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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Microsoft warns of hack attempt on Windows Live, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Mozilla

Microsoft: Next level of virtualization unlocks server OS, applications | GoDaddy: We're ready to secure .com names with DNSSEC

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Microsoft warns of hack attempt on Windows Live, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Mozilla
Microsoft issued a warning today that nine fraudulent digital certificates were issued by root certificate authority Comodo Group. Although the certificates were quickly revoked, their initial release still poses a threat to browser users, including users of Internet Explorer, and Microsoft issued an immediate and urgent patch. Read More


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Microsoft: Next level of virtualization unlocks server OS, applications
Microsoft virtualizes apps running on Windows Server ahead of rival VMware. Read More

GoDaddy: We're ready to secure .com names with DNSSEC
With more than 47 million domain names under management, GoDaddy has a huge DNS infrastructure that it has upgraded to support the emerging Internet security standard known as DNSSEC for DNS Security Extensions. Read More

Covert Cameras Designed to Spy on You
Feeling paranoid and wondering if someone is watching you? Cameras that resemble gum packages, shavers, and even handheld vacuums make spying all too easy. Read More


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The RSA Breach: Lessons Learned for Enterprise Organizations
The folks at RSA called me the other day to discuss what they could about the breach and what they are telling customers. As far as the breach goes, RSA didn't tell me anything new. The breach is being classified as an APT and RSA is working with law enforecement authorities in an ongoing investigation so it is not ready to disclose any details. Read More

Firefox 4 thumps IE9 in first day download contest
Firefox 4 was downloaded some 7 million times during its opening day, nearly triple the first-day Internet Explorer 9 downloads last week. Read More

Microsoft sends traditional cake to Firefox team
A Firefox release isn't a Firefox release until the cake arrives. Explains Fred Wenzel, a software engineer at Mozilla, on his blog fredericiana:. "It has been a tradition ever since Firefox 2: Whenever we ship a major Firefox release, the Microsoft Internet Explorer team sends us a congratulatory cake." Read More


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The Benefits of Outsourcing Telecom Management
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Open a beer with an iPhone: BeAHeadCase at CTIA 2011
The heck with fancy iPhone cases: The BeAHeadCase protects your phone and adds a bottle and can opener. Keith Shaw gets the lowdown (and a beer) at CTIA 2011. Read More

Intel's McAfee unit to acquire Sentrigo
Intel's McAfee subsidiary on Wednesday said it would acquire Sentrigo, which provides database security and compliance products. Read More

The trust issue front and center at RSA Conference
Trust was a common theme during the 2011 RSA conference in San Francisco with varied perspectives from presenters and attendees alike. There were discussions of trust in protection, trust in monitoring and response, and trust in forensics. Are we relying a little too heavily on trust? Read More



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Perks drive up pay for tech CEOs
Many tech vendors have shied away from extravagant perks, but there are still plenty worth highlighting. Like a $1.5 million tab for home security. Or how about the $36,619 one company paid to reimburse its CEO for the taxes he had to pay on the $106,589 he gained by using company aircraft for personal flights? Read on to find out which tech CEOs enjoyed the priciest perks in 2010 and which ones went to work perk-free.

First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 9
Microsoft has a real competitor once again with IE9, released at midnight Monday night on Windows 7 and Vista after several months of beta testing. The focus is on speed, privacy and simplicity, with a stripped-down interface, tracking protection, pinned sites, jump lists and enhanced support for HTML5.

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