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IT trainer offers master's degree for hackers
In an effort to produce the next generation of chief security officers and IT systems defense experts, an online training company is offering a new master's degree program in security science.

SEC suspends trading of firms susceptible to stock spam
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has suspended the stock trading of three companies that haven't provided adequate information about themselves to the public, making them susceptible to spam-based stock scams, the agency said.
October 4, 8:53 a.m. PDT

EU worried that not all operators have cut roaming fees
The European Commission is concerned that Belgian mobile phone operator Mobistar is not obeying regulations passed in June designed to cut the cost of using a mobile phone while roaming abroad, telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding said Thursday.
October 4, 8:09 a.m. PDT

Auditor: FCC leaks information to some lobbyists
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has routinely let some telecom lobbyists know in advance when votes important to them will happen, but has not done the same for some consumer and public-interest groups, according to a report by a government auditor.
October 3, 1:26 p.m. PDT

Microsoft launches enterprise antipiracy program
Microsoft amped up its antipiracy campaign Monday, adding a program that targets large customers that need to "get legal" after being fingered for using counterfeit or illegally applied volume licenses.
October 3, 8:19 a.m. PDT

PCI experts say deadline is just the beginning
The deadline for retailers and other companies that handle credit card data to achieve compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard has passed, but experts say that only a few large firms are already prepared to go under the microscope via external audits.
October 1, 3:14 p.m. PDT

FTC settles with alleged spyware operation
A Nevada company will pay $330,000 to settle a complaint from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it hid spyware in other software consumers could download for free, the FTC announced Monday.
October 1, 11:10 a.m. PDT

EFF sues to uncover alleged telco lobbying
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) believes telecommunications carriers are pushing for an amnesty to protect them from lawsuits over alleged illegal wiretapping, and it is suing for the evidence.
September 28, 5:13 p.m. PDT

Rival asks FCC to sanction Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless should be sanctioned and possibly barred from bidding in an upcoming spectrum auction for a violation of U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lobbying rules, another wireless company has alleged.
September 28, 12:33 p.m. PDT

Microsoft, others protest Google's DoubleClick deal
Google's proposed merger with online advertising server DoubleClick would create a giant that would control a huge portion of online advertising and hurt the Internet, opponents of the deal told U.S. lawmakers Thursday.
September 27, 1:27 p.m. PDT

Tech giants chart research goals
Power consumption, parallelism, and the rapidly-expanding world of mobile communications are among the leading areas of research and development currently being investigated within some of the IT world's largest companies.
September 26, 2:53 p.m. PDT

Tensions, crackdowns precede China's big meeting
The eyes of the world are looking toward Beijing for the Olympic Games that will be held here fewer than 11 months from now. But for real China watchers, an event next month will draw much more attention and have a much greater impact on the country than 16 days of athletics.
September 26, 6:10 a.m. PDT

EDS settles SEC accounting inquiry
Electronic Data Systems (EDS) has agreed to pay $490,902 to settle a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into accounting irregularities, the agency said Tuesday.
September 25, 1:56 p.m. PDT

EU divided over telecom regulation
Internal divisions within the European Commission about the shape of a policy review for the telecommunications industry due this quarter sparked sharp criticism from industry analysts Tuesday.
September 25, 10:04 a.m. PDT

Frontline, AT&T appeal FCC spectrum auction rules
Several companies have challenged spectrum auction rules recently set by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, with Frontline Wireless protesting that the auction of the 700MHz band to be auctioned in January could shut out small bidders.
September 25, 9:48 a.m. PDT

FTC stops envelope-stuffing scheme
A U.S. court has banned a company accused of marketing a bogus employment scheme through a series of Internet and newspaper advertisements from selling any more work-at-home opportunities, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Monday.
September 24, 11:48 a.m. PDT

US may file complaint over EU's new high-tech tariffs
A U.S. government official played down reports that the U.S. is considering taking the European Union to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the imposition of new duties on high-tech imports such as flat-screen monitors and digital set-top boxes.
September 21, 4:13 a.m. PDT

