Week in review: Go go Google   02 Nov 2007 18:00 GMT
The search giant is outgrowing expectations, while Apple releases its Leopard into the wild. Also: Finding some privacy on the Net. Google is big and getting bigger. Google's shares traded over the $700 mark this week, marking a new first for the Internet giant. Just a...
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Q&A: CIO and book author cites miscues in protecting children from online predators   02 Nov 2007 13:00 GMT
Gregory Smith is CIO at the World Wildlife Fund and the author of a book on how to protect children online. For starters, he says, keep kids away from instant messaging and social networking sites.

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Leopard's firewall a 'mess,' breaks Skype, says researcher   02 Nov 2007 13:00 GMT
Leopard's firewall 'is a mess,' confusing to users and inconsistent in how it works, according to a security researcher who researched the security tool in Apple's latest operating system.

Source: Computerworld

Mozilla fixes Firefox regressions, releases version 2.0.0.9   02 Nov 2007 13:00 GMT
Mozilla Corp. has updated Firefox to version 2.0.0.9, a move it promised last week after announcing that five bugs had been introduced by the previous browser upgrade.

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Pop quiz: How many employees violate corporate IT policies?   02 Nov 2007 13:00 GMT
A survey of 301 IT professionals found that 35% have knowingly violated corporate IT security policies.

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TSA moves forward with transportation worker smart-ID initiative   02 Nov 2007 13:00 GMT
The long-pending TSA requirement for transportation workers to carry elaborate new biometric "smart cards" is at last being met, with the first enrollments in the TWIC plan starting several weeks ago. If only the readers were in place to authenticate the cards.

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Symantec CEO sees more acquisitions ahead   02 Nov 2007 12:13 GMT
John Thompson named data-loss prevention as one category the company is interested in. Rumors have been flying that Symantec will purchase Vontu, a software vendor in that field.

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Cisco to buy Securent for $100 million   01 Nov 2007 16:59 GMT
Communications equipment giant plans to swallow 57-employee security software maker by the second quarter of 2008. Cisco Systems, the largest U.S. communications equipment maker, on Thursday said it plans to buy security software maker Securent for $100 million in cash and assumed options. Privately held Securent, based...
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Japan may track defense officials with GPS phones   01 Nov 2007 15:43 GMT
Proposal is made after the former No. 2 at the defense ministry admitted he'd been treated to hundreds of rounds of golf by a defense contractor. Japan's government wants to use mobile phones with GPS--often used by parents to keep track of children--to keep tabs on senior defense...
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Tele Atlas to TomTom: Match Garmin offer   01 Nov 2007 12:07 GMT
Garmin's offer for digital-map maker is 15 percent higher, setting stage for bidding war. TomTom has five days to raise its bid. Digital-map company Tele Atlas has given navigation device maker TomTom five days to raise its agreed bid for the company, a day after receiving a higher...
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