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New IE 7 Beta 3 Features Drag-and-Drop Browser Tabs

Microsoft quietly began shipping Beta 3 of Internet Explorer 7 on Thursday.

Whose Responsibility Is It, Anyway?

Keep records of your security recommendations to management or you might be left holding the short end of the stick.

IBM Integrates Sametime with MS Office

IBM is readying a major update to its Lotus Sametime collaboration software that the company says will include ties into Microsoft Office, SharePoint and Outlook.

Western Digital Settles HD Capacity Dispute

Western Digital Corp. is offering free software to about 1 million consumers to resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging that its computer hard drives stored less material than promised -- a discrepancy stemming from high-tech's different standards for sizing up digital data.

Dell Launches IT Service Plan

Dell seeks to expand in the lucrative business of maintaining other companies' computers, plans to launch a new service plan that uses Google mapping technology.

New and Improved ActiveX?

The latest Internet Explorer update aims to make ActiveX more secure, but not without some difficulty.

Research Center To Focus on ID Theft

An alliance of businesses, colleges and federal crime fighters will combine their expertise at a new research center that will study the problems of identity theft and fraud.

Lawmakers Question Two-Year, $577,000 Contract for Bush Cybersecurity Chief

The Bush administration's cybersecurity chief is being paid $577,000 under a two-year agreement with the university that employs him and also does extensive business with the federal office he manages.

CA To Ship Configuration Management Database

Computer Associates will ship in August a new database for storing configuration management information for its CA Service Management Accelerator product.

Automating Local Admin Password Changes -- Readers Weigh In

Need to change local administrator passwords across your domain? Here are a few more ways to get it done.

Microsoft Launches Online Office Preview

Microsoft Corp. has launched an online preview of its new Office business software, as part of efforts to drum up more interest in the coming set of releases.

Microsoft Repurposes WinFS for Future Products

Microsoft quietly announced Friday that its long-promised next-generation universal file system is either dead or just emerging from its pupa to take wing as a butterfly.

ATA-Class Storage -- The End of Tape Backups?

DRBC #4: With a solid DRBC plan in place, it might be time to consider replacing your backup plan with more reliable technology that doesn't call for the janitor at a remote site to occasionally change tapes.

Intel Introduces Server Chip

Intel Corp. introduced its latest microprocessor for server computers Monday, one of a trio of new chips the world's biggest semiconductor maker is counting on to regain market share lost to Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Finnish, British Police Arrest Suspected Virus Spammers

Police in Britain and Finland have arrested three men suspected of conspiring to spread computer viruses through spamming, Metropolitan Police said.

Web-Based Services Under Attack

As more people turn to Web applications for everyday tasks like e-mail, friendship and payments, cyber criminals are following them in search of bank account details and other valuable data, security researchers said.

Microsoft to Downsize Training Division

Microsoft Corp. is eliminating 14 jobs in its Microsoft Learning division, and will instead have an outside vendor perform that work.

Clairia To End Pop-Up Network

Say goodbye soon to those pop-up ads from Claria Corp.'s oft-vilified ad-targeting technology. On July 1, Claria will stop running ads generated by its pioneering but highly criticized "adware" programs that monitor where people surf.

Bank Hack Shows Need for Separate Servers

A single compromised server leaves 100 banks vulnerable. Also: OpenOffice/StarOffice virus hype, online banking surveys and rogue hotspots.

Securing OWA with Forms-Based Authentication

Make remote e-mail readily accessible to users through the Web, but do it securely with form-based authentication.

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