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Judge Rejects RIAA's Music Copyright Infringement, Distribution Claims
Merely making copies of music available does not equal distribution, or primary copyright infringement, the judge said.
Interop: Palo Alto Networks' Firewall Identifies App Traffic On Content, Not Ports
You've programmed your firewall to block the ports that some unwanted app is using and that app turns up on your net again. Net-enabled applications don't tie themselves down to one port the way the Web (HTTP, port 80) and other apps do. After some firewall shuts their ports down, they find another port. Using traffic profiles instead of ports to identify more than 600 applications, not only did Palo Alto Networks' series win InformationWeek's
Two Must-Have Open-Source Security Tools
Over the past decade, open-source developers have created some of the world's top-rated IT security tools. While some of these applications have a well-deserved reputation for being complicated and difficult to use, there are some notable exceptions.
SAS Institute Unveils Software To Help Companies Go Green
SAS pitches the software as providing a proactive approach to assessing green efforts, before businesses are forced to by new laws or environmentally conscious customers.
Microsoft Again Delays Windows XP SP3 Release
Microsoft is holding up the software update's release, this time after finding a compatibility issue with an electronic checkout system for retailers.
Hello, Would You Like A New Job?
When was the last time you got a call from a headhunter? Have those calls cooled down lately? Think it's due to the weak economy, or do you think it's possible that you're just not that "hot" anymore?
Oracle Database Susceptible To Rare Attack
"A lateral SQL injection" attack that can be placed by an outsider in a database application using Oracle's extended PL/SQL query language can be prevented, security experts say.
FCC: Issues Kept Bidders From 700 MHz Safety Spectrum
An agency report says fears of payments defaulting if negotiations failed as well as the costs of building out and operating the D block kept companies away.
Verizon's Earnings Jump Thanks To Wireless Growth
Verizon Wireless unit recorded 1.5 million net customer additions, and Verizon's FiOS TV service signed up 263,000 net new customers.
Life Inside The One-Man (Or Woman) IT Shop
Got a lot on your plate? How would you like to be the IT shop? While the common belief is that one-person IT departments are typically the stuff of start-ups and mom-and-pop businesses, that's not always the case.
Forrester Predicts Slow Year For Government IT Spending
The report found that 43% of governments are working with flat budgets this year, while 40% have bigger budgets than last year.
Web 2.0: Whatever Google Knows About Spam, It Isn't Saying
Trust and reputation systems are a great way to reduce spam, but Google avoids talk of an ongoing flood of malware-infected porn on Google Groups pages.
Think Tanks Propose National Innovation Foundation
Such a foundation would serve as a catalyst between industry and university researchers and seek to expand regional innovation through state governments.
CIOs Uncensored: A Painful Data Integration Experience
Dear Cleveland Clinic CIO: Help a broken man out.
Interop: Vettro Mobile App Helps Protect Underground Pipes, Cables
Vettro 360 for Damage Prevention is built on the same mobile platform used to provide services like coordinating pickup and delivery, field service, and IT service management.
Average Info Tech Pay Drops To $103,000 For Managers, $76,000 For Staff, Our Survey Finds
Fewer people got raises the past year, though some IT jobs remain red hot, our survey of 9,600 info tech pros finds.
How Title-Skill Mismatches Can Drag Down Info Tech Pay
One leading researcher sees such mismatches for more than half of IT workers.
Info Tech Salaries Drop, Our Survey Finds. What's Holding U.S. Pay Down?
The dip in U.S. median pay is the first since the tech bubble popped. The culprits include the economy, outsourcing, and possibly even increased hiring.
Microsoft Developers Weigh In On Live Mesh
Microsoft MVPs say that they hope Microsoft can deliver on the big promises it's making with its software-plus-services development platform.
House Members Try To Stop Efforts To Police Internet Gambling
A bipartisan delegation is drumming up support to overturn portions of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.
Keeping IT Staff Happy In Tough Times
Money is always quick and easy bait to keep valued staff from leaving. But how do you retain -- or even attract -- key talent when budgets are tight?
Interop Preview: Tech Industry Gets Ready To Rumble
The nation's leading business technology event, Interop, gains added breadth this year as it is co-located with Software 2008, an event aimed at software developers, users, and industry executives.
MashupOS: Can You Have Security and Web 2.0?
Okay, you have a web browser, and you have Web 2.0 applications -- mashups, in other words. And you have a choice -- convenience or security. The convenience of running mashups that combine related data from unrelated sources versus the minefield of running web services from multiple unknown, untrusted sites in a browser that was designed for visiting one known, trusted web site at a time. What's the answer?
