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Want To Buy a Toyota Prius?
When you have highly complex, real-time software controlling hardware systems, it's virtually imposs...

Sun Veteran Joins Google, Hates Apple
Bray's comments clearly signal the beginning of a war between Google and Apple. You have to wonder w...

What Came First, The Requirements or The Data Model?
It's unfortunate that IT has become a slave to its history. We invented flowcharts to express what w...

BlackBerry Users Rethinking Their Phones
Restlessness is one thing, practicality is another. I swapped my Blackberry for a Droid and found my...

BlackBerry Users Rethinking Their Phones
While I like my Blackberry Tour I do find the Verizon broadband access to the phone quite sluggish. ...

Security Vendor Takes Aim at Banking Fraud

A new service from Trusteer is designed to limit online banking fraud by remotely analyzing malware and reverse engineering it.

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Ex-TSA Data Analyst Charged With Attempted Sabotage

A former Transportation Security Administration employee has been charged with attempting to sabotage a database used to screen air travelers.

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Microsoft's March 'Patch Tuesday' More Lamb Than Lion

Compared to February's heavy load, Microsoft's March 'Patch Tuesday' was relatively light.

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FBI Nabs California Cyber-Extortionist

A California man's attempt to take an insurance company for $200,000 shows how easily companies can become targets of digital extortion campaigns.

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Energizer Battery Charger Opens Backdoor to Malware

Software included with Energizer's DUO battery charger contains a backdoor that allows unauthorized access from remote systems.

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Data Loss Prevention Jumps the Shark

How is it that after hundreds of data breaches and numerous articles that all point to leaks via P2P, some companies still allow installation of the technology.

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EMC Gives Facelift to RSA Security Consulting

EMC is expanding and bolstering the security consulting services provided by its RSA division.

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FTC Warns 100 Companies About P2P Data Leaks

The Federal Trade Commission says sensitive data about corporate customers and employees has been exposed on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks.

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The Dismal State of Information Security

While IT security professionals are fighting the good fight, the bad guy is still getting in via the path of least resistance, which is often human error.

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