Security outsourcing on the rise
As one of the world's largest outsourcing providers, Wipro Technologies is ramping up its security services business in a big way.
September 20, 2:30 p.m. PDT

Analysts urge caution as consumer devices enter workplace
IT security professionals need to take steps to properly manage how employee-owned consumer devices are used in the workplace, analysts warned at Gartner's IT security summit in London this week.
September 20, 8:12 a.m. PDT

Centralizing IT gives rise to bureaucracy
When you're having problems with your enterprise laptop or workstation, who do you call? Is your IT staff just down the hall, or are they on the other side of the globe?
September 17, 3:00 a.m. PDT

Verizon sues FCC over open-access auction
Verizon Wireless has encountered strong opposition for its request that an appeals court overturn U.S. Federal Communications Commission auction rules on a portion of wireless spectrum.
September 14, 8:34 a.m. PDT

Trust key to Internet security
A few of my previous columns discussed my vision of creating a more secure Internet. It involved replacing the Internet's default anonymity with pervasive authentication, from the hardware initialization, through the OS and all applications, the user, and ending with a verifiable network stream. It is my strong belief that without a complete overhaul of default authentication, malicious hacking is going to continue indefinitely.
September 14, 3:00 a.m. PDT

FCC passes new E911 requirements
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules requiring wireless telephone providers to move toward testing location-based emergency dialing service at the local level.
September 12, 11:55 a.m. PDT

Consumer groups: FTC needs to watch telecom
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) needs to step up its regulation of the telecommunications and broadband industries and reverse its current opposition to net neutrality rules, two consumer groups said Wednesday.
September 12, 11:39 a.m. PDT

Best of open source in security
In areas such as CRM software and portals, open source gained a foothold because users were willing to compromise -- less could be more, because the price was right. In security, open source rushed in because commercial vendors fell down on the job. As security problems in the enterprise outstripped the capabilities of commercial solutions, a number of talented security researchers stepped into the breach via the open source model.
September 10, 3:00 a.m. PDT

U.S. DOJ questions net neutrality rules
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should resist calls to impose net neutrality regulations on broadband providers because such rules could hurt the Internet, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Thursday.
September 6, 12:15 p.m. PDT

InterDigital claims Nokia infringed its wireless patents
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to launch an investigation into patent infringement claims against Nokia, which filed its own complaint with the commission in August.
September 6, 9:02 a.m. PDT

DHS head: Cybersecurity remains a concern
Fixing cybersecurity problems in the U.S. is a top priority at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said the agency's leader, but lawmakers didn't focus on the issue during a hearing in Congress Wednesday.
September 5, 12:29 p.m. PDT

Forrester security show stresses risk management
Enterprise security decision makers have long been more likely to be swayed by flashy new technologies than by the notion of comprehensive IT restructuring to protect data and other corporate assets, but the situation is evolving rapidly, according to experts participating in Forrester Research's ongoing Security Forum.
September 5, 11:33 a.m. PDT

Debate rages over German government spyware plan
When it comes to who can and who can't be a hacker, the German government appears to want its cake and eat it, too.
September 5, 8:14 a.m. PDT

Broadcom wins latest legal round against Qualcomm
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Broadcom could press forward with an antitrust case against rival chip maker Qualcomm, but on only two of the eight original charges, the companies said.
September 5, 6:05 a.m. PDT

FBI: Enterprises need counterintelligence
The Chinese government has denied involvement in a series of hacks carried out against IT systems at the Pentagon in June this week, but the threat of technology-driven espionage has forced the FBI to push businesses and academic institutions to better prepare for such attacks.
September 4, 3:45 p.m. PDT

FCC proposes 911 fines for mobile carriers
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed fines totaling $2.8 million to three wireless carriers for failing to meet coverage requirements for an emergency dialing service called E911, the agency said Thursday.
August 30, 2:51 p.m. PDT

Intel's vPro chips in more security for businesses
With the introduction of its latest vPro microprocessors on Monday, Intel contends it is injecting a heavy dose of new security capabilities for the benefit of business customers and third-party technology providers alike.
August 27, 8:00 a.m. PDT

