At Deadline Briefs   30 Oct 2006 05:29 GMT
Short, late-breaking IT news items.
Source: Computerworld

E-voting Believers (2 letters)   30 Oct 2006 05:29 GMT
Letters: There are ways to ensure the accuracy and security of e-voting systems.
Source: Computerworld

BPM Is Helping Firms Control Critical Business Processes   30 Oct 2006 05:29 GMT
In the wake of government crackdowns on corporate malfeasance in recent years, many companies are turning to business process management tools to create processes that are transparent to users and ease and automate workflow.
Source: Computerworld

A Penny Saved, and All That   30 Oct 2006 05:29 GMT
Desktop support pilot fish needs to update the VPN software on a user’s laptop, so he visits her office to collect it. Sure, let me undock it, user says -- and forcefully rips it from the docking station.
Source: Computerworld

Voting machine firm denies Chavez ties   29 Oct 2006 14:00 GMT
The parent company of e-voting firm Sequoia is angrily denying rumors that the firm has links to the leftist government of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.
Source: Computerworld

Singaporean company settles with BSA over piracy   28 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
A Singaporean interior design company, the first to be convicted and fined under the country's updated Copyright Act, has reached a settled with the Business Software Alliance.
Source: Computerworld

Public key cryptography celebrates anniversary   28 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
Dignitaries from the computer security field commemorated the 30th anniversary of public key cryptography at a celebration Thursday in California, waxing historical about academic, governmental and commercial developments in security and pondering the future.
Source: Computerworld

Wikipedia mulls copyright purchases   28 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
Wikipedia is considering a plan to purchase copyright content and make it available under public domain. Service founder Jimmy Wales said in an e-mail to the user community this month that he was "recently asked this question by someone who is potentially in a position to make this happen."
Source: Computerworld

User tricks, security treats   28 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
Thirteen malevolent spirits may haunt the halls and cubicles of your company, and if you're going to scare them into security compliance you may need to get a little bit spooky yourself.
Source: Computerworld

At 30, crypto still lacks usability, experts say   28 Oct 2006 00:41 GMT
Government controls held back cryptography in the past, but today usability blocks adoption. Microsoft's Ray Ozzie promises a fix.
Source: ZDNet