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Pointsec Launches Expanded Data Encryption Package
Software maker Pointsec Mobile Technologies announced its newest data encryption package Jan. 22, introducing its Protector product line, which promises to help enterprises better safeguard sensitive information and stop content from leaking outside their networks. Officials with Pointsec, based in Chicago, said that Protector expands on the company’s existing endpoint encryption tools in that it…
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Webroot Channel Program a Success
Webroot’s channel program was a key element of the Internet security solution provider’s success in the last quarter of 2006, a period when officials said Webroot saw the largest sales quarter in its roughly 10-year history. Less than a year after the company unveiled its Channel Edge Partner Program—a program that offers partners comprehensive training…
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Botnet Hunters in Closed-Doors Redmond Summit
Faced with arguably its biggest security crisis since the 2003 network worm attacks, Microsoft is throwing its support behind a high-level powwow to discuss the escalating threat from zombie botnets and zero-day malware attacks. The software maker is rolling out the red carpet for the world’s top security research professionals attending a closed-doors workshop at…
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OSDL, FSG Merge to Create Linux Foundation
The Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group are merging to form the Linux Foundation, which will provide services that allow open-source products to effectively compete with those of proprietary platforms like Microsoft Windows. The new Linux Foundation will be led by Jim Zemlin, the former executive director of the FSG and who…
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The Linux Foundation: The Right Idea at the Right Time
Linux is growing by leaps and bounds, and it only makes sense that the organizations that track and guide its growth are finally getting together. So, if all goes well, sometime this February the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group will be merging to form the Linux Foundation. It really is the…
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Lenovo 3000 C200 Is Back in Style
When the Lenovo 3000 C Series launched with the C100 early last year, Lenovo decided to take the budget laptop’s design in a different direction. Bad idea. The C100 looked hideous compared with its sleeker siblings, the 3000 V100 and 3000 N100. Suffice it to say that Lenovo heard the rants and is ready for…
