the economy is about to take a dive, solution providers don't seem all that worried. Nearly three-fourths of channel companies polled in Ziff...
Returns Survey: The Good, the Bad and the Complicated
In its annual survey of major retail return policies, ConsumerWorld made its list and checked it twice of return policies that are naughty and...
Forrester: Economic Slowdown Should Not Hurt IT Jobs, Salaries
Given the darkening U.S. economic outlook, Forrester Research is updating its IT spending outlook for 2008.However, as long as the U.S. economy has only...
Laws Threaten Innovation
All things considered, from a strict technology aspect, 2007 was a pretty good year. We saw the launch of several very good products and...
Sun to Offer Backline Support for OpenOffice.org
Sun Microsystems is offering distributors and OEMs backline support for the OpenOffice.org productivity suite, which is a free alternative to its own branded StarOffice...
DNSSEC Is Dead, Stick a Fork in It
The DNS is fragile they say. Not only is it another one of those old Internet protocols that was never designed to handle either...
Phishing Drills Teach Employees to Dodge the Hook
A security consultancy in February will launch a portal to automate the infliction of faux spear-phishing attempts on one's own work force—an educational tactic...
Wrapping Up a Wild Week on the Storage Beat
It sounds kind of strange, but The Station has been doing so much reporting lately that we're not getting enough writing done. We are...