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Open Source Diva: Stop Whining, Start Doing

PORTLAND, Ore.-Don't complain about your situation; do something about it.That's the gist of what Danese Cooper, senior director of open-source strategies at Intel, said...

Ex Google Staffers Launch Cuil Search With Spotty Access

This morning around 8 a.m. EDT, I entered www.cuil.com to check out search startup Cuil (pronounced "cool" and derived from an Irish word for...

Financial Site Security Research Weak On Methodology and Timeliness

A study by researchers at the University of Michigan finds that more than 75% of bank web sites had at least one design flaw...

New Payback for Card Issuers in Breach Suits

An interesting new angle emerged in the arena of data breach fallout last week, as the issue of just who should be forced to...

DNS Vulnerability Crisis Brings DNSSEC To Forefront Again

Before we go anywhere else with this, if you haven't yet patched your DNS servers against the DNS spoofing bug revealed earlier this month,...

Highly Critical RealPlayer Vulnerability Discovered

Security researchers have identified a serious flaw in the RealPlayer multimedia software program that could be exploited remotely via malware attacks.According to an advisory...

Riverbed Makes It Official with Microsoft

The folks at Riverbed Technology had a problem. The company, which makes WAN optimization solutions and shipped its first product in 2004, has always...

Rumored Google Target Rearden Plans Merger, Mobile News

Rearden Commerce, the Web concierge service that makes it easier for working stiffs all around the world to book travel arrangements, rent cars and...

Microsoft and Its Open-Source Plans

PORTLAND, Ore.-Once again, Microsoft has used the O'Reilly Open Source Convention as a venue to make a key announcement about the company's involvement with...

Spam King in Murder-Suicide

Convicted spam king Eddie Davidson has committed suicide after killing his wife and 3-year-old daughter, according to media reports. Just five days ago, Davidson,...