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The Federal Trade Commission on Monday held a workshop to move towards possible solutions on spyware. “We are putting a public face on what many see as secret software,” said Commissioner Mozelle Thompson, noting that this is the first broad public forum to discuss the topic. Panelists spoke about the negative impact of spyware on […]

Chinas wireless protocol, known as Wireless LAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure, or WAPI, is incompatible with the standard developed by the IEEE 802.11 working group. Chinese officials have classified the WAPI intellectual property as a “state secret,” making it illegal to release to foreign companies. The joint commission will also discuss Chinas stance on intellectual […]

Dot Hill Systems Corp. on Monday introduced its RIO Xtreme storage server at NAB 2004 in Las Vegas. The company is aiming the system at data-intensive, rich media environments including professional video and film editing and effects, as well as high definition television programming. The RIO Xtreme storage server offers mixed storage connectivity to Fibre […]

PowerHorn will be history, perhaps in a decade or so. StorageTek Technology Corp.s decision to replace its venerable tape storage unit was fraught with tension—between engineers and marketers within the company; and between StorageTek and its customers. The company is replacing PowderHorn with StreamLine. The passing of this baton will determine the fortunes of one […]

IBM Corp.s financial results released last week showed growth in storage revenues a bit ahead of overall growth. Storage hardware revenues increased 16 percent year-over-year on the strength of midrange disk and tape. IBM Tivoli storage software revenues grew 18 percent from last year, with Tivoli Storage Manager growing 35 percent. According to Joyce, IBM […]

T-Mobile USA last week announced an agreement to install Wi-Fi hot spots at American University in Washington, D.C. As part of the partnership, T-Mobile has outfitted 10 campus buildings with its T-Mobile Hotspot service. The company said it has launched an initiative to bring Wi-Fi connectivity to semi-private locations, including campuses, and the American University […]

In 1998, when the “smart” money was being placed on Internet startups, eMachines Inc. was founded with the noble, if not tired, mission to build quality, inexpensive PCs for consumers. It was an idea straight out of a 1992 time capsule. And like many PC makers in 1992, eMachines found itself on life support after […]

Face it, if youre trying to create an image of devil-may-care insouciance, you dont keep your test pilot credentials hidden and put a fake accountancy certificate on the wall. At least, you didnt when I was a kid. And I dont think youd pretend to be a wireless network installer, either. Time was, though, when […]

Since the announcement of Suns settlement with Microsoft over Java, there has been a lot of rampant speculation echoing back and forth over the net. A lot of it reads like bad conspiracy-theory stuff. People have been reading between the lines and making stuff up. This echos around the rumor mill and gains the appearance […]

The average computer is infected with nearly 28 pieces of spyware, according to a report released Thursday by ISP EarthLink Inc. and WebRoot Software Inc., a message privacy and protection provider. Over the three-month period from Jan. 1, 2004, to March 31, 2004, EarthLinks and WebRoots spyware and adware detection software sniffed through over a […]

PGP Corp. and Symantec Corp. this week announced a partnership under which they will deliver the encryption companys PGP Universal mail encryption gateway with Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine built into it. PGP Universal is a network product that encrypts emails using key pairs stored on behalf of the end user. Now firms will be able […]

When a New Hampshire judge threw out chat-log evidence against an accused pedophile, he illustrated just how jumbled and confused Internet privacy law can be, said SecurityFocus columnist Mark D. Rasch. On August 22, 2002, as part of his official duties, Detective Frank Warchol of the Portsmouth, New Hampshire Police Department signed on to a […]