Intel adds desktop NAC to latest chips
Intel's move to provide new integration with NAC (network access control) tools in its latest vPro desktop processors could provide interesting opportunities for use with the device authentication systems while further strengthening the technology standards it supports, according to industry watchers.
August 27, 8:00 a.m. PDT

EC accuses Rambus of DRAM 'patent ambush'
Six months after U.S. regulators capped royalties that vendors must pay to Rambus, the European Union (EU) is taking a close look at the company's monopoly on the DRAM (dynamic RAM) chip market.
August 24, 4:35 a.m. PDT

FTC settles with 'boiler room' marketers
The Results Group, a telemarketing firm that sold Web site services, has been banned from further phone sales and will return $435,000 to customers under a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
August 22, 11:45 a.m. PDT

France ready to break European patents obstacle
France is poised to break a linguistic obstacle that has for decades burdened patent applicants wanting to use their inventions across Europe.
August 22, 8:02 a.m. PDT

Mobile workers still struggling with security
A fair amount of business users remain oblivious or unconcerned about many of the security issues involved with mobile devices, according to a new study published by Cisco and the National Cyber Security Alliance.
August 21, 3:08 p.m. PDT

Sourcefire acquires ClamAV open-source anti-malware project
Network security specialist Sourcefire announced Friday that it has acquired ClamAV, an open-source gateway anti-malware project whose technologies are used in the products of a number of other vendors.
August 17, 8:58 a.m. PDT

Web designers settle phone cramming complaint
A group of interrelated businesses will pay more than $1.2 million to settle charges alleging that they charged for unwanted Web site services on the phone bills of small businesses and nonprofit groups, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday.
August 15, 8:57 a.m. PDT

Government-industry security group expands
The Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP), an IT security standards consortium that includes heavyweights such as the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and many of the largest government contractors in the world, is looking to broaden its ranks.
August 14, 1:15 p.m. PDT

Hospital undergoes wireless surgery
For years, wireless technologies have only shown up in many U.S. hospitals in the form of rolling computers with Wi-Fi network access, but as evidenced at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital, times are changing.
August 13, 2:37 p.m. PDT

Microsoft questions FCC's 'white spaces' decision
A prototype wireless device intended to share radio spectrum with television channels was malfunctioning when staff at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission tested it, Microsoft said Monday.
August 13, 12:45 p.m. PDT

Novell buys endpoint security firm Senforce
Novell announced on Monday that it has acquired Senforce Technologies, a provider of endpoint and network security tools, for an undisclosed sum.
August 13, 9:40 a.m. PDT

U.S. plans changes in air passenger screening
A proposed revamp of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security air passenger screening program offers improved privacy protections, but the agency still has a ways to go, said one privacy advocate.
August 10, 1:08 p.m. PDT

FCC members pitch spectrum plan
A plan to have a private company build a nationwide broadband network for emergency response agencies wasn't the perfect solution for two members of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, but it was the best compromise available, they told a group of public safety communications officers Tuesday.
August 7, 12:40 p.m. PDT

FCC requires mobile carriers to allow roaming
Mobile telephone carriers must allow customers' competitors to connect to their networks, and they must make roaming available to competitors for a "reasonable" cost, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday.
August 7, 11:50 a.m. PDT

FTC to examine targeted advertising
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will host a two-day forum on targeted advertising in November, following a series of complaints by privacy groups.
August 6, 11:41 a.m. PDT

Update: Dateline NBC 'mole' outed, booted at Defcon
Dateline NBC Producer Michelle Madigan was publicly outed at the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas Friday after show organizers were tipped off that she was trying to film show attendees with a hidden camera.
August 3, 6:00 p.m. PDT

Taunting the CIO
The Wall Street Journal on Monday ran a special section whose lead article was headlined "Ten Things Your IT Department Won't Tell You." The image on the section cover showed a white-shirted IT guy clutching a keyboard and a tangle of Ethernet cables, looking straight at the reader, with duct tape over his mouth.
August 2, 3:00 a.m. PDT

Update: Tech group files complaint against sports leagues
A technology trade group has filed a U.S. Federal Trade Commission complaint against two professional sports leagues and four corporations, saying the groups violate consumers' fair-use rights under U.S. copyright law.
August 1, 8:42 a.m. PDT

