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Revamped AOL News site hits performance bump

The new beta of AOL News became slow or unavailable due to heavy traffic on Tuesday, prompting AOL to temporarily shut off some of the new features

A new context for data protection

To properly secure their most valuable information, enterprises must determine what types of data need to be held closely and which records don't need to be saved at all

Enterprise data protection tools remain nascent

Experts contend that working with many of today's security technologies remains challenging but also offer tips for project managers and CIOs

Why the iPhone is wrong

There's plenty of hype surrounding the iPhone, and it may even overshadow these sobering shortcomings of the highly anticipated handheld

Oracle results soar for Q4, fiscal year

Revenue from new licenses, services, and software drives company's profits and growth

New Yorkers camp out for iPhone despite summer heat

Early adopters equipped with food, water, and other supplies as they await arrival of Apple's first cell phone

Apple rivals dread iPhone

Even if the handheld doesn't meet its lofty sales goals, it is already giving Apple a leg up in the converged devices market and is contributing to higher overall Apple sales

Microsoft security group makes ‘worst jobs’ list

The Microsoft Security Response Center made Popular Science's list of the worst jobs in science because the daunting work is 'hard and thankless'

iPhone distribution set: Apple Store, Apple on-line Store and AT&T Store. Now, what’s an AT&T Store?

Intel and India’s NIIT team on multicore training

Intel will supply technical information, which NIIT will use to create training and classroom material to help developers become proficient with multicore technology

Google targets nonprofits with Outreach program

The program will help nonprofits use Google Earth to share information and draw people into their projects on a grassroots level by illustrating and sharing their work

RealPlayer beta allows video downloading

Player supports Flash, Windows Media, and QuickTime formats, and honors DRM restrictions

Two convicted for porn spam operation

First trial to include charges under CAN-SPAM Act nets convictions on eight counts, including transport of obscene materials and money laundering

When backups go awry, and it’s only the beginning

Dell continues retail push with colorful PCs

New desktops and laptops, available in eight shell colors, introduced at Macy's department store in New York

Tips for enterprise data protection

How do you bolster data-centric defenses? Here's one infosec consulting expert's take on the problem.

iPhone rate plans announced

Judge favors Microsoft search agreement

Update: Court will likely disregard charges filed in recent complaint from rival Google

Enterprise Data Protection: The Importance of Account Ownership

Lesson 1 for enterprise data protection: employees have to take ownership of security.

Mediasurface to buy CMS vendor Immediacy

Mediasurface rounds out its CMS portfolio by acquiring an offering for midsize businesses

Security vendors question accuracy of AV tests

Symantec, F-Secure, and Panda Software design a new testing plan to better reflect the capabilities of competing products

Microsoft’s Virtual Earth gets new dimension

Microsoft partners with Dassault Systèmes to invite users to contribute their own 3D models of buildings featured on Virtual Earth maps

Taiwanese chip makers gain nod for China plants

Four companies, including NXP-ASE venture, will be allowed to invest in low-end chip assembly operations in China

Google threatens to drop Gmail in Germany

Google is unhappy with proposed German legislation to ban anonymous e-mail accounts

Symantec takes heat over Chinese compensation offer

Critics say the company's offer to users whose computers were crippled by its antivirus software isn't good enough

ICANN mulls registrar changes after RegisterFly debacle

Participants in ICANN workshop agree RAA makeover is due to ensure registrars provide good service to their customers

Who actually pays for all that content?

Sun needs AMD chips to launch new supercomputer

Sun's Constellation is targeting IBM, which is set to introduce a still faster Blue Gene/P supercomputer

Infineon to buy DSL unit from Texas Instruments

DSL business develops networking technologies aimed at delivering music, TV, movies, and other content from the Internet

Data breaches start at the gas station

Analyst warns against POS terminals that collect and store data, putting users at greater risk for data theft than shopping online

What makes a user switch? Perfection.

Commenter: Will iPhone work with Verizon?

Google pushes court on Microsoft search

Google filed a 'friend of the court' brief requesting more judicial oversight, but Microsoft says Google hasn't contributed anything new to the case

Secret Service helps bust ID, credit card theft rings

Using information provided by the Secret Service, the French National Police arrested four men connected to an international ID theft ring

Wi-Fi Alliance starts testing draft 802.11n gear

Routers, clients, and other 802.11n Draft 2.0 networking gear with the Alliance's seal of approval are expected to start hitting store shelves in September

CA’s Spectrum tool now looks at human errors

Spectrum Network Fault Manager 8.1 now takes into account human error in network settings, something that previously required a separate tool

Two plead to selling counterfeit software on eBay

As the Department of Justice cracks down on software counterfeiters, two more defendants have pleaded guilty to selling bootlegged factory software on eBay

Analysts: Vista SP1 delay won’t hurt enterprises

The first service pack for the new OS likely won't be released until the end of the year, but analysts predict the delay won't slow enterprise adoption

U.S. lags behind other nations in broadband speeds

A recent survey has found that the U.S. is behind many other nations in broadband speed, access, and affordability

Nexidia to roll out accent analyzer

Tool can be used before signing on with offshore customer service supplier

Moonlight beaming Silverlight to Linux

Open source efforts continue in porting of Microsoft multimedia technology

Veracode debuts system to test binary code

Standards-based method would allow enterprises to scan programs' binary code for problems before they are put into production

Funding, security top issues for federal IT managers

A survey of telecom decision-makers in federal agencies finds that they are eager to embrace unified communications but worry about security and getting funding

Quantum’s new appliance could attract OEMs

The DXi7500 data deduplication, disk backup, and tape archiving appliance offers 240TB of storage and flexibility that could appeal to enterprises and OEMs alike

BPEL4People humanizes SOA

Mobile phone virus author arrested in Spain

The detained man is suspected of writing 20 variations of the CommWarrior and Cabir viruses, which affect phones using the Symbian OS

A look at Ruby on Rails IDEs

Oracle updates Demantra one year after purchase

New release supports Oracle's Fusion middleware

European Commission pushes Germany on telecom access

Group also asks for market analysis of super-fast networks

ICANN to tackle transparency

Organization will also look at top level domains in week's worth of meetings