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Just 18 months ago, the worlds two largest PC chip makers reaped record profits as they raced neck and neck to ship the fastest processor and lay claim to an unofficial speed crown. But now, Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are locked in a price war that is inflicting pain on both sides. […]

All of us, at some point in our lives, have blamed someone else for a mistake we made. But in the end, we realized what we did was wrong. Microsofts security team apparently has no such instinct to own up to its sins. Scott Culp, manager of Microsofts Security Response Center — notice Microsoft has […]

Defeating a web site attack by spending a few hours patching and testing may give you the feeling of winning—but only until you stop and think of how many such grueling exercises youve been through and how many more you will have to endure. Is there a way to end this cycle of futility? That […]

Efforts to develop real-time, web-based surveillance systems for evidence of biological and chemical terrorism are gaining steam and urgency because of the recent anthrax attacks around the country. The federal government last year committed more than $48 million to several different biosurveillance projects under the auspices of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the […]

When Network Associates Inc. announced earlier this month that it was preparing to sell its Gauntlet firewall software business, it signaled an end to the companys attempt to position itself as a one-stop shop for security. The firewall wasnt selling well and turned out to be a loss leader on NAIs balance sheet. But industry […]

As fears spread about anthrax-contaminated paper mail, secure e-mail is finally arriving. The technology to make e-mail encryption a reality for businesses has often been criticized for being too difficult to implement, manage and teach to employees. But the dream of secure e-mail is more alive today than ever, as technology emerges that takes the […]

In an attempt to add value to the hardware it sells, Compaq Computer today, Oct. 29, starts shipping the Altiris eXpress Compaq Client Mgmt Solution to make the client hardware it ships easier to manage remotely. Compaq hardware devices – from the iPaq Pocket PC to its standard laptop and desktops – will ship with […]

A new software agent could be the silver bullet that provides end-to-end quality of service for content delivery on the Internet. The Broadband Content Delivery Forum, which represents the efforts of 60 companies including Lucent Technologies and Sprint to make content distribution over public and private data networks more efficient, was set to unveil the […]

Read this weeks Spencer column.

NEW YORK—Executives of data storage leader EMC Corp. officially announced the main software components of their Automated Information Storage strategy here Monday. But while outlining the initiative, they also admitted that much work still needs to be done in third-party application integration and in sales to non-EMC hardware users. “This is truly a transformational, innovative […]