Consumer groups: FCC spectrum ruling a mixed bag
A U.S. Federal Communications Commission decision Tuesday on wireless spectrum action rules is a "mixed bag" for customers, some advocacy groups said.
July 31, 1:09 p.m. PDT

EU to name carriers not offering cheap roaming
The deadline for European cell phone carriers to offer a new mobile phone roaming tariff passed on Monday evening with the European Commission saying it plans to name carriers not offering customers the rates.
July 31, 11:48 a.m. PDT

Apps security to dominate Black Hat
Black Hat kicks off this week in Las Vegas with a big shift in focus from Internet viruses to application security.
July 31, 3:00 a.m. PDT

P-to-P users expose U.S. government secrets
Contractors and U.S. government employees are sharing hundreds of secret documents on peer-to-peer networks, in many cases overriding the default security settings on their P-to-P software to do so, according to a company that monitors the networks.
July 27, 8:31 a.m. PDT

McAfee sets Rootkit Detective free
On July 26, McAfee will begin offering a new application called Rootkit Detective, designed to detect and remove dangerous rootkit attacks. The software will also help end-users ward off the threats, as well as funnel new intelligence into the company's ongoing research operations.
July 25, 1:12 p.m. PDT

Republican lawmakers protest spectrum plan
Several lawmakers protested a spectrum auction proposal from the chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), saying his plan could limit the number of bidders and raise costs to consumers.
July 24, 11:24 a.m. PDT

China busts large piracy syndicate with FBI's help
A flurry of raids and arrests in China over the last two weeks have ended what is estimated to be the world's largest piracy syndicate in operation for more than six years.
July 24, 5:32 a.m. PDT

Piecing together IBM's security puzzle
IBM owns some of the world's leading IT security talent, products, and services, but executives with the massive company say it will likely never aim to become what people might label as a true "security vendor."
July 23, 3:00 a.m. PDT

AT&T softens position on open access spectrum
AT&T Inc. has backed away from earlier complaints about proposed open-access rules on parts of the 700MHz spectrum to be auctioned by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission by early next year.
July 19, 1:29 p.m. PDT

Health experts: E-health records privacy rules needed
The U.S. needs new medical privacy rules as the country moves toward greater use of IT to store health records, a group of health-care experts said Wednesday.
July 18, 9:01 a.m. PDT

U.S. gov't gave away billions worth of spectrum
The U.S. government has given away between $140 billion and $480 billion worth of radio spectrum to wireless providers and broadcasters since 1993, according to a study released Tuesday.
July 17, 2:02 p.m. PDT

Hundreds weigh in on net neutrality
Hundreds of groups and individual Internet users sounded off to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on net neutrality in comments filed Monday, the deadline for responding to the agency's inquiry into the proposed regulation.
July 16, 3:45 p.m. PDT

Report: 90 percent of companies fail compliance
An overwhelming percentage of businesses still fall far short in their efforts to comply with industry data-handling regulations and reduce their likelihood of experiencing a serious leakage incident, according to a new survey.
July 16, 1:51 p.m. PDT

Former FBI director backs Frontline spectrum plan
Louis Freeh, former director of the FBI, has endorsed a wireless spectrum auction proposal from Frontline Wireless, saying its plan represents the best chance for U.S. public safety agencies to get a much-needed interoperable communications system.
July 12, 12:55 p.m. PDT

FBI: Expect more spam prosecutions
U.S. Internet users should expect a growing number of prosecutions for sending spam and related activities, such as creating botnets, officials with two U.S. law enforcement organizations said Thursday.
July 12, 9:48 a.m. PDT

Reap the rewards of hardware recycling
In late 2000, Union Bank of California concluded that it was time to refresh its desktop PCs every four years, based on findings from a PC Total Cost of Ownership Study. This meant that 200 PCs would have to be retired every month. Unfortunately, there was no strategy in place for the task, or even a designated person or department to manage the systems.
July 12, 3:00 a.m. PDT

