Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Networking: Storage software sales soaring

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By Gene J. KoprowskiPublished 7/25/2005 12:49 PM
CHICAGO, July 25 (UPI) -- Sales last quarter rose substantially at major developers of networking and storage software -- SAP, EMC and Microsoft, among others -- as companies purchase software to maintain the privacy of customer and patient records and comply with government mandates, experts told UPI's Networking.

"Several things are driving this trend, but mostly increased regulation is fueling compliance," said Carol Arnold, a spokeswoman for AmeriVault in Waltham, Mass., a maker of data-protection products. "Components of Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC 17a and others call for increased and better storage."

FDIC acts to stop spyware at banks

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CHICAGO -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation -- the New Deal-era government agency designed to restore confidence in the Great Depression-shattered banking system of the United States -- is now providing guidance to banks to protect themselves and their customers from spyware, the latest threat to the integrity of the banks, experts told UPI's The Web.

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

'Podcasting' soars online

http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20050719-104140-9680r.htm

Want to listen to your favorite talk radio at your leisure, and not according to a schedule set by some programming director? Apparently, a lot of people do. Search engine requests for Podcasts -- Internet broadcasts, created for downloading on Apple iPod audio players -- have soared 1,052 percent during the last three months, according to Lycos.

Monday, July 18, 2005

Networking: E-document hackers

http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20050718-100724-4768r.htm

A worker sends an office colleague an e-mail with a corporate document attached, but the seeming routine message turns out to harbor a malicious passenger, because the attachment contains hidden pornographic images that were inserted by a hacker during it's transmission over the Internet. When the document is opened by a female employee, she files a lawsuit for sexual harassment. This particular case is hypothetical, but the situation is real, experts told UPI's Networking.

Friday, July 15, 2005

Wi-Fi 'Vampires' on the Prowl

http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20050714-104104-8390r.htm

If a squatter moved in next door, and ran electrical extension cords from his living room to an outlet on your patio, you might object to this pirating of your electricity -- because his actions would be obvious.

Many computer criminals around the country likewise may be stealing, but in this case the commodity is broadband WiFi access. Because the thefts occur over invisible wireless networks, however, most victims do not know about it, experts told UPI's Wireless World.

E-mail from summer campers

In the past, when a parent sent a child off to summer camp in June, it usually took most of the season before that child sent a card or letter back home. The Internet is providing a solution to that common lament of parents, experts told UPI's The Web.
Children heading to summer camp now pack along their laptops or, more commonly, PDAs, and are increasingly communicating with their folks, sending updates, sometimes daily, via e-mail or text messaging. By Gene Koprowski

http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20050713-072718-3786r.htm

Monday, July 11, 2005

A New World of Work?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20050711-095702-2905r.htm

A new world of work is emerging, as networks enable employees to collaborate in ad-hoc teams assembled for specific projects. New collaboration software, developed by Microsoft and others, enables information workers to read, edit and route documents as a team, not just as individuals, experts told UPI's Networking.

Friday, July 08, 2005

Battle over Supreme Court Nomination -- Already Online

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/44439.html

Lawmakers, for their part, are trying to keep the rhetoric minimized. A leading House Republican, and possible candidate for Illinois governor, appearing on Tuesday at the Fort Dearborn Group, a public policy forum, led by former White House attorney Joseph A. Morris, in Chicago, passed up the chance to pontificate on the Supreme Court nomination process.

Thursday, July 07, 2005

Phishing scam rattles consumers

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Consumer confidence in the security of online financial services has declined considerably, in response to continual reports of identity theft and phishing scams, experts told UPI's The Web.
"There's been a loss of trust in the channel, but not in specific brands," said Bruce Cundiff, a research analyst with Javelin Strategy & Research in Pleasanton, Calif., producer of a new report called "Phishing: Consumer Awareness and Behavior." Cundiff said his company's research -- consisting of some 40,000 online surveys completed during the first quarter of this year -- suggests consumers have the "general feeling that somehow, online financial services are bad."

Saturday, July 02, 2005

Tracking poker chips, soccer balls with RFID

http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20050630-094226-5597r.htm

A gambler goes to a Las Vegas casino and plunks down $2,500 to purchase chips to play poker. In the past, that player may have been able to cheat by slipping some counterfeit chips into the mix. No more. Now, casinos are using chips that contain RFID -- radio frequency identification -- tags to prevent crooked dealings. That is just one of the emerging uses for RFID technology, which is beginning to assume a prominent presence in the U.S. economy, experts told UPI's Wireless World.