E-Commerce News: News: Daily CyberCrime and Security Report for February 4, 2002

Daily CyberCrime and Security Report for February 4, 2002

By Stephanie Losi
E-Commerce Times
02/04/02 11:45 AM PT

A daily survey of the latest cybercrime news from around the world.

TechWeb: WLAN Security on the Rise
04-Feb-02 08:23:57 ET

Story Highlights:
"Ask a room full of IT managers to identify the biggest impediment to wireless LAN deployment and it's a safe bet more than half of them will put security at the top of their lists..."

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"That's a big problem, not only for users who are itching to gain wireless access to enterprise information resources but also for vendors that are trying to sell wireless infrastructure and applications..."

Full Story on TechWeb

LATimes: World Forum Web Site Crashes
03-Feb-02 05:34:12 ET

Story Highlights:
"The Web site of the World Economic Forum crashed Friday, and cyber-activists claimed they took it down in a 'virtual sit-in...'"

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"Forum officials said they were trying to determine what brought the site down..."

Full Story on LATimes

TechWeb: Should We Trust Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Security Push?
01-Feb-02 04:51:30 ET

Story Highlights:
"Microsoft's press machine has cranked it up to full volume lately, turning out announcements on security and software quality..."

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"Microsoft's new security push follows the typical pattern: The company falls behind on something, and Gates and Ballmer go public with the proclamations..."

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Online Mugging a Threat, But No Showstopper
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Some credit card companies offer surrogate account numbers for online use that mask a user's true credit card number from hackers, Gartner senior analyst Kerr said.

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June 02, 2004

Perhaps the most important new feature of the CRM product is its deep integration with Office 2003. According to Microsoft, users of Office 2003 and Microsoft CRM 1.2 will be able to perform many CRM tasks, such as creating and tracking sensitive letters, escalating cases and looking up customer data, within Office.

Nintendo, Sony Up Portable Gaming Ante
May 12, 2004

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Intel Unveils Next-Gen Wireless Chips
April 13, 2004

The new PXA27x chips use Intel's SpeedStep technology, which is designed to enable power savings by managing voltage and frequency changes, much like the technology used in the company's notebook processors.

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