Brian Livingston

SAN JOSE — The signs are unmistakable. That feeling is in the air again. The Internet boom is back. Let's party! The Metrics of Money Mania Tech stocks

I've seen the future, and I want it installed on my network today. This is the only problem: I'll have to find someone to mass-produce tomorrow's new, new

I wrote in this space last week that your company needs to stop using Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browser immediately. Due to unsolvable security

I'm afraid it's time this week for me to speak the unspeakable — you have to stop using Internet Explorer. You have to stop using it now. Usually in this

When is a Microsoft Windows patch not a patch at all? When you can't even find out that it exists. We all know that Microsoft releases Windows patches

A little-known organization of 55 of the world's largest banks has finally become fed up enough with the online thieves known as "phishers" that the banks

If your company sends out an e-mail newsletter to customers, you may find yourself suffering from a new problem I call "spam trap poisoning." Spam traps

One of the most famous, or infamous, groups that try to "block" spam-sending servers is SpamCop.net, directed by Julian Haight. Because SpamCop was

A security company is shipping today a new software release that it claims will better protect your servers against hacker attacks — whether or not you've

It's not enough that you have to install firewalls, antivirus programs, spam filters, and adware cleaners on all your PCs — now you have to guard against

Everyone always talks about whether their e-mail will get through, but no one ever does anything about it — until recently. At least two companies are

If your company allows visitors to search your site for information, you could learn a lot by examining one of the worst user interfaces I've ever seen on