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“They” Know Where You Are

Youre out on the road. Suddenly you get a sharp chest pain, radiating to your arm. You can fight the pain just enough to...

Desktop Search Requires Security Lockdown

Self-deploying technologies—those products or programs that users bring into the corporate network from the outside—are the bane of the IT managers existence. Wi-Fi hot spots...

IT Problem Leaves TIAA-CREF Clients Without Access to Funds

The day before Thanksgiving—and just days before a major holiday weekend—potentially thousands of customers of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association–College Retirement Equities Fund...

When Legal Strikes—Chaos Theory Meets DRM

A recent brouhaha over a bit of spyware Sony BMG included in some CDs to keep buyers from misappropriating the music raises important issues...

SANS Warns of Attack Shift to Apps, Network Devices

An increase in the number of holes in software applications and network devices like routers and switches is allowing malicious hackers to gain access...

Senior Security Exec Quits Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday confirmed the sudden departure of Gordon Mangione, a 14-year Redmond veteran who last served as corporate vice president in the...

Zombies Boost New Sober Variant

Anti-virus and e-mail security companies warned Internet users Tuesday about a new variant of the Sober worm that was flooding e-mail servers around the...

Windows OneCare Beta Is Ready to Roll

Microsoft Corp.s Windows OneCare beta is finally ready for public consumption. The consumer-facing PC security bundle, which is being tested in a private, invite-only manner,...

CA Seeks Fresh Start With New Initiative

After a few years of relatively flat revenue, Computer Associates International Inc. hopes to jump-start growth again with the launch of its new Enterprise...

Dont Trust Trusted Computing

Back in the Spring of 2003, I wrote a column discussing Microsofts Trusted Computing initiative (the name of which had just been changed from...