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Apple Zaps 16 Mac OS X Holes

Apple Computer Inc. late Thursday rolled out a monster update to correct 16 potentially serious vulnerabilities in the Mac OS X operating system. According to...

Can Exposing Personal Info Preserve Privacy?

What if information—even information we now consider private or secret—were public and easily available? Making it subject to scrutiny by not just those who...

Dont Miss Last Call to Ditch NT 4

Sometimes its really sad to see a product die. And then theres Windows NT 4. Yes, it seemed like a good product when it came...

Spammers in Shooting War with Lycos Europe

Internet research firm Netcraft is reporting that most Web sites targeted by an anti-spammer campaign by Lycos Europe are being effectively taken down. The campaign...

Microsoft Tests Brown Wrapper Porn Rule with Spam Suits

Microsoft on Thursday fired off seven lawsuits against a band of unknown spammers who allegedly sent millions of sexually explicit e-mails to Microsofts MSN...

Wozniaks Wheels of Zeus Tackles Enterprise Data Encryption

Steve Wozniaks Wheels of Zeus is beginning to roll, and enterprise data protection is one destination on the Apple Computer Inc. co-founders mind.Wozniak offered...

Critical PNG Flaw Haunts Netscape

America Online Inc.s efforts to kick-start renewed interest in its Netscape browser got off to a rocky start with researchers warning of a "highly...

New VOIP Exploits Coming Soon

Before long, VOIP systems will be filled with spam, open to hackers and taken down by worms. But security, infrastructure and VOIP vendors say...

Emergency IE Patch Fixes Critical Bug

Microsoft has issued a patch, out of its normal security patch cycle, for a critical bug in Internet Explorer versions from 6.0 up to...

Wi-Fi Alliance Co-Founder: Wireless Networking Ready for Enterprise Adoption

Businesses skittish about jumping on the Wi-Fi bandwagon because of security and reliability concerns should stop worrying. Thats the word from David Cohen, a co-founder...