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Sears Christmas Spyware Surprise
Did Sears decide to give its holiday shoppers the gift that keeps on taking—spyware?It appears that Sears isnt disputing that it did distribute spyware,...
HP Gives AMD’s Phenom a Boost
After a bruising month where it had to admit a series of missteps with its quad-core microprocessor strategy, Advanced Micro Devices got a boost...
IBM Sued for Cancer Cluster
The birthplace of Big Blue is now the focal point of a massive lawsuit contending IBM released over decades toxic and hazardous contaminants into...
SanDisk Signs License Deal with PNY
SanDisk Corp said it signed a patent cross-license agreement with PNY Technologies to settle patent cases it filed against PNY regarding flash memory products.Under...
Ask.com for Directions, Do the Cha-Cha When Mobile
Ask.com and ChaCha Search on Jan. 3 introduced free search services to make it easier for users to find what theyre looking for from...
Enterprise Monitor Eases Management of MySQL Installations
With the latest release of MySQL Enterprise Monitor, database administrators get advanced replication and database monitoring, as well as easier installation, to help manage...
Microsoft: Critical Vista Patch Coming
Microsofts first Patch Tuesday for 2008 will be unusually quiet.The Redmond, Wash. software maker plans to ship just two security bulletins on Jan. 8...
Virtual PCs Add New Layer of Security
BOSTON (Reuters)—Worried about people accessing your private information whenever you use a public computer? There is a way to protect yourself: Devices as small...
The Legacy of the Netscape Browser
The Legacy of the Netscape Browser
Web cookies have often been derided as invaders of Web surfers' privacy, but this Netscape technology made it possible...
VOIP Calls STILL Need Strong Privacy Protection
Responding to my Dec. 28, 2007 blog "VOIP Calls Need Strong Privacy Protection," reader JP said I was wrong. First, JP said, if an...