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US Cyber Center Opens to Battle Computer Attacks
Oct 31, 2009 By EmmaThe United States is well behind the curve in the fight against computer criminals, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Friday, as Homeland Security officials opened a $9 million operations center to better coordinate IT security. Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs...
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IBM Fedware for The Man 2.0
Oct 31, 2009 By EmmaIBM is sinking its teeth deeper into government IT today with a new software framework that joins the company's expansive middleware portfolio into a neat package for The Man 2.0. The new IBM Government Industry Framework is designed for government citizen IT services – a market that...
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Cybersecurity Against Threats
Oct 31, 2009 By EmmaSome IT security firms have lifted on the wings of government spending lately, as the feds seek to boost cybersecurity against worsening threats. "Growth in government is outpacing enterprise and consumer right now -- absolutely -- relative to Internet security IT companies," said...
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Windows Users Should Wait to Upgrade
Oct 31, 2009 By EmmaUsers should wait for Microsoft to work out the bugs in Windows 7 before jumping on the new operating system, a Syracuse, N.Y.-based IT support company said today. "From the calls we're getting, as well as our own experience in the past with all the IT company operating systems, we're...
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Bad Halloween Trick: Fake Antivirus Sites
Oct 31, 2009 By EmmaHackers are exploiting internet users searching for Halloween-related content on the web, says Panda Security. Research by the IT security vendor revealed that hundreds of websites designed to distribute fake antivirus software, are coming up top in results offered by some the web's most popular...
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Microsoft Smothers Sage and Intuit
Oct 31, 2009 By EmmaMicrosoft's Office Accounting software, used to challenge Sage and Intuit, has become the latest victim of corporate cuts. The package will no longer be distributed after November 16, the IT company said Friday. Versions of the IT product affected are the Express, Standard, Professional,...
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Conficker Infects 7 Million Computers
Oct 31, 2009 By EmmaIT Support is imperative as the Conficker worm has now infected more than 7 million computers, IT security experts estimate. They have been able to keep track of Conficker infections by cracking the algorithm the worm uses to look for instructions on the Internet. Conficker has several ways of...
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Facebook Gets $711 Million Damages
Oct 30, 2009 By EmmaSocial networking website Facebook was awarded $711.2 million in damages relating to an anti-spam case against Internet marketer Sanford Wallace, court documents show. Wallace did not oppose the motion or appear at the hearing on September 18, 2009, according to a filing on Thursday in a San...
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RealNetworks Looking for Connection with Google
Oct 30, 2009 By EmmaRealNetworks has pulled itself back into profitability, with the IT company behind RealPlayer back in the black, and it looking for a new tie-in with Google. Although the $1.5 million profit will not be setting the stock exchange ablaze, it represents a significant improvement on the $4.5...
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Latin Script Loses on Internet
Oct 30, 2009 By EmmaICANN has agreed to allow the use of non-Latin scripts to be used as web addresses, bringing the biggest overhaul of the internet since its inception, according to experts. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which approved the change at a meeting in Seoul, claims...
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