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Judge favors Microsoft search agreement
A U.S. judge said Tuesday she will likely defer to an agreement on desktop search forged between Microsoft Corp. and the plaintiffs in the U.S. government’s antitrust lawsuit against the software vendor, instead of responding to a complaint from rival …
Security vendors question antivirus tests
Antivirus software is frequently tested for performance, so picking a top product should be straightforward: Select the number-one vendor whose software kills off all of the evil things circulating on the Internet. You’re good to go then, right? Not …
Web security product aims to foil hackers with continuous authentication
A new Web application security product prevents hacker attacks with 256-bit secret keys that authenticate and encrypt each data transmission as it happens.
Sun needs AMD chips to launch new supercomputer
As Sun Microsystems Inc. prepares to demonstrate a new high-performance computer Tuesday at a technology conference in Germany, it hopes that quad-core processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. that will power the computer arrive on time to deliver …
What to consider when looking for a data-protection solution
Losing access to key applications and critical business data can be devastating. With downtime costing companies from thousands to millions of dollars per hour in lost productivity and opportunity costs, it is imperative to keep the IT business …
IBM supercomputer more powerful than 1.5-mile-high stack of laptops
IBM says it has nearly tripled the performance of the technology behind the world’s fastest and most energy-efficient supercomputer, developing a system that is potentially 100,000 times more powerful than a home computer. It will be used by the U.S. …
Data breaches start at the gas station, analyst says
Using a credit card at a gas station could pose more of a risk for data theft than shopping online, as point-of-sale terminals have emerged as a weak link in the security chain, according to a Gartner Inc. analyst.
