Claims tighter security with new encryption chip
- By The Associated Press
- 04/09/2006
Microsoft Corp.'s MSN search engine stopped working for about four hours Thursday.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/06/2006
Using IPsec policies for server isolation is easier than you think.
- By Joern Wettern
- 04/01/2006
Passwords are often the weakest part of a security infrastructure. Here are nine ways to make them one of the strongest.
- By Roger A. Grimes
- 04/01/2006
Harden your computers' defenses with the tips in these Microsoft studies.
- By Greg Shields
- 04/01/2006
This week security researchers announced that exploit code taking advantage of an unpatched IE flaw has been published on the Web.
A corporate-backed watchdog group that monitors software for deceptive and abusive practices on Wednesday named a widely used file-sharing program and three other applications as violators of its guidelines.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/22/2006
A pioneer of software that delivers pop-up ads based on Web sites that Internet users browse said Tuesday it will exit that business by June following persistent criticism from online publishers, consumer groups and privacy advocates.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/21/2006
Security researchers are warning about a new variety of unusually powerful denial of service attacks.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/16/2006
New Internet attacks targeting computers that manage global Internet traffic has potential to overwhelm popular Web sites and disrupt e-mails
- By The Associated Press
- 03/15/2006
The FBI plans to spend up to $500 million building the final piece of its delayed, troubled technology upgrade, yet risks a repeat of earlier missteps that led to excessive costs, according to a government report released Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/13/2006
The world industrial-standards association has rejected China's controversial wireless encryption standard for global use, news reports said Monday, dealing a blow to Beijing's effort to promote its own standards for computers and telecoms.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/13/2006
From the business wires this week: a network security solution for Windows systems, Exchange protection, Microsoft's Origami and Onfolio announcements, more.
NetChk Protect combines the functionality of Shavlik's patching and anti-spyware tools in a single console.
Taking an isolationist approach is sometimes good -- especially for securing your domains and servers.
- By Joern Wettern
- 03/01/2006
Many programs block spyware, but few know how to get rid of it. Redmond readers offer some clever ways to banish these nasties.
A Florida man was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison in a computer theft case involving more than 1 billion records that Acxiom Corp., a data-management company, collected in its work for large corporations.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/23/2006
Leading IT experts help answer the question: What if?
- By Michael Desmond
- 02/01/2006
VMware's Player tool can make architectures you used to only dream of a reality. Our new Windows Insider columnist, Greg Shields, walks you through the possibilities as well as tips for increasing performance.
- By Greg Shields
- 02/01/2006
Now that you've got those filters going, Joern takes a look at what else you can do to help keep incoming e-mails clean.
- By Joern Wettern
- 02/01/2006