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Researchers Chart Sizable IM Threat Growth

New research indicates that hackers are increasingly turning their efforts toward IM-borne attacks, with experts saying that businesses and end users remain largely ignorant...

A DIY MP3 Boom Box

Youve doubtless seen the iPod Hi-Fi, Apples supposed boom box, by now, and youve probably also realized that its nothing of the sort. Its...

Computer Literacy Isnt Kid Stuff

The label of "computer literacy" isnt useful for much besides inducing taxpayers to spend too much on irrelevant classroom technology. It can be used to...

Survey: HIPAA Compliance Drops, Patient Concerns Grow

Fewer hospitals and health care facilities are complying with federal laws to protect patient privacy, and more patients are refusing to sign forms to...

As IT Certifications Devalue, Vendors Up the Ante

A recent research report by Foote Partners, a New Canaan, Conn.-based management consultancy firm, found that noncertified IT skills have been growing in value...

Telecom Layoffs Continue to Decline

Telecommunications sector job cuts fell almost 30 percent in the first four months of 2006, from 37,118 to 26,418, according to data released May...

Eager IT Leaders Could Swallow Security Industry

With industry experts predicting a wave of consolidation across the security applications sector, the continued efforts of the IT industrys largest players to bake...

Solaris 10 to Get Its New 128-Bit File System

Users of Sun Microsystems supported Solaris 10 operating system will finally get the new 128-bit ZFS (zettabyte file system), which brings virtually unlimited data...

Evaluating Trusted Technologies

The Internet can be a nasty place, where network-facing server applications are subject to probes of potential evildoers in search of known (or, worse,...

Microsoft Vies for Systems Clout

Its been a year since Microsoft said it wanted to become a major player in the competitive enterprise systems management space. At the Microsoft...