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WASHINGTON — Neither the Bush administration nor Congress is providing significant leadership or legislation to secure the United States against cyber attacks, a security trade association charged Tuesday. In its first public criticism of the White House and lawmakers’ efforts to follow up on President Bush’s 2003 much-ballyhooed National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, the Cyber […]

Less than 20 percent of American home computers are adequately protected against viruses, spyware, hackers and other security threats. Nevertheless, an overwhelming majority of users believe they are safe from an attack. The troubling findings underscore the second annual AOL/National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) Online Safety Study just released. The study shows more than half […]

The other shoe fell today for DSW, the national footwear discounter that admitted in March that hackers accessed more than three months’ worth of customer data. In a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), DSW agreed to implement a comprehensive security plan and to obtain independent audits by a third-party security firm every other […]

The $450 million patent dispute settlement between the Canadian-based makers of the popular BlackBerry wireless e-mail device and NTP, a Virginia patent firm, is invalid according to a court ruling issued Wednesday morning. The ruling is another legal setback for Research in Motion and opens the door for NTP to press for perhaps as much […]

Internet service providers are making progress in slowing spam, according to a recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) study. The report found that spammers continue to harvest e-mail addresses from public areas of the Internet, but addresses posted in chatrooms, message boards, USENET groups and blogs were unlikely to be taken. “Indeed, some chatroom operators took […]

Anti-spyware legislation has found new life in the U.S. Senate since the Commerce Committee recently approved a bill outlawing a number of activities associated with unauthorized downloads. The Senate’s SPY BLOCK Act criminalizes the unauthorized installation of computer software and requires clear disclosure to computer users of software features that may pose a threat to […]

Internet pioneers Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn are among the latest Presidential Medal of Freedom winners. President Bush presented the medals, the nation’s highest civilian honors, Wednesday afternoon at a White House ceremony. Cerf and Kahn concentrated on developing the architecture and protocols for interconnecting different kinds of nets and the computers on them. ”Vinton […]

With Hurricane Rita promising a reprise of the communications collapse during Hurricane Katrina earlier this month, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin told lawmakers Thursday the Internet must become a vital part of the nation’s emergency response system. According to the FCC, Katrina knocked down more than 3 million customer telephone lines in Louisiana, […]

HP plans to cut almost 10 percent of its global workforce in a move it said was designed to save $1.9 billion. The company plans to initiate the 14,500 layoffs over the next six quarters in addition to modifying its U.S. retirement plan. The job cuts and restructuring are expected to result in $1.6 billion […]

It appears women are leaving the American IT workforce faster than male executives can say, ”Go fetch me a beer, Darlin.” But apparently, in the Silicon Valley, ”You go, girl!” means, ”We’re outta here.” The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) recently published a gender diversity study in IT and the numbers are sobering: The […]