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Flaws Found in Two Symantec Apps
Vulnerabilities weaken two of Symantec Corp.’s more popular security applications, Norton AntiSpam and Norton Internet Security, researchers have found. Both flaws enable attackers to run code on remote machines. The two weaknesses, one in each product, are similar in that they both involve ActiveX controls. The vulnerability in Norton Internet Security and Norton Internet Security…
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German StarOffice Does Boffo Business in Germany
The sales of Sun Microsystems Inc.’s StarOffice productivity suite are a shadow of Microsoft Office’s. Still, prospects looked brighter Thursday as Sun announced that German OEM software distributor Markement GmbH has sold more than a million copies of StarOffice. Markement, based in Stuttgart, Germany, sells StarOffice both as a standalone program and as part of…
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Open-Source Insurance Is Arriving
There’s nothing new about IP insurance, but New York-based Open Source Risk Management LLC (OSRM) is the first company to specifically target helping companies deal with open-source IP risks. Daniel Egger, founder and president, announced at San Francisco’s Open Source Business Conference this week that the company will launch its consulting service immediately to be…
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Microsoft Fleshes Out Partner Program Details
Microsoft is continuing to finesse the new channel-partner program it launched at the start of this year. In January, the company debuted its Next Generation Partner Program. The new program combined, for the first time under a single umbrella, all of Microsoft’s various partner programs, including its Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains and Navision programs.…
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Lindows Seeks to Stop Microsoft’s Foreign Lawsuits
Besieged in Europe, where it recently has had to cease doing business in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, Lindows.com Inc. has submitted a motion to the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Washington asking the court to halt the flood of global trademark lawsuits Microsoft Corp. has filed against it. While Lindows.com has…
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Judge Cuts Off Dept. of Interior’s Net Access
For the third time in less than three years, a federal judge has ordered the Department of the Interior to disconnect a large number of its employees from the Internet over concerns about the agency’s security practices. The order, issued Monday in United States District Court in Washington, is part of a longstanding conflict between…