Microsoft launches OneCare 2.0 beta
Microsoft released a beta version of its next-generation Windows Live OneCare 2.0 desktop security and management package on July 11, touting a number of improvements made to the product, including the ability to monitor multiple PCs on a local network.
July 11, 3:01 p.m. PDT

Study: U.S., Japan have best IT environments
The U.S. and Japan have the top national environments for their IT industries to grow and flourish, including intellectual-property protections and IT infrastructure, according to a study released by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) Wednesday.
July 11, 2:14 p.m. PDT

Debate heats up over open access spectrum rules
Plans for valuable wireless spectrum being considered by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission may not go far enough to encourage a new broadband competitor, said groups calling for open-access rules for part of the spectrum.
July 10, 12:48 p.m. PDT

Spectrum of ideas aired for 700MHz auction
Within weeks, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected to set conditions for the auction of the most valuable wireless spectrum still available in the United States.
July 9, 3:00 a.m. PDT

Google appeals Copiepresse ruling
Google has scheduled an appeal for July 17 in its copyright dispute with Belgian newspaper publishers, although the two sides expect to request an extension while they try to resolve the conflict amicably, spokespeople for Google and the publishing group, Copiepresse, said on Tuesday.
July 3, 7:47 a.m. PDT

EU examines high-def DVD formats over competition concerns
The European Union's antitrust regulator has asked Hollywood studios to turn over information about their negotiations with the developers of high-definition DVD formats, giving them until the end of this week to respond.
July 3, 7:31 a.m. PDT

EU, US sign passenger data sharing deal
Critics of last week's agreement allowing European passengers' personal data to be shared with U.S. authorities have just under a month to reshape the accord before it comes into force, said Stavros Lambrinidis, vice president of the European Parliament's civil liberties committee Monday.
July 3, 5:31 a.m. PDT

BSA raises reward to $1M for reports of piracy
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has temporarily raised the reward that's part of controversial program encouraging people to report software piracy from $200,000 to $1 million, the trade group announced Monday.
July 2, 9:43 a.m. PDT

Microsoft moves against California, Florida pirates
Microsoft on Thursday filed lawsuits against 23 companies in California and Florida, alleging distribution of counterfeit software.
June 28, 5:09 a.m. PDT

Quickly discover sensitive content
Monitoring systems on the central LAN for personal and proprietary data – something industry analysts estimate 86 percent of companies must do to comply with one or more regulations, such as GLBA, HIPAA, and Sarbanes-Oxley – is already an enormous challenge. Then consider the extra complexities introduced as this content sprawls to remote offices and partner locations.
June 26, 3:00 a.m. PDT

DOJ, telecom strike cable competition settlement
A telecommunications carrier cannot enforce agreements with two cable television carriers that prevent them from offering competing voice services in parts of Pennsylvania, according to a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice.
June 25, 8:57 a.m. PDT

The struggle to protect enterprise data
Long ago, when businesses kept sensitive information locked away in file cabinets and safes, it was relatively cheap and easy to store valuable data and control who had access to it. Today, enterprises invest millions in security, storage, and compliance technologies -- all in the name of increasing visibility into where vital electronic information lives and how it is being defended.
June 25, 3:00 a.m. PDT

Cisco pushes IronPort smarts to firewalls
Cisco Systems will begin offering IronPort's security filtering tools to its firewall customers after the networking giant's acquisition of the company closes on June 25.
June 22, 10:05 a.m. PDT

Peer-to-Patent allows public to find prior art
U.S. technology vendors submitted five patent applications for last Friday's launch of a Web site that allows the public to review proposals before patents are granted. Less than a week later, the public had submitted claims of previous inventions that could invalidate each one.
June 22, 8:12 a.m. PDT

FTC looks for more victims of ChoicePoint breach
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is looking for victims of a data breach at ChoicePoint announced in early 2005.
June 19, 2:16 p.m. PDT

Warnings sounded over net neutrality in Asia
Asian regulators should think twice about following the U.S. lead on net neutrality, or risk undermining the economic incentive for Asian carriers to build and maintain faster networks, according to speakers at the CommunicAsia Summit in Singapore.
June 19, 5:35 a.m. PDT

