Backspin: Vista not improving security? 08/28/06
The problem for Microsoft is it’s the only company that can drive the security agenda forward, but it looks like Vista may not be the engine to make that happen.
Wireless Security: Is WEP ever appropriate? 08/28/06
How insecure is Wired Equivalent Privacy?
Snyder: The NAC train is leaving the station, 08/28/06
Even after spending all this time and energy taking in all three NAC schemes, I hope Microsoft, Cisco and TCG can come together on a single solution. In the long run, that would be better for everyone.
Bradner: Thanks for nothing, AOL, 08/28/06
So, have your browser remove Google’s cookies and use an anonymizing network or public Internet kiosk if you want to do a search that might be hard to explain five years from now.
Rothman: We need more security intelligence, 08/28/06
If you are a user, start challenging your strategic security vendors to start acting more proactively. Make it clear that sooner rather than later you are going to start investing your money with vendors that are ahead of the curve, not behind it.
Johnson: Privacy discussion overdue, 08/28/06
AOL’s loss could ultimately prove to be good news for the rest of us – if the screw-up serves to launch a wholesale, nationwide review of provider privacy policies. Such a discussion is long overdue.
‘Net Buzz: AT&T lawyers send ‘roaches’ scurrying, 08/28/06
AT&T is seeking the court’s permission to identify the flim-flam artists through their e-mail and IP addresses, a legal nicety that is somewhat ironic given the brokers’ propensity for using subterfuge – pretexting, in the vernacular – to obtain the …
Dzubeck: Are communications apps next middleware? 08/28/06
Lucent, Alcatel and Nortel, beware: You, too, may have a nightmare of new IT competitors – IBM, Oracle, BEA and others – at your doorstep.
Gearhead: Excited about virtual appliances, 08/28/06
Some time ago we noted that VMware had started a program to encourage people to create prebuilt virtual machines (or “virtual appliances” as VMware calls them) configured to do something useful. While the first few appliances were interesting, the …
Cool Tools: Sleepy-time Cool Tools, 08/28/06
This week we have two products that cover my favorite activities – listening to music and sleeping.
Dr. Internet: Geo-locating IP addresses, 08/28/06
Can I find where a Web site visitor is located by their IP address?
Editorial: Embracing the free culture movement, 08/28/06
When was the last time you saw a keynote speaker at a technology conference get a standing ovation? That honor was bestowed on Lawrence Lessig, the opening speaker at the recent LinuxWorld Conference in San Francisco, who called on the audience to …
