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Hosting providers and IT professionals have been warned of a threat posed to Microsoft IIS Web servers through exploitation of vulnerabilities in Microsoft operating systems.
While the media bombards consumers with frightening stories, discussions about security are thwarted by the failure of language to separate the "feeling" and "reality" of security, says security guru Bruce Schneier.
Romanian security firm BitDefender has revealed that after releasing signatures to protect its customers from a virus that deleted files from their computers containing gypsy music, it was inundated with letters of complaint from customers that wanted the virus to spread.
Kevin Warwick, professor of cybernetics at Reading University in England, is looking forward to becoming a cyborg again.
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ID management expert Phil Libin says critics knocking an upcoming government security program miss the point.
While other tech honchos play hard to get, Microsoft's boss holds a first-of-a-kind chat with a blogger, writes News.com's Jeff Pelline.
Retail powerhouses such as Wal-Mart gather in the United States to push development of controversial tagging technology.
CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says readers are united in their contempt for the idea of embedding chips in people.
Businesses don't share information on cyberattacks, making it almost impossible to assess risk.
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