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Desktop Standard Solves Windows Permissions Dilemma

Desktop Standard Corp. on Monday will fill a big hole in ITs ability to secure desktops when it releases an upgrade to its PMAS...

Poll Reveals Data Safety Fears

Nearly half of all adults in the United States avoid making purchases online because they are afraid that their personal information could be stolen,...

Wikipedia Erects Accuracy Firewall

Wikipedia has implemented a new policy of using "semi-protection" on targets of frequent vandalism, such as its entries on love, beauty or George W....

MS Researcher to Explore Human Side of Technology

Microsoft Corp. Monday announced the hiring of Bill Buxton, a leading computer scientist and designer specializing in the human aspects of technology, to work...

IBM Steps Up Continuous Data Protection

IBM is planning a major upgrade to its Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files software, a move designed to fill in a number of...

Doubts Raised on Palm OS Future

While the mobile computing industry has been focusing on whether a federal judge will disallow BlackBerry service in the United States, there is also...

Microsoft Releases Longhorn Server Code with Vista Beta

Microsoft Corp. released to testers Monday a build for both the Windows Vista client and for the Longhorn Server. Both the Longhorn Server and Vista...

EU Passes Contentious Data-Retention Law

The European Union has passed a contentious data-retention directive that requires all telephone and Internet traffic to be logged and stored for between six...

Xens No Killer App

Some folks think that Xen virtualization is going to be the next open-source killer application. How do I put this gently... No. No, its not. Xen...

Google Reportedly Snares a Piece of AOL

In an apparent blow to Microsoft Corp., search giant Google Inc. is expected this week to announce its won a five-year-long extension of an...