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Fidelity National: Ex-worker stole 2.3 million customer records
Fidelity National Information Services subsidiary discloses former database administrator sold 2.3 million consumer records to data broker.
15 great, free security programs
From the moment you switch on your PC, your system faces countless Internet-borne dangers, including spyware attacks, viruses, Trojan horses, home-page hijackers, and hackers trying to weasel their way into your system. And the Internet isn’t the …
ShoreTel forges ahead with VoIP IPO
ShoreTel has announced pricing for its initial public offering of stock, moving ahead with its plans to go public despite a patent dispute with VoIP competitor Mitel.
SAN vendor Compellent Technologies going public
SAN manufacturer Compellent announces IPO.
Dell delays filing 401(k) statement as audit drags on
Dell Inc. told government regulators on Monday that it cannot file a financial statement for its 401(k) plan, as the company continues to struggle with an investigations of its accounting practices.
10 questions to test your virtualization readiness
The potential benefits of virtualization draw many to the technology, but successful adoption depends upon having the right skill sets in place, adequately securing and managing the virtual environment, and aligning the virtualization efforts with …
Sony looks back, and forward, at 10 years of Vaio
Ten years ago this week Sony launched its first Vaio laptop computers. The PCG-705 and 707 went on sale in Japan on July 1 and were followed quickly by a desktop PC, as Sony tried to show the world that a consumer electronics company could make computers.
Nokia: Our cell phones can be hacked, but it isn’t easy
Nokia acknowledges that its cell phones could be hacked but says it is highly unlikely.
YouTube coming to LG cell phones
The ability to view and upload videos to YouTube is coming to some LG Electronics Inc. cell phones later this year.
Apple patches ‘snap, crackle, pop’ bug
Apple Monday issued a fix for the “snap, crackle, pop” audio problem that has bedeviled some Macintosh users since the June 20 operating system update to Mac OS 10.4.10.
