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Microsoft: We'll help other vendors find, fix their bugs August 07, 2008
At Black Hat on Thursday, Microsoft announced that the company's security team will help third-party developers of Windows applications and add-ons find and fix bugs in their software, but representatives stopped short of promising to lend Windows Update to others.

Former prosecutor: UFO hack looked like terrorist attack August 07, 2008
Gary McKinnon, the British man who hacked into U.S. military computers on what he contends was a search for secret data on UFOs, may not have been the harmless eccentric claims to be. Computerworld spoke to prosecutors who painted a far darker picture of McKinnon's impact -- and his possible motive.

First responders get more emergency communications options August 07, 2008
NIST has developed a prototype of a so-called breadcrumb radio communications system for emergency response teams, while Motorola is adding a new line of multiband radios.

At LinuxWorld, problem-solvers hunt open-source solutions August 07, 2008

Microsoft promises 12 patches next week August 07, 2008

Bet on it: Employee wagers help companies predict the future August 07, 2008

Judge rejects student visa injunction sought by H-1B opponents August 07, 2008

Search closing in on e-mail as most popular online activity, report says August 07, 2008

Cisco to expand work with HP on unified communications August 07, 2008

Russian hacker gang steals with impunity, says researcher August 07, 2008

Samsung, Microsoft in talks to speed up SSDs on Vista August 07, 2008

Road-warrior conundrum: Laptop or handheld? August 07, 2008

Politics 2.0 heats up traditional summer doldrums August 07, 2008

Credit card thieves ran a polite, professional help desk August 06, 2008

TSA relaxes laptop screening rules this month August 06, 2008

Kaminsky: Many ways to attack with DNS August 06, 2008

The top 10 celebrity spammers August 06, 2008

ID theft ring attacked retailers on multiple levels August 06, 2008

SQL Server 2008's future 'cloudy' as Microsoft releases new database August 06, 2008

U.S. patent office to revisit Dell's 'cloud computing' trademark August 06, 2008

Jobs shakes up Apple management over MobileMe debacle August 06, 2008

Massive faux-CNN spam blitz uses legit sites to deliver fake Flash August 06, 2008

New Google tool aims to provide more insight into online searches August 06, 2008

Sprint reports Q2 loss, reduced revenue, but still sees progress August 06, 2008

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