* RFID everywhere: From amusement parks to blood supplies * CA delays Q4 report, revises Q2 and Q3 * Gartner: Phishing attacks up against U.S. consumers * WinHEC: Microsoft revisits NGSCB security plan * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories
RFID tags are appearing everywhere, to track everything from jersey cattle to sports jerseys. It’s an explosion of location information. So it’s no wonder that some people are worried that they might be tracked as well, stirring up rumors of RFID tags being implanted under the skin. This week we take a look at the myriad applications under consideration today, and why it’s all Wal-Mart’s fault. RFID everywhere: From amusement parks to blood supplies http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0503widernetrfid.html?net
RFID tags are appearing everywhere, to track everything from jersey cattle to sports jerseys. It’s an explosion of location information. So it’s no wonder that some people are worried that they might be tracked as well, stirring up rumors of RFID tags being implanted under the skin. This week we take a look at the myriad applications under consideration today, and why it’s all Wal-Mart’s fault.
RFID everywhere: From amusement parks to blood supplies
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0503widernetrfid.html?net
CA delays Q4 report, revises Q2 and Q3
Computer Associates yesterday said it is restating its financials for the last couple of fiscal quarters – not a big change, but after all the accounting scandals the management software company has been through lately, it’s still enough to make investors jittery.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0506cadelay.html?net
Gartner: Phishing attacks up against U.S. consumers
A new study by research firm Gartner found that the number of online scams known as “phishing attacks” have spiked in the last year and that online consumers are frequently tricked into divulging sensitive information to criminals.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0506gartnphish.html?net
WinHEC: Microsoft revisits NGSCB security plan
Microsoft is revisiting its Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB) security plan because enterprise users and software makers don’t want to be forced to rewrite their code to take advantage of the technology, the company said Wednesday.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0505msngscb.html?net
Today on Layer 8, where you can slap “Spiderman 2” logos on us any day, we’re easy:
The world’s most boring – and self-affirming – video game; if you’re gonna steal music online, make sure it’s Christian music; hands that will get your butt whupped in Scrabble; and iPod fans show the love; all this and more today at your home for not-just-networking news.
https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net
This week’s top 5 stories so far:
1. Freeware and shareware help monitor nets
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0503specialfocus.html?net
2. Sasser infections hit Amex, others
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0504sasseinfec.html?net
3. Product palooza at N+I
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0503interop.html?net
4. Vendors to target XML traffic jam
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0503xmlaccel.html?net
5. Sasser spawns children, headaches
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0503sasserspawn.html?net
