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Ten security trends worth watching

Systems are growing more complex and cybercriminals more sophisticated, but it's often an enterprise's own users that pose the biggest threat

Hackers’ project hides browser-busting code

VoMM creates new versions of known exploit code to make it undetectable by antivirus software

Quote of the day: Microsoft’s dress code is holding it back

Update: Yahoo’s revenue falls short in Q3

Weaker-than-expected online sales blamed for disappointing results, yet overall revenue up 19 percent over last year

Update: Intel profit falls 35 percent

Results exceed analyst expectations but fall short of company goals

CFO: IBM has got its operations into balance

Restructuring efforts in software, hardware, and services have served the company well

Microsoft releases guidelines for customer privacy

To counter accusations of misuse of consumer records, Redmond offers up recommendations for software developers

EFF files lawsuit to gain information on FBI database

Civil liberties group wants the court to force the Dept. of Justice to disclose how it collects and stores personal information

Update: MySQL adds ‘Merlin’ database monitoring

MySQL Enterprise to gain service for identifying crashes, bottlenecks or security vulnerabilities

AT&T might lock rates to win BellSouth OK

Company eager to compromise in order to make acquisition

Spamhaus case could test ICANN

Attempts by U.S. courts to exert control over ICANN could be bad for the Internet

Lawsuit threatens Spamhaus with shutdown

Questions remain about whether U.S. has any authority to act against U.K. Internet project

AllofMP3.com denies music piracy charges

Company executive explains how Russian law operates but record companies in other countries take issue

W3C wades in on browser security

W3C says they're wading into the browser security swamp. Shouldn't this have happened two years ago?

Multilingual tools mine buzz in the blogosphere

Technorati to partner with PR firm Edelman to develop blog search tools localized for several languages

Ingres extends presence to India

Open source database company sets up shop in New Delhi to grow business in that country

Venture capitalists warm up to Internet again

Healthier investment and entrepreneurial climate is again supporting Internet innovation

Skype to release Symbian client by year end

Skype exec denies reports the company had halted development on the Symbian product

YouTube: The new wasteland?

Microsoft frees virtualization tech from licensing

Virtual Hard Drive lets more computers run different software systems alongside Windows

Universal service funds not being spent

GSMA calls on governments to spend the billions of dollars already collected to build out telecommunications networks

SAP extends global partner program

PartnerEdge program expanded to cover system integrators and companies of all sizes

Recording industry sues another 8,000 file sharers

IFPI charges thousands more in 17 countries with online music piracy

Sun thinks inside the box for datacenter system

Sun claims its Project Blackbox offers a mobile datacenter at a fraction of the cost and 20 percent more power efficiency

Spamhaus appeals possible shutdown ruling

U.S. court ruling threatens to shut down the volunteer organization's database of known spammers

Sun advances its virtualization strategy

Sun introduces six initiatives aimed at bringing virtualization capabilities to enterprises

Intel shows off new low-cost laptops

New systems are aimed at narrowing the digital divide in developing countries

Sony to recall Vaio laptop batteries

Sony to offer replacements for around 90,000 battery packs

Quote of the day: Bottom of the intelligence barrel

News sites get Second Life

Clash of the titans: Visa vs Tech

Will Leopard get buried by Vista buzz?

Xserve Xeon: Upgrade your own CPUs, but AYOR

iPass to expand remote management

New tools enforce corporate policy

IBM unveils ‘Hawk’ as information integration server

After months of beta testing, thirty-five partners will announce for the platforrm this week

Microsoft hands Vista code to security vendors

Company responds to previous complaints from security vendors by allowing them to disable the Security Center management console

Update: NEC sells Packard Bell to former e-Machines owner

Microsoft allows one Vista transfer under new license

Company once again decides what's "normal" for most people and circumstances they're likely to encounter

IBM buys bolster security, ECM

Shareholders approve ISS buy, Big Blue closes FileNet acquisition

RIM’s stock options probe delays filing of results

Company conduction investigation into its practices of granting stock options to employees

HP extends offer to buy Mercury for a third time

Deadline for shareholders to approve acquisition pushed back to October 27

Worm eats its way into McDonald’s MP3 player promotion

Japanese fast-food promotion gives away virus-laden prize that affects computers running Windows

Apple’s Xserve Xeon: Built to fall apart

Bertelsmann plans MySpace rival

German media giant to develop a social networking Web site

Samsung chip, telecom profits drop in Q3

Samsung's profits margins squeezed by lower prices in its big three business units

US DOJ probing Mitsubishi SRAM sales

DOJ antitrust division broadens its investigation into practices in the SRAM market

McAfee buys compliance vendor Onigma

McAfee plans to ship its own version of Onigma's data-leak prevention software

JBoss awakens Hibernate with persistence API

Object/relational mapping software is upgraded

IDF Taiwan: Tyan shows off Quad-Core Xeon system

New computers to house a total of 40 cores each

Black Duck debuts U.S. encryption compliance

ExportIP helps companies handle U.S. export encryption requirements