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  • SCO execs dump stock

    Senior executives of SCO have been dumping their personal holdings in the company over the last week, US Securities and Exchange Commission filings have revealed.

  • Inside Symantec's security bunker

    In one of the rolling hills above Winchester, England, is a decommissioned nuclear bunker that houses Symantec's U.K. Security Operations Center.

  • Insiders are main computer security threat

    System administrators and CIOs have little concept of the top threat to security, according to a survey.

  • Insider warns of storage security flaws

    A former government security advisor now in the employ of Hitachi Data systems claims major storage players, including his own company, have fundamental problems with securing their systems.

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    A former cybercrime prosecutor, Scott Charney has overseen dozens of investigations and prosecutions involving hackers, economic espionage, and organised crime. When it comes to computer security, he's a realist.

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    Telstra 'network vandals' sever the national security argument

    I was interested to read that Telstra had the good sense to finally hand over its network designs to the Federal government last week.

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    Tax Office needs to rethink open source objections

    The Australian Tax Office CIO Bill Gibson claims that one of the reasons he hasn't deployed much open source software is due to security fears, with the code not subject to enough "technical scrutiny".

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Wanna save storage? Try social networking

    There are plenty of popular strategies for reducing enterprise storage usage, but up until now I've never heard the usage of Facebook or instant messaging listed amongst them -- but there's a first time for everything.

  • Taking datacentres on the road

    Is it a truck? Is it a giant portable wind tunnel? Well, yes -- but it's also a mobile datacentre with a maximum capacity of 4.1 petabytes of storage, which would easily hold an awful lot of high-res Superman footage.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Kill GPRS to make Virgin Broadband fly

    After struggling with Virgin Mobile's 3G wireless broadband for a couple of weeks, I discovered a modem tweak that has completely changed my Internet experience.

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  • Inside Vista's Security Center

    The Security Center in the Windows Vista October Community Technical Preview (CTP) is sporting a status bar titled Spyware Protection. Here's a closer look at the Spyware Protection status bar and explore the implications of it presence.

  • Photos: New features in Firefox 3

    Firefox 3 aimed for 5 million downloads in the first 24 hours of its release, and smashed all expectations achieving more than 8 million downloads worldwide. This photo gallery takes you inside the new features this recording breaking browser.

  • Securing Microsoft 2: hackers invited to Redmond

    In part two of 'Securing Microsoft', we learn how the company slowly became more intimate with the security community. Microsoft's slow shift to focus more on security came to a head with Vista, with more money spent in securing Vista than anybody has ever been invested into securing any piece of software before.

  • Securing Microsoft: From the Blaster worm to Blue Hat

    From Blaster Worm to Blue Hat, we bring you a complete retrospective on the evolution of Microsoft's security strategy over the last decade. Step onboard as we chart the triumphs and tragedies as the Microsoft engineers battled the tides of internet hackers, transforming them from adversaries to unlikely allies.

  • Rush to deploy virtualisation leaves security gaps

    Server virtualisation is a no-brainer -- it's quick to deploy and easy to justify in terms of cost-savings but too many companies are deploying the technology without considering the security implications.

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  • McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007

    Despite the interface redesign, the McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007 feels like a grab bag of security and system performance tools. It'll keep your PC safe, but we think there are other products on the market that do so with greater ease.

  • McAfee Total Protection 2007

    McAfee Total Protection 2007 does what it says on the label -- it protects your PC from all sorts of nasty attacks, albeit at a fairly high cost to your system performance, especially on older PCs.

  • McAfee VirusScan Plus 2007

    Despite a face-lift, the redesigned McAfee VirusScan Plus continues to consume system resources and leaves its customers lacking support.

  • BitDefender Antivirus 10

    BitDefender Antivirus 10 is a solid antivirus and antispyware solution, offering two-year subscriptions for the price of one elsewhere; however, it could be faster, offer built-in help, and uninstall better.

  • ZoneAlarm Antivirus 6.5

    ZoneAlarm Antivirus 6.5 remains the easiest-to-use and best firewall integrated with antivirus protection on the market today.

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