News Briefs 19 Mar 2007 04:12 GMTShort IT news items.
Source: Computerworld Keeping Secrets in a Wik1BlogTubeSpace World 19 Mar 2007 04:12 GMTThe debate rages over how to minimize security risks from blogging, social networking, video sharing and other interactive activities that fall under the Web 2.0 umbrella. Here’s how some companies are tackling the problem.
Source: Computerworld Shred Your Bits For Safety's Sake 19 Mar 2007 04:12 GMTJeff Jonas, chief scientist and distinguished engineer in IBM’s entity analytic solutions group, discusses anonymization, a method of data protection, in this interview with the IDG News Service in Singapore.
Source: Computerworld Lessig: Supreme Court copyright ruling invites chaos 18 Mar 2007 13:00 GMTIn an op-ed piece in Sunday's New York Times, copyright-law expert Lawrence Lessig said that a 2005 Supreme Court represented a major non-legislated expansion of the Copyright Act -- and led in part to the current suit by Viacom against Google.
Source: Computerworld Simple SANs save, say users 17 Mar 2007 04:45 GMTAlthough many lower-end, plug-and-play SANs lack certain features, the technology can still save you a bundle of time and money and allow you to focus on the business instead of the back end.
Source: Computerworld Slower, safer rollouts ahead for Firefox bug fixes 16 Mar 2007 13:00 GMTMozilla's got a new strategy on tap for Firefox bug fixes. The company plans to push security patches to a select group of beta testers for pre-release tryouts. The new system will be in place for Firefox 2.0.0.3, and testers are expected to receive code over the St. Patrick's Day weekend.
Source: Computerworld Microsoft: Don't blame OneCare for lost Outlook e-mail 16 Mar 2007 13:00 GMTDespite user assertions that Windows Live OneCare is deleting some of their Outlook and Outlook Express e-mails, Microsoft says the problem lies elsewhere. It blamed the users themselves.
Source: Computerworld