* Storm building over RFID-enabled passports * Outlook vulnerable to critical VML bug * SEC broadens probe of HP * U.S. Commerce Department reports loss of 1,137 laptops * Buzzblog: That's great for the military... what about the rest of us? * Today on Layer 8
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This week we look at how Sam Houston State ditched its Cisco VoIP gear, get a preview of Interop – including products from Foundry, Citrix, Adtran, Network General and more – see where CIOs’ heads are at, and look at Microsoft’s latest approach to patents. (10:55) Listen now.
Storm building over RFID-enabled passports
As the U.S. government prepares to complete a conversion to the controversial RFID-based electronic passports, traditional paper-only IDs are still available for a few months to those listening to the raging debate over security and privacy concerns swirling around the electronic documents. Click here for more.
Outlook vulnerable to critical VML bug
A critical bug in the Internet Explorer browser also affects users of the Outlook 2003 e-mail client, making it much more serious than previously thought. Click here for more.
SEC broadens probe of HP
HP has entered into mutual agreements with two former directors caught up in the board spying scandal not to file lawsuits over the dispute. The company disclosed the agreement in a filing to the SEC Thursday. The SEC has asked for more information on the circumstances surrounding Thomas Perkins’ resignation from HP’s board of directors over the spying scandal, HP said in the filing. Click here for more.
U.S. Commerce Department reports loss of 1,137 laptops
The U.S. Commerce Department reported that 1,137 laptops have been lost or stolen since 2001, with 249 of them containing some degree of personal data. Click here for more.
Buzzblog: That’s great for the military… what about the rest of us?
The DoD and an e-mail encryption company called PostX are about to announce that PostX has been chosen to ensure that absentee ballots of soldiers serving overseas get collected and counted. This is welcome news by any measure, but doesn’t every voter deserve this kind of consideration from the government? Click here for more.
Today on Layer 8, more fun than whatever you’re working on:
Survey: Management has sticky fingers; Motorola pilots cell phone vending machines; Amazon invites flame wars; and just how random is the iPod Shuffle?; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
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