FCC Chief Says Comcast Blocked Traffic Even During Slow Times
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin told Congress it appears that Comcast used technology that completely blocks certain traffic, like peer-to-peer file sharing.
Windows XP SP3 Embedded Not Coming In April
A Microsoft official would only say that Service Pack 3 for the Embedded version of Windows XP will come "at a later date."
Windows XP SP3 Set For Release, Microsoft Says
The service pack includes all updates issued since Windows XP Service Pack 2 was released in 2004, and some new elements.
Cell Phone Users Gain Mobile Access To Health Data
AllOne Mobile lets consumers securely access their personal health records through cell phones and PDAs.
Astronaut Sets U.S. Space Record
The Soyuz spacecraft landed Saturday, with three astronauts from the International Space Station returning home safely.
Domain Name Sales Boom During Real Estate Bust
The $10 million sale of Fund.com during the first quarter of the year helped spark $38,029,543 in domain sales ... and high interest in generic domain names.
CNN Faces Cyberattack Over Tibet Coverage
Security experts and researchers are mixed on whether the attacks, reportedly scheduled around 8 p.m. on April 19, Beijing time, will happen.
MacBook Pro Customers Report Blank Screens
The display problem occurred after users deployed the high-end notebook's latest firmware upgrade.
FCC Hearing On Network Management Draws Net Neutrality Supporters
Speakers at the Stanford University meeting want policymakers to require cable and telecommunications companies to manage Internet traffic in a nondiscriminatory way.
CIOs Uncensored: A Focus On People
Burger King's CIO feels strongly that helping people -- IT employees and the community -- pays big dividends.
Down To Business: U.S. A Broadband Leader? Or Just A Poseur?
As new World Economic Forum ranking suggests, racing to extend the fattest pipes to the most people doesn't necessarily make you a world-class networked economy.
Apple Patches Safari Vulnerabilities
The fixes include patching a zero-day vulnerability in Apple's Web browser that allowed researchers to compromise a MacBook Air.
U.S. Improves Success Rate Of Federal IT Projects
The OMB now identifies 489 items as "high risk" due to factors such as complexity, scope, or level of importance, down 19% from the 601 projects that were on the list in February.
ACS Acquires Transportation Management Systems For $42.5 Million
The unit posted about $50 million in revenues in the 12 months prior to the end of March 2008, according to ACS.
Google Gmail Loses Functionality
Problems with accessing the online e-mail's IMAP feature fuel concerns about uptime and reliability as well as business adoption of software as a service.
Web 2.0 And Legal Discovery
Pretty much all digital information is vulnerable when it comes to e-discovery requests.
Cisco Outlines Its Strategy For China, Names Leaders
The plan includes further commitment to providing assistance to Chinese businesses in the development of IT and business-process outsourcing within the country.
How to Quickly Grow Your Smaller Business
The secret is having advanced network technology that will enable your smaller business to be prepared for its expansion. The side benefits are that it will save you money as well as improve your company's efficiency and responsiveness
700 MHz Auction Keeps U.S. Public Safety Network In Limbo
Qualcomm had the high bid of $472 million for the spectrum, but was dismissed because it was so far from the reserve price.
Mobile Banking To Grow Tenfold
The number of transactions is expected to rise from 2.7 billion in 2007 to 37 billion by 2011, as banks continue to deploy more services, Juniper Research says.
Comcast, Pando Call For P2P Bill Of Rights, Responsibilities
Despite the cable provider's plans to work with BitTorrent and other ISPs, critics say companies should not create consumer protection plans.
Online Retail Group Urges Caution On Behavioral Advertising Guidelines
Shop.org says consumers aren't hurt by tracking technology and the Federal Trade Commission's report on the subject was too broad.
Mickos: Sun Has Expertise That MySQL Needs, Vice Versa
Downloads of the open source database have increased by 10,000 per day since its recent acquisition by Sun.
Congress Studies 700 MHz Auction's Failure To Deliver Public Safety Network
Some lawmakers suggest that the nationwide public-safety block be reauctioned and the proceeds be used to build out a public-safety network.
Windows XP SP3 Pegged For Release On April 21
OEMs and Microsoft's friends will get the pack first followed by the rest of Windows XP users through Microsoft's online Windows Update service a week later.
Google Helps Group Find Child Predators On The Web
The software tools help the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sift through millions of pornographic images and videos from the Web to find child sex predators.
USPTO Launches Pilot To Expedite Patents
The First Action Interview pilot program will allow certain patent applicants a chance to resolve issues one-on-one early in the process.
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