WASHINGTON DC - Imagine a day when you can buy the newest, coolest phone you can get your hands on--and use it on any wireless carrier's network. Right now that's almost impossible in the U.S, CNET News.Com reported. But if the rules for the upcoming Federal Communications Commission auction of 700MHz spectrum, which is being
SEATTLE - Microsoft has quietly released an update for Internet Explorer that fixes a problem with the browser's phishing shield. The feature that protects against fraudulent Web sites, new in IE 7, in some cases couldSbog down computers running Windows, according to an article on Microsoft's support site published Tuesday, CNET News.Com reported. This could
WEST BLOOMFIELD - International Forensics eLearning Academy has launched its IFEA Virtual Campus, which delivers online courses aimed at law enforcement and first responders in the area of homeland security, forensics, and CSI. It also offers courses for Security Professionals. IFEA helps to reduce the cost in training a workforce saving thousands of dollars in
SAN FRANCISCO - Internet security firm Websense has discovered a worm that uses Skype to propagate. Skype is best known for allowing subscribers to make free telephone calls over the Internet, CNET News.Com reported. The company has more than 7 million subscribers and was acquired just over a year ago by online auction firm eBay
CHICAGO - More than 80 percent of financial services respondents say their organization's use of handheld devices had increased over the past two years, producing a growing security risk. The survey reflects the concerns of survey respondents. Some 87 percent say they are concerned about the security of e-mail access to corporate server-based accounts and
CUPERTINO - Symantec has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit that alleges eight businesses and seven individuals reaped an estimated $15 million in profits from pirated copies of its most popular security software. The lawsuit, filed in a U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, comes after an investigation of more than two years, the company said.
NEW YORK - CA has introduced a recovery management solution that offers continuous data protection , business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities in one package. The Islandia, N.Y.-based vendor says its BrightStor ARCserve Backup/WANSyncHA bundle integrates the WANSync high availability and Assured Recovery disaster recovery testing solutions from XOsoft Inc., acquired by CA in July,
TORONTO - As U.S. companies become certified for Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, they are requiring their supply chain to become compliant. FutureShield is providing an evaluation service to help the 18,000 Canadian manufacturers comply with the new U.S. regulations. The evaluation covers the following areas: Container Security Fencing and Gates Building Structure Intrusion Alarms Key
TROY - On November 10 and 11 at the Troy Campus, Walsh College Information Assurance Center and Ernst & Young hosted the After Hours Consulting Challenge. Five teams of students competed for bragging rights and gift cards and the chance to impress the E & Y judges. The Consulting Challenge was a simulation designed to
DETROIT - The need to reduce cost and increase business performance, while at the same time evolving systems to fit global markets, ensures that IT is not longer the sideshow that it used to be. Nonetheless, one consequence of moving technology's act into the center ring is that every Chief Information Officer is now accountable