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BBC News reports it has unearthed a plan in which fraudsters with stolen credit-card information would clone the information onto the magnetic strips of other cards, then use them in UK supermarke... More >
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a free extension for Firefox 3.0 to thwart man-in-the middle attacks , according to an Associated Press story in the San Francisco Chronic... More >
Microsoft has released its second beta of Internet Explorer 8 , including the so-called "porn mode" privacy feature , reports Network World . The new version comes nearly two years after the... More >
According to a survey by Cyber-Ark, nine out of 10 IT administrators would have no qualms about taking valuable and sensitive company information if they were laid off. vnunet.com reports t... More >
Mozilla's newest release, a prototype called Ubiquity , is designed to help users create their own mashups, combining information from the Web browser. InformationWeek quotes the blog post ... More >
Changing the name just to keep you on your toes, Citrix Systems is fitting its flagship Presentation Server into a desktop virtualization suite , reports InformationWeek . Only now Presentation Ser... More >
The New York Times looks at how SAP is refocusing on making investors -- as well as customers -- happy by planning for change in the executive suite. It quotes Joshua Greenbaum, analyst at... More >
As more people drop their landlines, the phone companies are feeling it. Embarq Corp., which provides local phone service in 18 states, is cutting between 500 and 700 jobs and eliminating about 300... More >
VMware has appointed an ex-IBM executive as president of its greater China region, according to an Associated Press article on newsvine.com. David Sung will be responsible for strategic pla... More >
The plan to announce Barak Obama's running mate by text message didn't go exactly as planned. It did generate a lot of buzz, though. Mercury News columnist Chris O'Brien said he never receive... More >
IBM's been changing from "Big Blue" to a shade of green due to eco-friendly moves. During the last year, IBM has rolled out the second phase of its Project Big Green initiative, opened a green dat... More >
New York's comptroller is recommending the state jettison its contractor in a $2 billion initiative to build a wireless network to connect emergency personnel statewide because of delays and poor pe... More >
AT&T is taking on Geek Squad with the launch of a nationwide support service to help consumers with computer repair, setup of home theaters and other problems, reports The San Francisco Chroni... More >
Is Firefox putting undue fear into the hearts of Web surfers? That's what critics are saying about Firefox 3.0's new security feature that notifies users when a Web site's SSL certificate is expire... More >
Small and medium-sized businesses in the United Kingdom are about to get a lot more energy conscious. Today, E.On affirmed that it will notify 180,000 of its SMB customers by mail regarding ... More >
Next Wednesday, Aug. 27, is Power IT Down Day . The initiative, being driven by HP, Intel and Citrix, is encouraging workers across all industries to power down their PC, monitor and printer at the ... More >
Microsoft has so many company blogs, now there's a site to help you keep up with them , reports Todd Bishop at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Daniel Good, a Microsoft technical account man... More >
Salesforce.com is expected to announce Wednesday its $31.5 million acquisition of InStranet , which specializes in customer-service technology, reports eWEEK . Call centers use InStranet's ... More >
IBM unveiled a new consulting program tailored to assist organizations in reducing their energy and water usage. The company plans to differentiate its Green Sigma program through its use of n... More >
According to a study by Hitwise that examined all online search engine queries in the U.S. for July, Wikia Search and Cuil took a beating from Google as the world's most popular search engine. &nbs... More >
A barb thrown out by AT&T's lawyers to a congressional oversight committee looking into ISP's traffic monitoring aspirations has received a fair amount of attention in the blogosphere, probably b... More >
Microsoft on Tuesday will revise its licensing and support policies for virtual machines, reports News.com 's Ina Fried. Network World speculates it will change its licensing that ties so... More >
Gmail users have been locked out of their accounts due to the "502 Server Error" login problem ... again. This is would make the third time this month . According to ITWorld , problems began... More >
Verizon Wireless was named the U.S. mobile carrier with the best customer service, according to a J.D. Power and Associates study released Thursday. The smallest of the lot, T-Mobile USA, pre... More >
