July 2006

• July 13, 2006 13 Jul'06

  Sarbanes-Oxley deadline up this week

  The deadline for foreign companies to be compliant with the US Sarbanes-Oxley law is up this week.  Continue Reading

• July 13, 2006 13 Jul'06

  EC slashes mobile roaming charges

  The European Commission has outlined its plans to cut the cost of using mobile phones abroad by up to 70%.  Continue Reading

• July 13, 2006 13 Jul'06

  IBM ships cut-price enterprise data search solutions

  IBM has developed entry-level versions of its high-end enterprise search and content integration platforms to help capture the SME market.  Continue Reading

• July 13, 2006 13 Jul'06

  Symantec says enterprises failing to secure instant messaging

  Results of a recent Symantec survey suggest that nearly three out of every five organizations have not secured their instant messaging applications.  Continue Reading

• July 13, 2006 13 Jul'06

  "Putin death" Trojan unleashed

  A Trojan Horse is being spread over the internet via e-mails reporting the supposed death of Russian president Vladimir Putin.  Continue Reading

• July 13, 2006 13 Jul'06

  Security Bytes: Investigators slam VA over data breach

  Meanwhile: Cisco patches a router application flaw, a Washington law firm sues IBM over a server attack; and spammers sucker Web surfers with fake Vladimir Putin death reports.  Continue Reading

• July 13, 2006 13 Jul'06

  Earning CPE credits in Identity and Access Management Security School

  1 CPE credit per webcast hour for CISSPs and SSCPs who register for the Identity and Access Management Security School webcasts  Continue Reading

• July 13, 2006 13 Jul'06

  Trojan targets Microsoft PowerPoint flaw

  Update: The exploit might be tied to an older flaw in Excel. Attackers who exploit the serious flaw could launch arbitrary code. Microsoft says it is investigating.  Continue Reading

• July 12, 2006 12 Jul'06

  Intel to ship Core 2 Duo chips for PCs this month

  Intel has confirmed it will start shipping its new Core 2 Duo processors for PCs this summer.  Continue Reading

• July 12, 2006 12 Jul'06

  Google joins ODF lobby to turn up heat on Microsoft

  Google has joined the lobbying group supporting the use of the OpenDocument file format (ODF), designed to challenge the proprietary data formats from Microsoft.  Continue Reading

• July 12, 2006 12 Jul'06

  Firefox 2.0 browser beta available this week

  The open source Mozilla Foundation is expected to release the first beta version of its Firefox 2.0 browser this week.  Continue Reading

• July 12, 2006 12 Jul'06

  US companies outsource less

  US companies are reducing their IT outsourcing activity, with a growing number now taking back their IT.  Continue Reading

• July 12, 2006 12 Jul'06

  Microsoft ends Windows 98 and ME support

  Microsoft will no longer offer extended support or issue security updates for Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition operating systems that are still being used by tens of millions of people.  Continue Reading

• July 12, 2006 12 Jul'06

  FBI warns of online jobs fraud

  The FBI has warned job hunters not to be taken in by online scams set up by fraudsters seeking to steal confidential personal data.  Continue Reading

• July 12, 2006 12 Jul'06

  Microsoft fined £200m by European Commission

  The European Commission has fined Microsoft 280.5m euros (£200m) for not complying with its 2004 anti-trust judgement.  Continue Reading

• July 12, 2006 12 Jul'06

  VMware ships free virtualisation platform

  VMware has announced the general availability of its free VMware Server virtualisation platform after a five month beta programme.  Continue Reading

• July 12, 2006 12 Jul'06

  Sun aims new x86 servers at virtualisation projects

  Sun Microsystems has launched three new x86 servers, powered by AMD Opteron processors.  Continue Reading

• July 12, 2006 12 Jul'06

  Microsoft patches 18 security vulnerabilities

  Microsoft has fixed a total of 18 security vulnerabilities in its Windows and Office software by distributing seven patches.  Continue Reading

• July 12, 2006 12 Jul'06

  Mumbai bombs may disrupt offshored services

  The explosions that killed more than 180 and injured more that 700 people in Mumbai on Tuesday evening may cause problems for British businesses that run back-office operations and call centres from the Indian financial capital today (12 July).  Continue Reading

• July 12, 2006 12 Jul'06

  Microsoft details on-demand CRM suite

  At its annual Worldwide Partner Conference in the US today, Microsoft announced a long-awaited “on-demand” version of its CRM software, although release dates were not given.  Continue Reading