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A Microsoft Man on a Mission in China

Harry Shum, Ph.D., the managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, is on a mission. His primary mission is to lead Microsoft Corp.s research efforts in...

MasterCard Advances Consumer Data Protection

MasterCard International on Wednesday put incentives, tools and education into merchants hands to help them protect consumer data. The new program follows an ongoing parade...

Biometric ID Vendors Viisage, Identix Merge

Two of the leading names in biometric identification have agreed to merge, in a deal estimated at $770 million. The deal between Viisage Technology Inc....

Peoples Bank Loses Tape Containing Confidential Data

A Connecticut bank is notifying approximately 90,000 of its credit-line customers that a tape containing confidential data is missing, lost while being carried by...

Govt Cyber-sleuths Focusing on Linux, iPod, Xbox

Cyber-security and computer experts from the government and law enforcement are increasingly concerned with malicious code that runs on Linux and Apple Computer Inc.s...

Windows vs. Linux: Think Patch Quality, Not Quantity

Editors Note: This story is Part 2 in a series of three stories about Microsofts Linux and open-source lab. Microsoft Corp. seems to be moving...

Symantec Caught in Norton Rootkit Flap

Symantec Corp. has admitted to using a rootkit-type feature in Norton SystemWorks that could provide the perfect hiding place for attackers to place malicious...

DHS Funds Open-Source Security Project

The U.S. governments Department of Homeland Security plans to spend $1.24 million over three years to fund an ambitious software auditing project aimed at...

Novell Open-Sources Major Linux Security Program

On Tuesday, Novell Inc. announced the creation of the AppArmor project, a new GPL open-source project dedicated to advancing Linux application security. Novells AppArmor is...

McAfee President Quits

Anti-virus security vendor McAfee Inc. announced Tuesday the sudden departure of its president, Gene Hodges. Hodges, an 11-year McAfee veteran who was responsible for the...