For the first time in the UK, the growth in spending for online advertising surpassed that of mainstream broadcasting. According to TechRadarUK , Ofcom reported that last year, spending on on... More >
VMware has issued a patch it considers a permanent fix -- if there is such a thing -- for a bug with its ESX 3.5 Update 2 patch that knocked out its ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 hypervisors , reports vnu... More >
Twitter users in the United Kingdom no longer have the option of using the SMS, reports The Guardian . Citing the need to keep costs low and develop better arrangements with providers, the microblog... More >
Mark Morford at The San Francisco Chronicle writes that there's really no way to justify paying two phone bills anymore, but he ponders how to say goodbye to the landline. He writes: I often ... More >
The University of California-Berkeley research that so many are hailing as a step toward the "invisibility cloak" from Harry Potter also is being touted for other uses. The research combines ... More >
As the buzz continues about whether the cyber attacks in the Georgia conflict are the future of warfare , there are a number of interesting angles. Security researchers quoted in The New Y... More >
VMware is taking heat after a bug with its ESX 3.5 Update 2 patch knocked out its ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 hypervisors. VMware CEO Paul Maritz has explained that a bit of pre-release code caused... More >
Yahoo users will now have the option to shut off targeted advertising on Yahoo.com sites, reports The Washington Post . According to The New York Times , the move is a response to a recent... More >
A quick-thinking air traffic controller is being praised at IrishTimes.com for helping to land a plane through text messages , though it would seem the pilot should be offered kudos as well. ... More >
Verizon Communications Inc. has successfully avoided a strike by reaching a new labor contract with Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. ... More >
Microsoft and Verdiem have partnered to launch Edison , a free downloadable version of the Surveyor energy management software. Together, the companies are promoting the software as a way... More >
The state of Ohio wants the company formerly known as Diebold Election Systems to pay because its touch-screen voting machines don't work properly, reports The Columbus Dispatch . With vote... More >
The Beijing Olympics should be a good test of the theory that the whole Internet will melt down under the strains of streaming video, writes ZDNet 's Tom Steinert-Threlkeld. At least that's... More >
Yahoo's Jerry Yang was the only tech exec to make the top 10 in Fortune's CEO Misery Index . But then he was up against the likes of Richard Fuld Jr. of Lehman Bros.; Daniel Mudd, who heads F... More >
Oracle has released VM Templates, four templates of a fully configured software stack for virtual machines so customers don't have to keep installing the same applications on multiple servers, repo... More >
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and Chairman Roy Bostock aren't so popular after all , after a recount from the shareholders meeting found 200 million votes against the two were registered as supporting them, ... More >
It's always so fun to encounter a story about guidelines that haven't been issued, but tech companies have been working with human rights groups on voluntary "rules" for operating ethically in countr... More >
In the story that refuses to die, Yahoo's shareholders meeting lives on. The question is this: If major shareholder Capital Research Global voted most of its 15 percent stake against CEO Jerry... More >
Rene L. Rebollo Jr. and Wahid Siddiqi have been arrested for stealing customer information from Countrywide Financial 's servers, reports vnunet.com . According to the San Francisco Chronic... More >
AT&T wants in on the cloud computing game , too, and has announced it will offer computer networking and storage services for business customers, reports The Wall Street Journal . The com... More >
It looks like the FCC took Chairman Kevin Martin's suggestion on punishment for Comcast. In a three to two decision, the FCC ordered Comcast to stop blocking peer-to-peer applications and to publ... More >
Sun Microsystems' disappointing quarterly report sent its stock price into a dive and even the news that it's expanding its stock buyback program did little to help. Sun's profit fell 73 per... More >
With customers scrambling to protect against viruses and hackers, McAfee saw its second quarter profit exceed analysts' estimates, reports Bloomberg . Analysts predicted McAfee's profit would... More >
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