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China Gives Green Dam Yellow Light
This week the PC industry stared into the eyes of the red dragon and the dragon blinked. In a surprising move, Chinese officials announced at the 11th hour that it would delay the deadline for PC manufacturers to install the controversial Green Dam Youth Escort internet filter on new shipments to the country. Under a…
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Pa. Man Charged in SonicWall Warranty Scam
A federal grand jury indicted a Pennsylvania man with five counts of mail fraud for allegedly obtaining SonicWall security appliances through a warranty scam and attempting to sell them on eBay. Thomas J. Kline, 66, of Mount Pleasant, Pa., was formally indicted June 24. According to federal authorities, Kline registered hundreds of serial numbers to…
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Programmer Charged with Rocking ‘Rolling Stone’ with DDoS Attacks
A Pennsylvania computer programmer made at least one mistake and, if convicted criminal charges, definitely a second. First, he fell for a sham online dating scheme designed to humiliate him. Second, he allegedly to use his software programming skills to seek revenge. Bruce Raisley, 47, of Monaca, Penn., is facing 10 years in prison for…
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Battling Legacy Trusted Security Advisers
Everyone knows money is tight. No matter how many positive signs surface that the economy is rebounding, businesses are loathed to open their wallets for anything but projects that have an absolute positive ROI. That’s why security VARs with cost-saving solutions are doing so well; well, at least in theory. Something that some security service…
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McAfee New Channel Chief Pledges Better Partner Enablement
Fernando Quintero, McAfee’s vice president of channels for the Americas While some security vendors are claiming increasing sales of individual products, McAfee’s new Americas channel chief Fernando Quintero is focused on building a holistic channel that’s able to sell integrated products as part of suites or purpose-built systems. Quintero, who took charge of McAfee’s channels…
