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IBM piles on Microsoft’s open document defeat; HP core LAN switch boasts new architecture; and Cisco extends reach of NAC gear. (6:35)
How Boston College recovered from a big data breach
How Boston College recovered from a 100,000-record data breach and regained customer confidence, according to the school’s head of IT …
HP’s thermal inkjet technology put to medical use
HP researchers have developed a medical patch that uses thermal inkjet technology found in printers to painlessly administer drugs to a …
VMware acquires virtualization management vendor Dunes
VMware acquires virtual management and IT process orchestration vendor Dunes Technologies at its VMworld conference.
BULLETIN: States ask for five-year extension of antitrust judgment
The California group of state plaintiffs in the U.S. Microsoft Corp. antitrust case will ask for a five-year extension of a …
Data-leakage prevention tools catch errors, not theft
Data-leakage prevention tools from vendors such as Reonnex, Vontu, Onigma (bought by McAfee), Tablus (bought by EMC/RSA) and Port …
Thunderstorm predictions made more accurate with supercomputer
The accuracy of storm forecasting could improve dramatically because of research examining the individual cells that make up …
FBI cybercrime fighter lauds CAN SPAM, international efforts
FBI cybercop says CAN SPAM is starting to produce results, and international coordination against cybercriminals is improving.
