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24 Technical Considerations for a Defragmentation Solution
Read this white paper for 24 technical considerations for evaluating a defragmentation solution on enterprise workstations. You'll learn all about the steps you'll need to take in order to make...
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Industry takes new look at crypto regs
Has bureaucracy played its ugly hand? Companies say the regulation-writing process has muddied the new crypto rules.
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House passes cybersquatting bill
Fines could reach $100K. Bill bans 'confusingly similar' names. White House, privacy groups warn it goes too far.
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Fight over Net taxes creates factions
Companies such as AOL and Time Warner are adamant about no taxes, while Gateway and MCI WorldCom say that some degree of taxation is necessary.
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Unplugged! The biggest hack in history
The 'Phonemasters' tapped into the nation's power grid, obtained private White House numbers and rooted around credit-reporting agencies. Here's how accountant-turned-sleuth Michael Morris cracked...
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White House to back off on crypto
Plans to ease export restrictions on encryption hardware and software.
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ICANN seeking $2 million in loans
Net-address firm received $650,000 in loans in recent days but says it needs $1 million more to remain operating.
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Online drug sales under scrutiny
FTC's Bernstein today will lobby for regulation of Web pharmacies. The issue: Unauthorized drug sales.
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Domain name trial stuck in neutral
Plagued by technical and political glitches, the new domain competition hasn't gotten off the ground.
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Cloud provisioning spec step closer to IETF working group
A proposal to create a new standard for provisioning users to cloud services is making its way along the standards track and is soon to be the focus for a new IETF working group.
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The all-in-one PC is alive and well
The laptop may have dethroned the desktop, but the all-in-one PC is still growing at a rapid rate. Several companies have announced new models with Intel's latest chips.
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New York's anonymity ban: Why should the Web be any different?
New York wants to outlaw anonymous comments to prevent cyberbullying and other online abuse. This criminologist examines why this plan, despite its controversy, may not be such a bad thing.
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Microsoft unveils AD Azure strategy, ID management reset
The software giant begins talking publicly about Windows Azure Active Directory service and its strategy to use it as the foundation for its Identity Management as a Service strategy.
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Which Windows will make for a better tablet?
With the Release Preview due in a few weeks, there are still many questions about Windows 8 and Windows RT. They look similar--and share a lot of the same code under the hood--but there...
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Billions of API calls traversing Web, redefining "software"
APIs are quickly becoming the application glue for the Web with billions of calls per day making some companies billions of dollars per year, according to one keynote speaker at the annual Glue...
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Your passwords don't suck, it's your policies
A developer has created a password analysis tool that examines patterns to determine password strength and concludes password-creation policies are the real enemy of solid passwords.
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Anatomy of hack on Google leads Plaxo to up API security
A malicious attack aimed at Google but routed through Plaxo highlights the growing importance of API security using the forthcoming OAuth 2.0 protocol, which protects the user's credential...
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Google, Facebook, MySpace; privacy rule breakers or trend makers?
The major social networking sites have all been fined for improper use of private data; is that a trend that should be ringing alarm bells or a sideshow for the paranoid and uninitiated?
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Phishers hooking Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo passwords
Phishers are actively trolling the Internet trying to trick users into giving up their OpenID-based log-in credentials to popular social networking sites.
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Privacy labels aim to control prying eyes, personal data
A pair of entrepreneurs thinks labels on websites that outline information sharing rules could go a long way toward protecting user privacy on the Internet and improving business relationships...
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SNOPA legislation would bar employers from social network passwords
The proposed Social Networking Online Protection Act is designed to shield the social networking passwords of job applicants and students.
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