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The methods are different, but the objectives are the same: economic and social disruption. The would-be bombers caught last week succeeded in adding contact lens solution, hair gel and other toiletries to the list of banned substances on airplanes. Thankfully, the terrorists were thwarted and no lives were lost, but the larger effect is to […]

Any mention of PGP brings to mind the crypto advocacy of Pretty Good Privacy auteur Phil Zimmermann, who challenged government opposition to strong encryptions broad availability. The present PGP Corp. is a relaunch of Zimmermanns original PGP Inc., following the five-year period when the latter company was owned by Network Associates (which later became McAfee […]

Encryption isnt a fairy dust that developers can sprinkle over work that was done without application-level security in mind. Its not even a single attribute that can be added in varying degrees that trade off strength against performance. Different domains call for differing definitions of what kind of security is relevant, as well as what […]

As we mark the 25th birthday of the IBM PC, eWeek Labs considered assembling a Top 10 list of the most influential products that iconic machine ushered in. We couldnt do it: A list that short omitted far too many innovations with far too great an impact to be ignored. Having agreed that 25 products […]

On the last Patch Tuesday, Aug. 8, Microsoft released 12 security bulletins. Chief among the patches was a fix for PowerPoint, plugging a vulnerability that would allow an attacker to take complete control of a users system. eWEEK Labs is taking a close look at all these patches to see how theyll affect system operation […]

There are more Windows Live services than meet the eye. In fact, based on a listing on a Microsoft Feedback Web site, there are more than 40 Windows Live services in the hopper—not the 20 that Microsoft officials commonly tout. Windows Live is a growing collection of service add-ons that extend Windows, primarily in the […]

After nearly a decades worth of breathless predictions, futuristic fairy tales and the distant promise of super-streamlined global supply chains, the world has finally grown weary of the relentlessly hyped technology known as RFID. Perhaps the fatigue was inevitable. RFID holds great potential, but the road to adoption is a long and costly one. And […]

IBM on Thursday said it plans to acquire FileNet, a document management and business process management software vendor, in an all-cash deal valued at $1.6 billion–IBMs 20th acquisition since February around its “information on demand” strategy. FileNet, based in Costa Mesa, Calif., had $421.8 million in revenues for 2005, up 6% compared with the prior […]

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