Monthly Archives: December 2007
Forrester Loses Laptop Containing Personnel Data
Thieves stole a laptop from the home of a Forrester Research employee during the week of Nov. 26, potentially exposing the names, addresses and...
Salesforce.com Goes Web 2.0 in Partner Info-Sharing Service
Salesforce.com became a full-fledged Web 2.0 enterprise with the introduction on Dec. 5 of its new Facebook-like information-sharing service.With the less than handy name...
Is Salesforce the Facebook of the Enterprise?
NEW YORK—Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff has not only drunk the Web 2.0 Kool-Aid, he's having it injected intravenously into his bloodstream.The on-demand applications vendor...
Your PC Is Vulnerable Without Browser Protection
Look back at the security news three or four years ago and you'll see a "worm of the week" phenomenon in action. Malware was...
Microsoft to Make Windows Vista SP1 RC Widely Available
Microsoft made the release candidate for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 available through Microsoft Connect Dec. 5 for testing by the 15,000 people who...
Dell Takes Wraps Off Channel Partner Program
Dell's new channel partner program will operate through a Salesforce.com portal, will launch with a deal registration minimum of $75,000 and will offer neutral...
The Lowdown on Laptop Security
The Lowdown on Laptop Security
When asked whether security was an important factor when selecting laptops, 89 percent of respondents agreed, with 34 percent strongly...
Attackers Exploiting QuickTime RTSP Flaw in the Wild
The unsavory types have done exactly as security researchers warned they would, releasing into the wild exploit code for a vulnerability in how Apple's...
Likewise Open-Sources Active Directory Authentication for Linux
Like it or lump it, Microsoft's Active Directory is a very popular network directory, and thus, management system. It's been possible to use AD...
New Telco Immunity Bill Draws Fire
U.S. Senator Arlen Specter introduced legislation Dec. 3 that would shift the responsibility for telephone companies' role in President Bush's warrantless domestic spying program...