NetFlash: FBI joins with industry to tackle ID theft

FBI joins with industry to tackle ID theft

The FBI is stepping up its fight against online fraud with a new initiative called Operation Identity Shield, according to a senior FBI official. Click here for more.

IBM makes third SOA buy with Webify purchase

IBM has made its third purchase in the service-oriented architecture technology space, buying Webify Solutions, the company announced Wednesday. Click here for more.

Black Hat: NAC solutions vulnerable to attack

Network access control technology has been promoted as the savior of beleaguered enterprise networks, but enterprise IT managers who are hanging their hat on client health screening should think again, according to security expert Ofir Arkin of Insightix. Click here for more.

Intel issues patches for wireless vulnerabilities

Intel has issued patches for three vulnerabilities for its wireless hardware and software. Click here more details.

An inconvenient truth about IPv6

IPv6 has long suffered from the perception that it is a good solution looking for a problem to solve. The Social Security Administration’s hands-on experience with this upgrade to the Internet’s main protocol does little to change that perception. Click here for more.

Cool Tools Video: Full-motion video from pictures

Thomas Randolph of FrameFree designed to create motion video from still images that will blow your socks off.

Today on Layer 8, still chasing that ice cream truck down the block:

Researchers demo Mac hack at Black Hat; U.K. council bans Dell TV ad; visit your favorite sites at work without getting caught; and is SETI covering up alien signals?; and all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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