Hacking into client accounts being investigated by FBI; other brokerage houses also affected.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/24/2006
Microsoft Corp. is no stranger to antitrust skirmishes and complaints from competitors about unfair business practices.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/20/2006
In another example of how mobile gadgets can carry malicious programs, Apple Computer Inc. said a fraction of its iPod players sold in the past month contained a virus that affects Windows systems.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/19/2006
Microsoft last week said it is cooperating with antivirus and security providers so that they can provide the same level as its own products, including OneCare Live. At least one big Microsoft partner and competitor, though, disputes those statements.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/18/2006
An anti-spam group plans to appeal a federal court ruling that could jeopardize its domain name after ignoring a lawsuit earlier on jurisdictional grounds.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/18/2006
Ubiquitous RFID chips can reveal lots of private info, so EU may regulate their manufacture if vendors don't step up with their own efforts.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/16/2006
Microsoft Corp. is preparing to release privacy guidelines based on its own internal practices in hopes of getting companies to adopt more cohesive standards for safeguarding people's personal information.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/16/2006
ThinkPad notebooks will now allow users to encrypt their hard drives at the press of a finger.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/16/2006
Symantec, McAfee and other security vendors to gain access to information needed to make their products work with Vista's security features.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/16/2006
Europeans need to be reassured that radio frequency identification chips won't betray their privacy and can be turned off if desired, EU Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding said Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/16/2006
Computer hackers have exploited weaknesses in the security technology of a Puerto Rican bank to siphon hundreds of thousands of dollars out of two U.S. Virgin Islands government accounts, a finance official said Thursday.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/12/2006
Microsoft released 10 patches, but many organizations didn't get the patches until hours after they were released due to a glitch in Redmond's automatic distribution system.
A laptop computer loaded with personal information on 2,400 residents of the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base has been lost, authorities said Friday.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/10/2006
As expected, Microsoft released 10 patches today covering a variety of Windows and Office flaws; however, many organizations didn't get the patches until hours after they were released due to a glitch in Redmond's automatic distribution system.
The $100 laptops planned for children around the world might turn out to be as revolutionary for their security measures as for their low-cost economics.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/06/2006
A privacy-advocacy group is suing the U.S. government for records concerning electronic-surveillance tools such as one that appears to be a successor to the FBI's abandoned Carnivore program.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/05/2006
Microsoft announced today that next week's Patch Tuesday will include 11 patches, with at least two rated critical.
Unlicensed copies will run temporarily, slowly restricting access to features over time as copies continue to be used without registration.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/04/2006
Microsoft announced it has acquired DesktopStandard Corp., a smaller firm that develops Group Policy-based enterprise desktop management products.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/03/2006
This week, Microsoft announced the acquisition of DesktopStandard Corp. of Portsmouth, N.H. Formerly called AutoProf, the company was known for its line of PolicyMaker group policy tools