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Database Vendors Shouldnt Kill the Messenger

The billions of dollars companies shell out for database software so that their most precious corporate assets will be both available and secure create...

VMTN Virtually Eases Software Development

Software developers looking to leverage virtual environments for projects will get a new resource this month, when VMware introduces its VMware Technology Network for...

DRM: How to Ease Customers Pain

NEW YORK—Is DRM scaring off consumers? If digital content providers want to sell more music files, downloadable video and e-books, digital rights management should...

Opera Plugs Three Security Holes

Opera Software on Thursday shipped an updated version of its Opera for Windows Web browser to fix a trio of potentially serious security vulnerabilities. The...

Windows Vista Security Looks Promising

For several years, especially since Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft has been tightening security in Windows and Internet Explorer. Its hard to see...

Partners Offer Way to Build Web of Reputations

Two organizations are joining forces to offer a service that enables Internet users to establish identities and reputations, allowing others to decide whether they...

Roberts Nomination Highlights Webs Influence

Youd think, by listening to all the public worrying, that Washington, D.C. was expecting an attack by Martians: An invasion of strange creature intent...

MSN Shows Off Forthcoming Search, Mail Deliverables

REDMOND, Wash.—Microsofts MSN unit is getting new search, social-networking, Web e-mail and advertising-platform products ready to roll in the coming months, according to company...

Panel Talks Life, Post-Grokster

NEW YORK—In June, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the entertainment industry in the seminal MGM vs. Grokster case. Even though the case...

Privacy Pioneer Promises Secure VOIP

LAS VEGAS—Phil Zimmermann, the celebrated cryptographer who created PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) for e-mail encryption, is taking a shot at securing VOIP communications. Zimmermann took...