Security

5 ‘Great’ Open-source Desktop Security Applications

How to protect access to Web-based applications

IdM companies move beyond ‘single-issue vending’

* Trend examplified by Courion's move into governance and SailPoint's entry into provisioning

Is your mobile phone giving up your phone number?

A phone hacker says that some mobile Web proxies send phone numbers to Web sites, comprising security

You don’t know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

Service monitors workers’ social network use

Aims to keep confidential corporate data from cyberspace; can also track personal posts

Jedi Packet Trick punches holes in firewalls

By hacking networking cards, researchers can break into networks and PCs

After DNS problem, Chinese root server is shut down

The server is thought to have extended Chinese filtering technology to Chile and the US

Gartner: 10 mobile & wireless technologies that should be on your radar

New versions of Bluetooth, smartphone app stores, cellular broadband to play key roles

NASA transforming, looks to further develop hypervelocity jets

NASA, facing budget changes, looks to build hypervelocity space vehicles