Cisco's acquisition of 802.1x supplier Meetinghouse is likely to weaken the Trusted Computing Group's Trusted Network Connect initiative to provide an open architecture for network access control, analyst firm Gartner has warned.
Cisco's controversial NAC technology has helped Sun Microsystems secure its network, despite analysts who advise waiting until NAC matures and industry-wide standards emerge.
More than a million users of social networking site MySpace.com and other websites may have been infected with adware spread by an internet banner advert.
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The National Audit Office has urged the Department for Work and Pensions to consider adopting the type of anti-benefit fraud tools used in Australia and France.