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Users Give XP SP2 Mixed Marks

Developers, IT department workers and early adopters have begun to report on their experiences installing Microsofts Windows XP Service Pack 2, and while most...

New Bagle Opens Broad Attack

What started as a dribble early on Monday became a fusillade of e-mail messages from countless senders, but all bearing Zip files containing the...

Mesh Networking: Protecting the Homeland

Two mesh networking companies have moved forward with design wins, tailoring their first products toward homeland security operations. On Monday, Motorola Inc. and MeshNetworks Inc....

AIM Beta Fixes Security Hole

America Online Inc. has released a beta version of AOL Instant Messenger that fixes a critical security hole that could open users to remote...

Microsoft Uncovers Exchange Server 5.5 Vulnerability

A flaw in an old but still popular version of Microsoft Exchange Server could allow an attacker to execute code on other clients systems,...

SPI ToolKit Puts Web Apps to the Test

SPI Dynamics Inc. is opening up its toolbox and giving customers access to a wide range of utilities that are meant to manipulate, break...

Wi-Fi Security Doesnt Have to Mean Slow

With performance at a premium for enterprises packing their WLANs with heavy-duty applications such as voice over IP, wireless gear makers are finding ways...

We Must Beat Spyware

If worms and viruses werent enough, theres a new threat: spyware. This menace is defined as any software intended to aid an unauthorized person...

Its Time to Look at Real Digital Security

Digital tools make and take away perfect copies of information, leaving no tracks behind. They can also be used, though, to distort information in...

AOL Acquires Mailblocks Anti-Spam Service

America Online Inc. last week said it acquired anti-spam company Mailblocks Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mailblocks develops technology that blocks...