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Intel nurses ‘black eye’ on Larrabee, as AMD, Nvidia get to work

Canceling long-awaited Larrabee graphics chip gives rivals time to get ahead

Dec 9, 2009 4 mins
Computers and Peripherals Data Breach Data Center
opinion

FTC sues to stop robocallers

FTC goes after robocallers who claimed to help out with credit card problems

Dec 8, 2009 5 mins
Enterprise Applications Security
analysis

Microsoft releases six new patches (3 critical) plus two advisories on other security problems

Six Microsoft patches fix 12 vulnerabilities in IE8, XP, Vista, Windows Server and Office. Microsoft also released two optional patches.

Dec 8, 2009 6 mins
Browsers Microsoft Security
opinion

Defining DLP

The ever-increasing risk of sensitive data loss

Dec 8, 2009 1 min
DLP Software Data Center
opinion

Personalizing the Web browsing experience

* Kynetx provides both server- and client-side tools that use identity data to slice, dice and personalize Web browsing

Dec 8, 2009 3 mins
Security
news

Social network and banking scams are on the rise, says Cisco

Malware like Koobface and Zeus is replacing old-school phishing

Dec 8, 2009 2 mins
Cisco Systems Cybercrime Malware
news

Google sues over work-at-home schemes

Pacific WebWorks used Google's brand name to push fraudulent home working schemes, Google alleges

Dec 8, 2009 3 mins
Cybercrime Fraud Legal
news

Company sued by Google had a profitable year

But Pacific WebWorks will face legal scrutiny after Google alleges it is complicit in work-at-home scams

Dec 8, 2009 4 mins
Enterprise Fraud Technology Industry
news

Virgin Galactic blasts into the great unknown

Virgin Galactic and others face safety, money, regulation issues in space tourism race

Dec 8, 2009 4 mins
Data Center Enterprise Applications Security
news

Microsoft downplays Windows BitLocker attack threat

Says German research presents 'relatively low risk' to users

Dec 8, 2009 3 mins
Cybercrime Malware Network Security