Scathing UK report on HMRC data loss   01 Jul 2008 14:33 GMT
The UK government has released a scathing report, called the Poynter Review, criticizing Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs HMRC, following the loss of confidential data belonging to 25 million UK citizens. The report concludes "the loss was entirely avoidable and the fact that it could happen points to serious institutional...
Source: ZDNet

PhysX on the Radeon? Seems that it's possible!   01 Jul 2008 11:29 GMT
Eran Badit of NGOHQ.com has been hard at work hacking away at NVIDIA's PhysX layer and claims to have it working on the Radeon HD 3870. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
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Could some uses of OpenID create a large privacy issue?   01 Jul 2008 05:50 GMT
I just finished a news story about VeriSign's (NASDAQ: VRSN) secure OpenID services chosen by Microsoft for HealthVault users. The story discusses Verizon's DNS services and its OpenID services and asks if this is a problem or a feature. Is there a possible privacy issue or could the...
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Leading Analysts: Pen Testing is a Requirement   01 Jul 2008 04:09 GMT
(Source: Core Technologies) In a newly-published case study, Gartner's John Pescatore, one of the most experienced and respected analysts covering the IT security market today, highlights the use of automated penetration testing at a massive energy and logistics company. His conclusion; this technology provides an unparalleled level of risk assessment that goes above and beyond traditional vulnerability scanning to help companies validate and prioritize their most significant security strengths and weaknesses

Source: Computerworld