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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 338 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: presidential candidates stake out tech positions comments Discuss  
Technology policy hasn't played a major role in this year's U.S. presidential campaign, but the major candidates have staked out positions on issues such as net neutrality and skilled-worker visas. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 324 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn university pledges boost tech security comments Discuss  
http://www.thehoya.com/node/15379By Yoshi MyersThe HoyaFeb 15 2008University administrators are in the primary stages of creating a task force that will look into how to enhance information security after the suspected theft of an external hard drive six weeks ago potentially exposed the Social Security numbers of 38,000 students, alumni, faculty and staff.The 100-member task force will consist of University Information Services personnel and leaders from the universitys three campuses, along with those fa read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 307 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn cuttingedge pdp tech leaked chinese firm comments Discuss  
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=040000&biid=2008030681038dongA.comMarch 06, 2008 A new plasma display panel technology developed by LG Electronics has been leaked to a Chinese company, dealing a loss of one trillion won, or more than one billion dollars, to the Korean economy.Seoul prosecutors indicted yesterday a former LG manager for corporate espionage. The 49-year-old man, identified only by his last name Jeong, allegedly leaked the new technology to Changhong-Orion PDP-Chaihong of Chi read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 302 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: endemol tech chief released dubai slammer comments Discuss  
Airport drugs investigation droppedCat Le Huy, the television industry IT executive who was locked up in Dubai earlier this year by airport authorities on suspicion of drug smuggling, is to be released without charge.… read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 294 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: white house taps tech entrepreneur cyber post comments Discuss  
The Bush administration is planning to tap a Silicon Valley entrepreneur to head a new inter-agency group charged with coordinating the federal government's efforts to protect its computer networks from organized cyber attacks. Sources in the government contracting community said the White House is expected to announce as early as Thursday the selection of Rod A. Beckstrom as a top-level adviser based in the Department of Homeland Security. Beckstrom is an author and entrepreneur best...Please click on the read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 293 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn white house picks tech entrepreneur security post comments Discuss  
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9899047-7.htmlBy Steven MusilNews BlogMarch 19, 2008A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has been chosen to run the new National Cyber Security Center, an agency charged with coordinating efforts to protect the federal government's computer networks from cyberattacks, according to published reports.Rod Beckstrm, 47, is expected to be appointed to the post Thursday and report directly to Michael Chertoff, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, according to reports in read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 293 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: tech exec picked cybersecurity post comments Discuss  
Silicon Valley businessman Rod Beckstrom is tasked with coordinating cyber-security efforts across the federal government....Win a Dell XPS Ultra-Portable Notebook Free Registration to Insight24 Provides Access to Over 5,000 B2B Webcasts and Videos. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 289 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn obama clinton mccain passport breaches expose human tech weakness comments Discuss  
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206905232By K.C. JonesInformationWeekMarch 21, 2008Access to personal passport information from presidential hopefuls Sens. Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and John McCain may not have been preventable, the U.S. State Department said this week.The incident highlights the need for greater data access controls for employees and contractors in the IT sector and the government.Three State Department contractors had taken unauthorized looks a read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 281 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: intel touts antitheft tech laptops comments Discuss  
Notebooks won't run for Burglar BillIDF Intel today announced an initiative it hopes will make it much less desirable for criminals to steal laptops. The aim is to build the ability to lock down a machine's storage - and possible even the processor itself - if it's pinched.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 280 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: symantec microsoft resolve spat storage tech comments Discuss  
Microsoft and Symantec have asked a U.S. federal court to dismiss a two-year-old lawsuit after the companies settled a dispute over storage technology. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 279 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: microsoft lines good guys identity tech comments Discuss  
Brands and Cameron pitch the fix for government's Big ID problemEarly last month Jacqui Smith unveiled the latest revision of the ID card roadmap. On the same day, by happy coincidence, Microsoft bought Credentica's U-Prove assets and hired Dr Stefan Brands. On the one hand, a discredited and failing strategy staggers on under its fourth Home Secretary, while on the other...?… read more »
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