Apple asks judge to make iPhone lawsuit moot
Apple wants a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit brought by unhappy iPhone 3G owners because they did not ask Apple to fix their phones or refund their money, according to court papers made public Friday. Read more...

Report: World Bank servers breached repeatedly

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Over half of U.K. firms have lost data

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U.S. proposes digital signing of DNS root zone file

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The Grill: Privacy is a thing of the past, says private investigator
Private eye Steven Rambam talks about what he does, how he knows everything about you and why he's not the one you should be worried about.

Q&A: E-voting security results 'awful,' says Ohio secretary of state
Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner says landmark voting equipment tests were much worse than feared, testing is cumbersome, and a hand-counting pilot project is possible -- after the upcoming presidential election.

Usenet: Not dead yet
Usenet, a source of community and file exchange for many long-term users, is now being targeted by some of the major ISPs. Is it on its last legs?

Disaster management: What are we doing?
October 8 marks the one-year anniversary of the 7.6 earthquake that shook Pakistan to its core, killing 73,000 people and leaving 3.5 million homeless. This is a look back at how rescue and recovery efforts fell short.

Target: You
Frank Hayes says that if a competitor has been breached, you probably have been too.

Review: Western Digital's home NAS array
The Western Digital ShareSpace home/small office NAS array is simple to set up and use, but not the speediest box when compared to single drives. Load it down with video, audio, application installations files, drivers and then use it as a data well.

Mobile workers are leaking your data
As workforces become increasingly mobile, lines are blurring between work life and personal life. This could lead to risky or reckless use of company IT resources, resulting in leakage of sensitive data, according to a Cisco study.

Can I recover from recovering my PC?
Virtually all commercially sold PCs come with some sort of recovery tool. Thus, with just a few keystrokes, you can once again have a working copy of Windows, along with all the bundled junk you studiously removed, and none of your own files. OK, you've made your mistake. Can you get your data back?

FAQ: Clickjacking -- should you be worried?
A new class of vulnerabilities called clickjacking, little known before a pair of security researchers warned about it last week, could put users of every major browser at risk from possible attack.

Opinion: Prize VMworld announcement: Better plumbing
Security, storage and networking settings for a particular VM can now move along with it when it's migrated from one physical host to another.

Too much junk food, too little exercise and a 24/7 tether to technology? Your body ain't happy, friend. Let us count the pains. Instruments on the surface of Mars have detected falling snow that is likely evaporating before it reaches the planet. One positive development stemming from the collapse of Wall Street may be a boost in interest in computer science and IT careers among students who were previously interested in financial services jobs. Getting new software installed on Linux doesn't have to be hard, but it can differ depending on what you're installing.

Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.

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