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Trend Micro Handles VM Security Sans Agents August 31, 2010 
Trend Micro on Tuesday announced an agentless antimalware module for VMware virtual environments in its Deep Security 7.5 product. The company also announced on Tuesday that it's throwing open its Trend Micro SecureCloud beta to the public. Both products will protect data in the virtual environment as well as in the cloud.
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HP, Dell and 3Par: The Art of the Hustle August 28, 2010 
Last week, Dell cranked its wallet wide open and announced its intention to buy up a company called "3Par" for $1.15 billion. Putting 3Par under the Dell umbrella would buff up the high-end storage and large-scale backup side of its business and give companies like IBM and HP a new competitor to worry about.
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IBM's X-Force: No Telling How Many Unpatched Web Threats Are Out There August 27, 2010 
During the first half of 2010, more than 4,300 new disclosures of software security issues came to light. That's according to the mid-year report issued by IBM's special X-Force security research team. What's perhaps a bit more disturbing is how many of those vulnerabilities remain unfixed.
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Life in Technology's Invisible Panopticon August 27, 2010 
Technology is a wonderful thing. It has given us many good things, including the pacemaker, the radio, TV, prosthetic limbs and eyes that help the lame and the blind, instant communications by way of the Internet and mobile phones. Proponents of technology point to all this as evidence that technology gives us freedom. But technology has also made it easier to limit our freedom in ways few realize.
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Pentagon: Yep, We Got Hacked August 26, 2010 
A "significant compromise" of U.S. military networks has been acknowledged by the Pentagon two years after the breach was reported in the press. "In 2008, the U.S. Department of Defense suffered a significant compromise of its classified military computer networks," Deputy Secretary of Defense William S. Lynn III wrote in an article in the September/October issue of Foreign Affairs.
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Apple Battles the Green Robots August 25, 2010 
Stocks overall continued their slide Tuesday, following news that home resales fell 27.2 percent in July to their lowest level in 15 years. The Dow on Tuesday closed down almost 134 points, or 1.32 percent, while the Nasdaq fell nearly 36 points, or about 1.66 percent. Apple followed the general trend, with its share prices sliding $5.87 to close at $239.93 in active trading.
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Apple, PayPal Dodge Questions About Ongoing iTunes Scam August 24, 2010 
A number of iTunes customers with PayPal accounts have fallen victim to a scam that apparently has been going on for some time. These customers know someone has been using their PayPal accounts to purchase items from the iTunes Store -- in some cases racking up thousands of dollars in fraudulent charges. What the victims don't know -- and may never find out -- is exactly how their accounts were compromised.
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Making Sense of the Intel-McAfee Puzzler August 24, 2010 
Consolidation is a common theme in the IT sector, with IBM's purchase of Unica, Dell and HP's pursuit of 3PAR, and Intel's planned acquisition of security specialist McAfee standing as the most recent moves. Do such deals have anything in common? Sometimes.
Large IT vendors tend to grow in two ways; by developing new products and technologies themselves or by acquiring firms with innovative products or technologies.
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Jailbreakers Smell Trouble in New Apple Security Patent August 23, 2010 
Apple has apparently filed a patent for technology that might make its mobile devices more secure, though it's also raised pointed questions about how privacy would be impacted if the company opted to implement the technology in its products. The technology could identify an unauthorized user, which would include hackers, jailbreakers and users who change out the device's SIM card.
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The New Threats: The Bad Guys Up Their Game August 23, 2010 
Computer users today face a new round of attacks that pose new challenges to both consumers and businesses. These new attack vectors often sidestep traditional security defenses. Hackers, supported by international crime gangs with deep pockets, are accosting consumers and office workers with sophisticated technology.
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Where Would You Be Without Facebook? August 21, 2010 
Facebook already knows what you like, who your friends are, what you're thinking right now, so what the hell does it matter that it knows where you are too, right? The king of social networks has finally revealed its much-anticipated location-awareness features. Facebook Places will let users with Facebook apps on their mobile devices "check in" at various locations to let their friends know they've arrived.
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Mastering Places Privacy Can Be Tricky, Facebook Critics Charge August 20, 2010 
Facebook rolled out its Places feature this week to much fanfare -- so much, in fact, that the official Facebook Blog has an update note posted that users who are unable to access the service should try back soon to see if they can check in. The app allows people to indicate their location in the physical world to all their Facebook friends in the virtual world.
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Intel Makes Strategic Mobile Move With McAfee Buy August 19, 2010 
Chipmaker Intel on Thursday announced that it will acquire computer security vendor McAfee for about $7.8 billion. The deal will create a behemoth that may improve the semiconductor's position in the burgeoning mobile and cloud computing fields. "Security now joins our more well-known strategic focuses on energy efficiency, performance and Internet connectivity," Intel spokesperson Bill Kircos said.
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Facebook and the Scammers: We Know Better August 19, 2010 
Once again this week, users of the enormous social networking service Facebook have
fallen prey to unscrupulous people scamming them for information and money. It's beginning to be a familiar story: A seemingly innocuous link is sent from a friend, a company asks for personal information, and mysterious charges show up on a credit card -- or, in this case, a mobile phone bill.
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Canonical Teaches Ubuntu to Phone Home Every Day August 19, 2010 
Well it's been an eventful few weeks here in the Linux blogosphere, what with all the various scandals that have erupted recently over Digg and Ubuntu's off-and-on romance with Dell, to name just two. Then there was Debian's birthday on Monday! Happy 17th, Debian! By far the hottest topic in recent days, however, was news that Canonical has begun tracking Ubuntu installations.
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School Spies Had No 'Criminal Intent,' Say Feds August 18, 2010 
Roughly six months after it launched an investigation into the allegations at the heart of the Blake Robbins v. the Lower Merion School District school spying case, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced on Tuesday that no charges will be filed. There was a lack of evidence "beyond a reasonable doubt" that school officials acted with criminal intent, said U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger.
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