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Scientist Peiter "Mudge" Zatko makes his living anticipating and protecting users against the next generation of cyber threats. His problem is simple: When he talks, not everybody really listens If they did, the next generation of cyber threats wouldn't be lurking around the next unprotected computer....
Revenge is sweet Record-breaking box-office receipts came in for the opening of the final installment of the "Star Wars" series this past weekend....
German security experts claim to have stopped a new variant of the Sober virus that reared its ugly head earlier this month. Sober.Q propagated right-wing hate messages in German and English Analysts, however, are somewhat skeptical that this is the end....
The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) has gained another means of fundraising with a special edition notebook computer from Hewlett-Packard and AMD. The Special Edition L2000 Notebook PC has the Livestrong message on the cover and a reproduction of Lance Armstrong's autograph. HP has pledged that US$50 of the purchase price of each PC will be donated to the LAF...
Hop-on today debuted a WiFi IP phone and software that allows users to make calls from WiFi hot spots around the world. With a price tag of US$39, the company is continuing its reputation of manufacturing low-cost mobile phones The company said its HOP1502 handset provides all the features and functionality of a VoIP terminal adapter in a small for...
European Union regulators say they want an agreement in place by the end of the month on how Microsoft will comply with the sanctions imposed on the software giant last year, raising the possibility of additional monetary penalties if no deal can be reached European Competition Commission member Neelie Kroes told reporters in Brussels that Microsof...
Touting a one-watt, "desktop-style" experience from its new Geode processor, AMD said the chip's support for Windows XP and XP Embedded would enable the next generation of x86-based HDTV, point-of-sale kiosks, tablet computers and new devices that compact desktop computing into smaller, low-power form factors Designed for low-energy, fanless applic...
As eBusiness drives more business, it is attracting more sophisticated marketers who bring with them classic training in marketing research methods from places like P&G. These marketers understand how critical customer research is in guiding their decisions in product development, messaging and pricing, and in helping them to predict the success of a particular line of business...
The outsourcing and offshoring of business tasks rarely fails to generate controversy, with horror stories of company veterans training their overseas replacements and major projects that were farmed out only to flame out However, if done properly, outsourcing -- whether in another state or in another country -- can save organizations tremendous am...
E3 is the conference to go to if you are into gaming. Computer games, console games, even phone games are here, and the show is all about demos and entertainment. No place else in the world can you try out not-yet-released titles, see characters and equipment that only exist in the virtual gaming world and watch live shows of costumed entertainers doing everything from singing and dancing, to showcasing their expertise with a burning hula hoop...
In the highly competitive cellular marketplace, carriers are always on the lookout for an edge, a way to differentiate their services from their competitors' offerings. Somewhat surprisingly, for more than a decade, Nextel has been able to use one enhanced service, Push-to-Talk (PTT), not only as a differentiator but also as a way to prop up its revenue and margins. That may soon change, however, as other carriers are now poised to deliver similar services...
Spyware and adware infections have become so widespread on enterprise networks that corporate IT departments are beginning to reinforce their network perimeters with a better mousetrap This security strategy, known in IT circles as unified threat management, puts multiple layers of hardware and software protection into one package. Using this strat...
Consumers are seeing more television on their mobile phones as another company rolls out a mobile handset service, most recently from UK provider Orange, which will offer customers there top TV shows and channels, such as Cartoon Network and CNN, for a monthly subscription The service, which is third-generation (3G) wireless but still a streaming s...
A host of gaming developers are using the Electronic Entertainment Expo to herald the widespread availability of direct-download games for mobile phones, a sign that gaming could join digital music and other services at the forefront of the mobile commerce trend Electronic Arts, which is touting eight new game titles at E3, as the gaming show is kn...
Just a few hours after releasing its new browser, Netscape 8.0, to analysts' praise, America Online has issued a critical update that plugs 44 security holes AOL touted Netscape 8.0's security features, so the release of the patch could be considered a blow. The problem arose because, while the browser emulates Mozilla's open-source Firefox and Mic...
In the clearest sign yet that it wants to compete with rivals such as Yahoo and MSN in the portal business as well as pure search, Google has given users the ability to customize their Google home pages The Google personalization feature enables users to fold a dozen different types of content into the search engine's home page, long known for its ...
Microsoft was awarded a patent this week for a "system and process for allowing a user to treat e-mail addresses as objects" -- a patent called "obvious and trivial" by one critic of the filing "The technique of applying object properties and methods to various data fields in a software product has been standard practice for several decades," softw...
IBM and Nortel this morning announced a joint research agreement in the telecommunications market that will focus first on a new class of blade servers The Nortel-IBM Joint Development Center in Research Triangle Park, N.C., -- which a spokesman called a "bellwether" -- will make use of IBM's consultants, technology assets, R&D and engineers to dev...
Last weekend, hundreds of libertarians and conservatives descended upon Las Vegas to discuss and celebrate freedom. One topic that drew a great deal of interest was the question of whether innovators and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley are really as libertarian as everyone thinks Back in 2001, tech author Pauline Borsook penned Cyberselfish: A Cri...
In a move that could at once spur the emergence of a fast-rising technology and possibly give an upper hand to traditional telecommunications companies, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted today to require most providers of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service to offer enhanced 911 emergency calling E911, as the technology is k...
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