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A number of software and service offerings allow computer users to conduct process monitoring to find out what malicious or hidden programs may be running on their machines, but security experts indicate the lower-level, PC-specific scanning is too detailed to be useful to most enterprise IT departm...

EBay is an icon for online merchandising for both private sellers and small companies. However, industry watchers warn that user dissatisfaction over increased rates and its rules could give alternative auction Web sites more market share. Rival auction sites are catering both to newcomers to online...

We spend a lot of time forecasting the death of Sun these days. Employees have probably forgotten how to spell the word "morale," acquisitions seem more focused on distracting stake holders from clueless executives, and there often seems like a plan to develop more never-to-be-executed, silly strat...

The federal government is moving forward with a proposal to tap -- and track -- in-flight Internet communications, experts tell TechNewsWorld. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, teaming with the Department of Homeland Security, is petitioning the Federal Communications Commission, an independent a...

The big four processor vendors -- AMD, IBM, Intel and Sun Microsystems -- rely heavily on continual innovation and speed increases to fuel their businesses. At the heart of their strategies is Moore's Law. Simply stated, Moore's Law says that transistor density on integrated circuits roughly doubl...

The subway and bus bombings in London on July 7th added new fuel to the continued debate over security and liberty in a high-tech world. But it remains an open question whether the two must be opposites. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither li...

Should bloggers receive federal legal protection so they can shield sources from overzealous prosecutors? Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), believe so. But others in the Congressional leadership with more influence aren't so sure. Two pieces of legislation, S 340 and HR ...

MMO2, a very big telecom name in the UK, was created as a cute play on the then very popular millennium year 2000. It was fashionable to use the Roman numerals at the time, and so MMO2 came into being -- but it soon became outdated. Now they've just dropped the MM to be proudly rebranded again as O2...

Authentication has become a principal concern for IT managers. With identity theft becoming a popular crime, and hackers constantly honing their attack mechanisms, companies are constantly looking for ways to ensure that only authorized users access important data. The Remote Authentication Dial In ...

The battle between Microsoft- and Linux-based servers just got a new twist. It is spelled N-O-V-E-L-L. While many IT managers are still arguing about which platform is fundamentally better, Novell is hoping to generate a buzz around its new Open Enterprise Server system. Open Enterprise Server is a ...