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Chertoff pushes cybersecurity goals
Federal cybersecurity officials are trying to develop an early warning system that alerts authorities to incoming computer attacks targeting critical U.S. infrastructure, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday. Chertoff's keynote speech at the RSA security conference, however, was light on details about this and other initiatives, many of which he said were classified. Some ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 15th Dec 2006 21:12 UTC
"The FSF today launched a campaign with a twofold mission of exposing the harms inflicted on computer users by the new Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free software alternatives that respect users' security and privacy rights.
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RSA: Chertoff Likens U.S. Cyber Security To 'Manhattan Project'
The Homeland Security secretary calls for beefing up the cyberdefenses of federal agencies and making sure all of them can respond to threats around the clock.
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Microsoft patches critical bugs in Windows graphics system
Microsoft issued a critical patch for two vulnerabilities in the core graphics subsystem of Windows, one of eight fixes released Tuesday as part of its monthly security updates. Microsoft released a total of five critical patches in its April security bulletin . Two of them fix bugs in Windows, two fix bugs in Windows and IE (Internet Explorer), and one fixes a vulnerability in ...
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Movies on DVD, hard drive, or USB: Which is best for laptop batteries?
Reader Evan writes: I am going on a trip to Hawaii next week, and I will be taking my laptop and some movies with me. Would it help save battery life if I were to rip the movies and play them back from the hard drive or a USB thumbdrive instead of playing them back as DVDs? Notebooks use a lot of power, but by isolating which components use it, you can add substantial run time to a ...
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GSM/HSPA Subscriptions Now 3 Billion Worldwide
3G Americas, a wireless industry group advocating for the GSM family of technologies in the Americas, today announces the technology milestone of 3 billion GSM and UMTS/HSPA subscriptions worldwide, based upon research and projections by Informa Telecoms and Media. Today, 88% of the world's 3.5 billion mobile wireless subscriptions are to the GSM family of technologies.
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Microsoft issued a critical patch for two vulnerabilities in the core graphics subsystem of Windows, one of eight fixes released Tuesday as part of its monthly security updates.
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Chertoff Describes `Manhattan Project` for Cyber-defenses
The U.S. government is working on a project to defend federal networks from large-scale cyber-attacks.... Villanova University Six Sigma & IT Certificate Programs 100% Online programs in Six Sigma, IS Security, CISSP Prep, Business Analysis, Proj. Mgmt. and more!
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EU Scraps Tariff on Hynix DRAM
The European Union scrapped its countervailing tariff on Hynix Semiconductor’s dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips. The EU decided to lift its 32.9 percent tariff on Hynix DRAM chips at the European Conference of Ministers of Transport, in Luxembourg, Monday.
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Microsoft Patches Critical Bugs in Windows Graphics System
Microsoft issued a critical patch for two vulnerabilities in the core graphics subsystem of Windows, one of eight fixes re...
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Features and Case Studies
Linux kernel developer Harald Welte talks about the challenges of single-handedly tackling companies that violate the GPL. Mooly Eden, general manager of Intel's Mobile Platforms Group, sat down in San Francisco to explain why he thinks Intel's next-generation chips will blow the competition away.
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Web users in malware crosshairs
Online malware attacks are becoming more pervasive, targeted, and refined as the underground threat economy continues to evolve and take on the characteristics of an organized industry. The latest iteration of Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report -- covering its research over the final six months of calendar 2007 and released on Tuesday at the ongoing RSA Conference 2008 in San ...
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Microsoft patches critical bugs in Windows graphics system
Microsoft issued a critical patch for two vulnerabilities in the core graphics subsystem of Windows, one of eight fixes released Tuesday as part of its monthly security updates.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Battered by product delays and acquisition costs, beleaguered chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Monday that it will jettison 10 percent of its work force and warned investors that first-quarter sales were lower than expected across all business lines.
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Adobe Merges Business Units Serving PCs, Mobile
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -- Adobe Systems Inc said on Monday it was putting under one roof businesses selling software for computers, phones and consumer electronics to make them run on a single technology platform.
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Microsoft's Stirling released in public beta
Company's security suite enables administrators to push policies out across PCs, servers, and other computers that access the Internet.
CNET |
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Microsoft's Stirling released in public beta
Company's security suite enables administrators to push policies out across PCs, servers, and other computers that access the Internet.
CNET |
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The Bearable Lightness of HP's 2133 Mini-Note PC
A tiny laptop with a flash drive and an 8.9-inch display priced the same as a 15.4-inch behemoth hardly seems like competition. But it's all in what's left out: weight and size.
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FormFactor Lowers 1Q Outlook, Cuts Jobs
FormFactor Inc. lowered its fiscal first-quarter revenue estimate Tuesday, citing continuing weakness in the DRAM market, and said it will cut about 12 percent of its work force as part of a cost reduction plan.
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Thin is in: Considering the green impact of desktop virtualization and thin clients
When it comes to making existing tech more green, many of the most meaningful ("real" if you will) energy-efficiency policies point back to the hottest/coolest technology in the entire tech industry: virtualization. Which makes sense, because virtualization is, after all, about saving money by doing more with less. ...
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Mid likely to face trial on child porn charges
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Naval Academy midshipman had child porn on three different computers, witnesses testified yesterday at a hearing to determine if there is justification for pressing formal charges.
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Malicious Attacks Focused Toward Trusted Web Sites
The latest Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), Volume XIII released today by Symantec Corp.
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Online Sales On The Rise
The nation's economic slowdown may be dragging down brick-and-mortar stores, but it's full speed ahead for businesses that sell online. Internet spending is expected to rise 17% this year, according to an annual survey being released today.
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The purloined benchmark
Last Wednesday I challenged Windows proponents to demonstrate a metric not based on market share which when fairly applied showed an advantage for Windows over Unix. Nobody took me up on it, but frequent contributor "ShadeTree" suggested that Windows would win with metrics based...
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Four carriers adopt $100 smartphone
— Mar. 31, 2008 — Motorola has introduced a low-cost Windows Mobile 6-based smartphone that will be available from four different carriers.
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