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    As employee-owned portable devices become more sophisticated they become less secure, according to one analyst -- and the more senior an employee, the less compliant they are when it comes to protecting the information on those devices.

  • Secure your IT: Get a crystal ball

    Security is in a "trough of complacency" in the boardroom but getting it back on the agenda depends on security officers taking a different approach -- evaluating the benefit of protecting against tomorrow's threats, not yesterday's, according to one analyst.

  • Google admits Desktop security risk

    Businesses have been warned by research company Gartner that the latest Google Desktop Beta has an 'unacceptable security risk', and Google agrees.

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    If you think managing the risk of IT projects is all about throwing everything over the fence to an external supplier, think again.

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    It's that moment you've always dreaded--a project being managed by the IT department has gone horribly wrong. How can you set in place damage control so things don't get much, much worse?

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    Many IT executives are on the fence about Web services. Find out what one expert has to say about making the decision to implement and the associated risk factors that you must factor in to any ROI projection for Web services projects.

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  • Untangling the wireless future

    Faced with an increasing number of wireless technologies and standards, planning a long-term networking strategy is a daunting prospect.

  • Will iPod suffer fate of the Mac?

    Apple Computer's apparent cold shoulder to RealNetworks this week has once again put the company's "go it alone" strategy in the spotlight.

  • Palm to acquire rival Handspring

    Palm will buy rival Handspring for approximately US$169 million in an effort to strengthen its grip on the market for handheld devices.

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