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Wall Street Beat: Despite gloom, confidence remains | Network World

Despite disturbing reports about consumer spending and lower margins on key technology products, IT industry insiders continue to have faith in longer-term prospects for bellwether companies like Intel, Apple and Cisco.

Mailbag part deux: Reader opinions on the Microsoft/OpenDocument controversy | Network World

While it's hard to top reports on Linux vs. Windows studies as fodder for debate, last week's other newsletter on the resignation of the CIO for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts drew numerous comments as well.

Mailbag: Strong opinions flare around U.S. CERT’s Linux/Unix vs. Windows summary | Network World

Last week's newsletter about Linux/Unix vs. Windows vulnerability statistics generated plenty of reader feedback - as such reports often do. The newsletter reported on a year-end vulnerability summary from the quasi-governmental United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (U.S. CERT), which said that there were significantly fewer vulnerabilities reported for Windows than the number of warnings issued for the combined category of Linux/Unix operating systems.

SAP reports strong revenue growth from HANA and cloud | Network World

SAP reported strong revenue growth in its HANA in-memory database and cloud businesses, but also saw revenue from software decline in the third quarter.

The Sony rootkit controversy opens our eyes to hidden threats | Network World

Lately I've been seeing the usual rash of reports that appear around this time of year indicating how many people continue to have reservations about shopping online. This is not entirely reactionary, in light of the increased visibility given to issues such as spyware and risks to personal information privacy.

Improved security raises threat to the unimproved | Network World

Reports on the Mississippi River flooding of recent weeks got me thinking about an issue that should concern organizations which have fallen behind industry standards of improved security in recent times.

Security snafu at Boston Globe exposes subscriber data | Network World

An apparent attempt to recycle discarded internal reports has ended up in the compromise of credit card and bank number information belonging to more than 240,000 subscribers of The Boston Globe and Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

Universities ready spyware hall of shame | Network World

Harvard University and Oxford University are teaming with Consumer Reports to launch a Web site called StopBadware.org, which will be an online hall of shame for those trafficking in spyware or questionable forms of adware.

Protesters call for an end to NSA mass surveillance | Network World

A crowd of about 5,000 people, chanting "stop spying, stop lying" and "hey, ho, mass surveillance has got to go," marched through Washington, D.C., Saturday to protest the U.S. National Security Agency's mass surveillance programs unveiled in press reports this year.

U.S. gov’t work on ID cards could be useful for private sector | Network World

Government reports and projects may sometimes seem to be abstruse and expensive uses of taxpayer resources with limited relevance for the private sector. However, much of the work published for free access by state and federal authorities actually has value for any organization, especially larger ones facing problems similar to those of the government services. Luckily, documents created for governments are generally in the public domain, meaning that anyone can use them for constructive purposes.

Wall Street Beat: Earnings fail to spark confidence | Network World

Earnings reports from IBM, Intel and Advanced Micro Devices and acquisition news from Oracle and Sun did nothing to calm IT investor fears about an uncertain U.S. economy this week.

Senators question security at HealthCare.gov | Network World

U.S. lawmakers questioned the security of HealthCare.gov, the U.S. government's troubled insurance-shopping website, after reports that one applicant's personal information was shared with another applicant.

Republicans hammer HHS secretary for HealthCare.gov issues | Network World

Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ignored multiple auditor reports warning them of potential problems at insurance-shopping website HealthCare.gov before the site's launch Oct. 1, one Republican senator said Wednesday.

Republicans hammer HHS secretary for HealthCare.gov issues | Network World

Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ignored multiple auditor reports warning them of potential problems at insurance-shopping website HealthCare.gov before the site's launch Oct. 1, one Republican senator said Wednesday.

Apple finally releases DNS patch | Network World

Apple has gotten off the sidelines and patched its version of DNS, nearly a month after a researcher disclosed major issues with the naming system. The DNS update for Mac OS X is part of a broader security update from Apple. There are some reports from another researcher that the patch does not work, so be on the lookout for a potential follow-up patch from Apple.

Apple finally releases DNS patch | Network World

Apple has gotten off the sidelines and patched its version of DNS, nearly a month after a researcher disclosed major issues with the naming system. The DNS update for Mac OS X is part of a broader security update from Apple. There are some reports from another researcher that the patch does not work, so be on the lookout for a potential follow-up patch from Apple.

Uncertainty rules ’08 outlook | Network World

In the last full trading week of the year, the NetSuite IPO, acquisition news and earnings reports from Oracle, Palm and RIM highlighted technology sector gains, but also concerns for 2008.

Kernel space: Are Linux developers ignoring bug reports? | Network World

Linux developers seem to be letting bug reports slip throught the cracks. With 1500 open kernel bugs in the tracking system, and 50 going unanswered on the mailing list, do developers need a better process or just new priorities?

Analyzing fundamental flaws: Opening vs. unlocking | Network World

I've been doing facilities security assessments and reports for over two decades and still occasionally get requests for that kind of work. Recently, one of my local clients reported a problem with the two doors on its small Vermont office building. Seems the police found one of the doors unlocked in the middle of the night and called the security firm to get them locked. The manager of this 50-employee medical billing firm sent out a plea to all her employees asking them to please remember to lock the doo

Comcast continues to block peer-to-peer, EFF reports | Network World

Comcast continues to slow down customers' connections to some peer-to-peer applications, using hacker-like techniques against its own subscribers, according to a report released by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).

Wall Street Beat: Smartphone reports brighten up mixed results for tech | Network World

A fresh round of quarterly results and market research this week show some shadows over the networking and component markets while smartphones, as usual, were the stars of the tech arena.

NetFlash: IETF leaders urge detente with rivals | Network World

The Internet is constantly growing and changing - but can the IETF adapt? The Internet’s top standards body finds itself struggling with declining attendance, financial difficulties and a kind of competition from the ITU and the W3C. This week Network World reports from the IETF’s latest meeting, where a new leader has taken over to deal with these challenges. IETF leaders urge detente with rivals http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/031405-ietf.html?net

Workplace diversity | Network World

As many of you know, the IT industry hasn't made many inroads in embracing diversity. The Information Technology Association of America reports that the percentages of women and African Americans in the IT workforce have declined.

UN panel passes draft resolution on privacy threats in the digital age | Network World

Following reports about U.S. surveillance worldwide, a United Nations panel adopted Tuesday a resolution on potential threats to human rights such as the right to privacy in the digital age.

Major DoS vulnerabilities in TCP/IP | Network World

Yikes. Newly discovered (but yet to be disclosed) flaws in the TCP/IP protocol - the backbone of the Internet - could be exploited to launch denial-of-service attacks against virtually any device running any operating system, including firewalls and other security measures. According to reports, the researchers that discovered the flaws are working with vendors to repair the issue before releasing their findings to the general public. iPhone users weren't so lucky: A frustrated security researcher detailed

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