Microsoft slams Google on privacy

Microsoft slams Google on privacy Google's approach to privacy is a decade behind Microsoft, the Redmond software giant's chief privacy strategist told ZDNet.com.au on Thursday in a video interview.

  • Norton 2009 tackles whitelisting

    Symantec is using interesting techniques to tackle performance requirements in its upcoming Norton 2009 security suite, according to the company's vice president of consumer engineering, Rowan Trollope.

    05 September 2008 05:36 PM

  • Microsoft refutes hypervisor attack claim

    Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has used the vendor's Tech.Ed conference in Sydney this week to rebut claims by a Polish researcher that Microsoft's hypervisor software could be maliciously replaced on PCs without administrators knowing.

    05 September 2008 10:59 AM

  • Queenslanders fleeced in online scam

    Queensland police this week warned lonely hearts not to be fooled by internet romance scams.

    04 September 2008 09:55 AM

  • Aussie banks relay outsourcing lessons

    Chief information officers from two of Australia's largest banks today warned their peers not to poison outsourcing arrangements by obsessing over costs.

    02 September 2008 09:34 PM

I've been working in IBM for 20+ years. Smoke and Mirrors is the name of the game... Pay is low, morale is low. Of course, the fat cats in the C Suite are never held to the same cost cutting measures.

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  • NASA hacker pushes for UK jail term

    The solicitors of self-confessed NASA hacker Gary McKinnon have formally requested that the US give assurances that he serve any prison term in the UK.

    02 September 2008 07:35 AM

  • Google defends privacy credentials

    Google has defended its privacy credentials following a claim by Microsoft's privacy chief last week that the search giant was a decade behind Microsoft when it came to privacy.

    01 September 2008 02:55 PM

  • Apple will plug iPhone security hole

    Apple plans to release a fix next month for a security hole that enables someone to access data on a password-protected iPhone, according to a report.

    01 September 2008 07:01 AM

  • NASA hacker loses legal challenge

    UK resident Gary McKinnon has lost his legal challenge against extradition to the US to face charges of hacking NASA and military installations.

    29 August 2008 11:12 AM

  • Best Western details hotel hack

    The Best Western hotel chain has given details of a hack involving one of its hotels, but downplayed reports that eight million customers have been affected.

    29 August 2008 10:34 AM

  • PC Tools to be poor man's Norton

    Computer security giant Symantec this week said it would not integrate the software of recent acquisition PC Tools into its mainstream Norton suite, instead using the products as its low-cost option for countries such as India and China.

    28 August 2008 04:16 PM

  • Symantec wants another chance

    Computer security firm Symantec this week claimed 300 changes in the new versions of Norton Internet Security and Antivirus would address past performance problems.

    28 August 2008 01:59 PM

  • Space virus infects orbiting laptops

    At least two laptops on-board the International Space Station more than 200 miles above Earth have been infected with a virus.

    28 August 2008 11:05 AM

  • Flaw in BGP net protocol

    Security researchers have warned of an underlying security issue concerning the Border Gateway Protocol, the core internet routing protocol.

    28 August 2008 07:21 AM

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