Strategies to Secure Your Mobile Workforce
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TOP STORY
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Parsons: Time Warner to hold on to AOL
http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2427/070918aol/index.html
Time Warner Inc. wants AOL LLC to complete successfully its transition
to an ad-supported business, and isn't mulling "structural" changes to
it, such as selling it or spinning it off, Time Warner Chairman and CEO
Richard Parsons said Tuesday.
IN THE NEWS
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Mozilla fixes QuickTime flaw in Firefox
http://open.itworld.com/5037/070918firefoxfix/page_1.html
Mozilla Corp. has fixed a critical bug in the way the Firefox browser
works with QuickTime media files.
SCO says there's 'substantial doubt' it will survive
http://open.itworld.com/5033/070918sco/page_1.html
With its cash reserves running out and its legal case against IBM Corp.
unravelling, The SCO Group Inc. now says there is doubt that it will
remain afloat.
Intel chips to shrink to 32-nanometer process
http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2076/070918intelshrink/index.html
Intel Corp. said Tuesday it will ramp up performance and energy
efficiency in its microprocessors by using a 32-nanometer process
technology starting in 2009.
Hacker finally publishes notorious Apple Wi-Fi attack
http://security.itworld.com/4942/070918appleattack/page_1.html
More than a year after claiming to have found a way to take over a
Macintosh computer using a flaw in the system's wireless card, David
Maynor has published details of his exploit.
IBM undertakes big server consolidation project
http://utilitycomputing.itworld.com/4831/070918ibmconsolidation/page_1.html
IBM is undertaking the biggest server consolidation project in the
history of IT. The tech giant has set an ambitious goal of doubling its
server and storage capacity for operations and outsourced customers
within the next three years, without increasing its energy consumption,
fiscal footprint or carbon emissions.
Group says e-voting paper trail wouldn't improve security
http://security.itworld.com/4341/070918evoting/page_1.html
Requiring print-outs as a back-up to electronic voting machines would
not improve security but would increase costs of U.S. voting systems,
according to a report released Tuesday.
Apple may be next in E.U. antitrust sights
http://www.itworld.com/Man/2699/070918apple/index.html
With Microsoft Corp.'s antitrust appeal now decided, the next U.S.
technology company to get a place on the European Union (EU)'s
regulatory hot seat may be Apple, an antitrust expert said Tuesday.
Cisco to buy Cognio for wireless network management
http://wireless.itworld.com/5022/070918ciscocognio/page_1.html
Cisco Systems Inc. today announced an agreement to buy Cognio Inc., a
maker of software for wireless network spectrum analysis and management.
Financial details were not disclosed.
Hubble tech, Facebook help save endangered species
http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2987/070918hubblefacebook/index.html
A group of researchers have adapted a mathematical formula used by
Hubble space telescope scientists to recognize star patterns to identify
the unique spot patterns on whale sharks. With this formula, the
researchers can use photos taken by divers and posted to an online
library at to monitor the movements and habits of the sharks.
SECURITY TIP
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Security tip: The ins and outs of e-mail vulnerability
http://security.itworld.com/4773/070918aberdeenemail/index.html
'Companies must scan their outbound email for malware as well as that
coming in,' says Carol Baroudi, author of an Aberdeen report on e-mail
vulnerability. 'Only scanning inbound mail is like asking your guests to
wash their hands but not bothering to wash yours.'
