FTC sues to stop robocallers The Federal Trade Commission today said it was going after three outfits that allegedly made robocalls to sell worthless credit-card interest-rate reduction programs for large up-front fees of as much as $1,495. Guard Your Online Privacy With Firefox Addon As you browse the Web, Web sites watch you. Information is gathered about you, potentially shared with others, and possibly kept for a very long time. Which sites gather this information and which don't...and what do they do with the information? There's no practical way to know--unless you use TrackerWatcher, that is. This excellent, free Firefox add-on checks the privacy tracking features of Web sites you visit, and reports the results to you in great detail. View the hottest new rap video: The sensational Cisco Catalyst 6509 NetFlow rap song Network performance measuring vendor - Plixer International, released this evening its new rap video featuring the geeky but highly talented Cisco NetFlow hip-hop rap sensation - Mix Master Mitch: Cisco Catalyst 6509 NetFlow Rap Data security risks Confidential data (i.e. regulated data, private data, company confidential data, PII, etc.) is everywhere -- on laptops, thumb drives, file servers, and enterprise storage devices. This also means that confidential data is at risk everywhere. In other words, my organization could suffer a data breach as a result of a stolen laptop, external hacking exploit, or lost box of backup tapes. This... TSA posts document on airport screening procedures online In a gaffe called "shocking" and "reckless" by some U.S. lawmakers, the Transportation Security Administration inadvertently posted online a 93-page document containing highly sensitive information on airport screening procedures. Computer of alleged Sarah Palin hacker had spyware The 21 year-old college student charged with hacking former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account was using a compromised computer that was secretly logging and reporting information without his knowledge, his lawyers say. Adobe bends, a little, on eBook DRM Responding to criticism that its anti-piracy mechanisms could slow the growth of the eBook industry, Adobe Systems plans to liberalize its approach toward Digital Rights Management with eBooks. Facebook simplifies privacy options Following through on plans announced a few months ago, Facebook is rolling out changes on Wednesday to its privacy settings intended to make them simpler to adjust and understand by its 350 million end users. Microsoft patches 12 bugs, including IE8-only flaws Microsoft today patched 12 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office and Internet Explorer, including three critical bugs in the company's newest browser, IE8. Today from the Subnet communities On Cisco Subnet: Amazon EC2 and Symantec: What Does it Mean? and Way too Easy: Dynamips Under Linux; On Microsoft Subnet: How To Run Windows 7 Virtualized on Mac OS X; On Google Subnet: Make money on Android? Mobile Ad Cents Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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