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Microsoft has made no secret of its determination to expand into the data center, but this growth may not happen by the company's own hand. . . .
An Australian software developer is considering suing McAfee after the antivirus company wrongly identified his Internet setup program as a Trojan horse in a recent virus definition update. . . .
The difference between a consumer firewall and a commercial-grade SOHO firewall is in the features. Both should be easy to configure and have robust security features, but your average consumer rarely needs to support remote access IPsec VPN, LAN-to-LAN IPsec VPN, inbound and outbound filtering, detailed logging and failover. . . .
IT security vendor McAfee (Quote, Chart) has gone where no other security vendor has gone, so far at least. The company said its intrusion protection system (IPS), Intrushield, has achieved Common Criteria Certification EAL 3. . . .
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the release of the VIA PadLock SDK, a step by step programming guide designed for third party software developers who want to capitalize on the performance enhancing security features built into feature rich VIA processors. . . .
The Internet needs to be upgraded with a new layer of abilities that will deal with imminent problems of capacity, security and reliability, Intel Chief Technology Officer Pat Gelsinger said Thursday. . . .
StillSecure announced last week the release of Safe Access version 2.0, which tests all PCs on a network and gives access only to those that meet an organization's established security policies, while quarantining others. . . .
Many of the problems are flaws in the operating system's underlying open source software, including a critical flaw in the Kerberos authentication system -- software that can act as a gatekeeper for computer networks. . . .
Juniper Networks Inc. is expanding users' security options by opening new interfaces that allow integration of third-party tools with Juniper's line of SSL VPNs. . . .
Microsoft has filed a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) - and it looks like the Redmond giant could be in for a lean year ahead, even going as far as to hint that Linux and other open-source rivals might be to blame. . . .
While security experts applaud Microsoft's recently released Service Pack 2, some companies that distribute their software over the Web are watching the product's introduction with dread and suspicion.For years, software developers have offered applications to the world in Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser . . .
The Apache Software Foundation, developers of the popular open-source Apache web server, said on Thursday that it wouldn't support the proposed anti-spam standard Sender ID, because the licensing terms set by Microsoft Corp. are too strict. . . .
Oracle this week released a multitude of security fixes in a long-awaited and extensive series of patches that constitute its first monthly security update.In January and February, UK-based security tools firm Next Generation Security Software (NGSSoftware) notified Oracle of 34 security vulnerabilities affecting various versions of its database software. Patches have at last been delivered, along with fixes other vulns discovered by other security researchers and Oracle itself. . . .
It's catching on slower than expected, but more companies are signing upIn February, 2003, electronics giant Motorola Inc. (MOT ) stunned the mobile-phone business with a bold change of course. During the industry's annual shindig in Cannes, the Schaumberg (Ill.) company announced the world's first handset built around the Linux operating system and unveiled plans to use the populist software in consumer phones from then on. . . .
From the outside, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s new Compaq nx5000 notebook looks much like any other portable computer. But inside there's a difference.The operating system installed on the nx5000 is not Microsoft Corp.'s ubiquitous Windows, but Linux. . . .
Oracle on Tuesday delivered its first-ever monthly rollup of security patches, addressing more than 30 vulnerabilities discovered by Next Generation Security Software Ltd. between January and February, and also tackling more than 20 vulnerabilities that eWEEK.com has learned were recently discovered by Application Security Inc. . . .
Novell is reorganising its business to focus on two key areas - Linux and identity management.The networking software firm's Nterprise and Linux operations will be folded into a Platform and Application Services group CRN reports. Its other two business divisions, Secure iServices and Resource Management, will be brought together under a new Identity Services operation. The names of the new divisions are subject to change. . . .
Not many people may remember this, but Phil Donahue was one of the digital age's first technophobes.In 1974, the TV talk show host denounced the Universal Product Code, better known as the bar code, as a dastardly plot that would let grocery stores trick consumers. Grocers would replace price tags with bar codes and confuse shoppers, Donahue informed his viewers repeatedly. . . .
Opinion: With security holes to the left of us and program incompatibilities to the right, SP2 is giving corporate IT departments more reasons than ever to consider a move to Linux desktops. . . .
The latest set of USB patches includes an unwelcome entry: the Philips webcam driver has been removed by its author's request. The issue is whether this driver can contain a hook for the insertion of a proprietary, binary-only module; when that hook was removed (due to licensing concerns) the author (Nemosoft Unv) decided to pull the whole thing. He has put up a web page describing his position on the matter. . . .