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  • IBM brings management tools to mainframe

    IBM later this year plans to release management tools for its mainframe server, including a "federated" security application for logging onto several systems at once.

  • IBM goes on mainframe offensive

    IBM has plans in place to spend tens of millions of dollars to coax new customers to buy the company's mainframes.

  • Mandrake in contract to boost Linux security

    A consortium including Mandrakesoft, the Paris-based Linux seller that recently exited bankruptcy protection, has won a three-year contract worth 7 million euro (US$8.6 million) to improve Linux security.

  • Sasser tops virus infections

    The worm accounted for more than half of infections detected by Sophos during May

  • Stop, Thief! Laptops on the loose

    What do the US State Department, the British military and the FBI have in common? Each has recently lost laptops with sensitive information.

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  • Bluetooth phones at risk from 'snarfing'

    A serious Bluetooth security vulnerability allows mobile phone users' contact books to be stolen. You've heard of bluejacking - now meet 'bluesnarfing'

  • Keeping the outside out: Seven desktop firewalls tested

    We all know about firewalls protecting your network from outside attacks, but what can you do when those pesky users keep taking their computers outside your network? And what if the attack isn't coming from the outside at all?

  • Passwords made easy

    It's time to educate users about the importance of passwords . . . for security's sake.

  • Acer Extensa 5635Z

    The Extensa is a business laptop with no particular frills. That's not a bad thing per se, but it's tough to get too excited about it, either.

  • Toshiba Satellite U500

    Toshiba's Satellite U500 wants to be portable and powerful, which has a negative impact on both the battery life and the weight. Still, if you need power in a petite package, the U500 might do it for you.

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