U.S. FTC warns of bogus e-mail containing spyware
A bogus e-mail message supposedly sent by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission contains spyware and targets corporate and banking executives as well as consumers, the FTC said Monday.
June 18, 1:20 p.m. PDT

Europe still awaits Apple response to antitrust charges
Apple and four of the biggest record companies have until Wednesday to submit their written response to antitrust charges that they restricted online sales of music in Europe.
June 18, 5:02 a.m. PDT

English Wikipedia unblocked in China
Wikimedia Foundation's English-language site was accessible in China again on Friday, although its simplified Chinese-language site remained blocked.
June 18, 4:23 a.m. PDT

Homeland Security to detail IT attacks
Officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will hold a hearing on Capitol Hill on June 20 to discuss the findings of an investigation into the agency's own problems in battling electronic attacks and IT systems intrusions.
June 15, 11:26 a.m. PDT

FTC to court: Shut digital music 'scheme'
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against digital music service BurnLounge Inc., accusing the company of operating an illegal pyramid scheme, the FTC announced Tuesday.
June 13, 8:58 a.m. PDT

Xandros CEO doesn’t agree that Linux violates patents
Xandros CEO Andreas Typaldos said Thursday his company did not agree that its Linux distribution violates any Microsoft patents nor did the software giant ask Xandros to do so as part of the patent cross-licensing deal the two signed Monday.
June 8, 9:47 a.m. PDT

Update: U.S. agency bars some Qualcomm imports
The U.S. International Trade Commission barred the import of future models of phones using Qualcomm third generation chips, marking a blow to the vendor in its ongoing intellectual property battle with Broadcom.
June 7, 9:59 p.m. PDT

Businesses slow to adopt e-discovery rules
Six months after new federal e-discovery rules took effect in the U.S., some businesses are still unclear on what they have to do to comply.
June 6, 6:38 a.m. PDT

App developers finally securing code
On Aug. 14, IT security training and research authority SANS Institute will convene its inaugural set of exams for software developers seeking to attain its new secure coding certifications. The rise of such initiatives -- and increasing adoption of source code vulnerability scanning tools among internal software development teams -- are finally making a difference in overall applications security, some end users and industry experts contend.
June 6, 4:14 a.m. PDT

Microsoft unveils integrated security
Microsoft shared details of its long-term security product strategy as part of its ongoing TechEd 2007 training conference on June 4, lifting the lid on plans to deliver an integrated suite of its software by mid-2009.
June 4, 7:24 a.m. PDT

Groups call for competitive spectrum auction
New broadband providers should be given a better chance of winning pieces of valuable wireless spectrum to be auctioned by early next year, several groups said Friday.
June 1, 2:47 p.m. PDT

States settle with ChoicePoint over 2004 breach
Data broker ChoicePoint Inc. will pay US$500,000 and has agreed to change the way it screens new customers under a multistate settlement for a 2004 data breach.
May 31, 2:04 p.m. PDT

Indian vendors reply to U.S. senators' H1-B inquiry
Putting new restrictions on H1-B visas in the United States would be a barrier to trade, the president of a large Indian trade association said Wednesday. The remarks come in response to an inquiry by two U.S. senators into alleged misuse of the visas.
May 30, 10:53 a.m. PDT

NEC workers faked orders, took kickbacks
A group of 10 employees at NEC ran up $18 million in fraudulent costs over seven years, the company announced Tuesday, about a year after reporting a similar incident in 2006.
May 29, 11:46 a.m. PDT

Code Green gives red light to data leaks
Reports of corporate data leaks, lost laptops, and misplaced backup tapes are so commonplace that many no longer warrant a mention in the press. So common are corporate data leaks of one form or another that only the multimegaton events -- TJX, the Veterans Administration, or DuPont -- get covered.
May 24, 3:00 a.m. PDT

European legislators aim to cap roaming fees by summer
European legislators hope that a compromise agreement to cap mobile phone roaming charges will become law before Europeans take their summer holidays. But a network operators' group warned to expect delays because even if the law takes effect as planned July 1, network operators won't have to offer the new tariffs until September.
May 23, 8:48 a.m. PDT


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