Teleconferencing vendors defend product security features
Jan 25, 2012 | ITNews.com
Teleconferencing vendors say they're trying to strike the right balance between security and usability after security researchers found they could dial in to the conference lines of major companies and manipulate video cameras to spy on boardrooms...
U.S. government online security website hacked
Jan 24, 2012 | ITNews.com
Hackers under the AntiSec banner appeared to have hacked late Monday the website of OnGuardOnline.gov, the U.S. federal government's online security website, in protest against controversial legislation...
How to profit from new domain name rules
Jan 23, 2012 | ITNews.com
A new era in Web site naming has begun, providing a golden opportunity for savvy IT professionals to go on the offensive with new domains that can capture additional Web traffic and generate new revenue...
Web Jargon Origins Revealed
Jan 22, 2012 | ITNews.com
Internet slang has seeped into our everyday vocabulary thanks to technology enthusiasts or run-of-the-mill people looking for shorthand to save keystrokes or hackers seeking code to cloak their messages...
Weekly Wrap: Apple's new software, Mac trips, and lots of styluses
Jan 21, 2012 | ITNews.com
Any week with an Apple event is a good week in our book. But it’s not always possible to keep up with a week’s worth of Apple news. That’s where the Weekly Wrap comes in. Here’s what happened this week: An education event, new desktop and iOS apps from Apple, and a heck of a lot more...
FBI busts programmer for stealing US Treasury code
Jan 20, 2012 | ITNews.com
The FBI said it arrested a computer programmer in New York this week and charged him with stealing proprietary software code from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The software known as the Government-Wide Accounting and Reporting Program (GWA) handles all manner of U.S. government financial transactions...
Bank IT spending to be 'rocky' through 2013
Jan 19, 2012 | ITNews.com
IT spending by banks will grow to $173.3 billion this year, up just 2.8% over 2011 and well short of an earlier forecast that pegged growth at 4.3% in 2012, according to research firm Celent. In fact, IT spending in banking is expected to be weak over the next couple of years...
Will 2012 be the dawn of DNSSEC?
Jan 18, 2012 | ITNews.com
Will 2012 be the year when U.S. retailers, banks and content providers finally bolster their DNS systems with an add-on security measure that prevents Web site spoofing? That's what advocates of the security measure - dubbed DNSSEC for DNS Security Extensions - are hoping will occur...
Microsoft engineers file system for a new era
Jan 17, 2012 | ITNews.com
The upcoming release of Windows Server 8 will feature an entirely new file system, called ReFS, that addresses many of the shortcomings of the aging NTFS (New Technology File System) now used across all current Windows editions, the company announced Tuesday in a blog.
BYOD movement is forcing IT to adapt
Jan 16, 2012 | ITNews.com
But user empowerment still allows IT to assess apps and manage mobile devices...
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