Monthly Archives: December 2008
Chertoff Praises Bush Cyber-security Efforts
Almost a year after launching a cyber-security "Manhattan Project" and less than a month before President-elect Barack Obama takes office, outgoing Department of Homeland...
Emerging Technologies of 2008
Emerging Technologies of 2008
by Jim Rapoza
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The browser wars returned with a bang in 2008, and new entrant Google shocked everyone with its impressive...
Consumer Watchdog Demands Zero Data Retention from Google
Yahoo really opened a can of data privacy worms one week ago today when it said it would peel back its retention period for...
IE Bug Re-Ignites Disclosure Debate
Like the sound of a mosquito thwacking into a bug light on a steamy mid-summer's night - about the opposite imagery of what many...
The Year in Emerging Technology: 2008
Click here to see slideshowEmerging TechnologyWhile in some ways 2008 has been an exciting and historic year, in other ways it has been a...
Check Point Sees Better Product through Nokia Acquisition
Check Point Software Technologies' acquisition of Nokia's security appliance unit will expand the security company'sexpertise and value of its product line, creating greater value...
Certicom Fights RIM Hostile Bid
Canadian security vendor Certicom went to court Dec. 22 seeking an injunction to block the $1.50 a share hostile takeover bid made by a...
How to Ensure a Successful VOIP System Implementation
Traditional telephone services have typically gained a reputation of providing excellent voice quality and superior reliability. Consequently, users take for granted that their phone...
Google Gives Employees G1s… to Make Way For G2s?
By now many of you have surely seen the well circulated holiday e-mail from Google about T-Mobile G1s with custom Android logos being doled...
How to Implement Server Virtualization
So many small and medium-size enterprises share the belief that server virtualization is meant for larger organizations. While the scale of the SME environment...