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RSS authorsThe Rise of AutoRun - Based Malware
White Paper Seeing the popularity of removable storage, virus authors realized the potential of using this media as an infection vector. And they are greatly aided by a convenience feature in operating systems called AutoRun, which... [12 Nov 2009]
IPR and the Digital Revolution
White Paper Intellectual property law may establish the rights of authors and publishers, but it is not economically effective unless one is a substantial organization. This inherently disadvantages the entrepreneur and the small... [12 Nov 2009]
Defeating IRC Bots on the Internal Network
White Paper Fuelled by financial incentives and readily available source code, malware authors pursue aggressively the development of newer modules and the exploitation of code into these bots. The rapid growth of botnets represents... [12 Nov 2009]
What Is the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)?
White Paper In the authors interviews with merchants, they usually tell the processor as little as possible. The processor typically sends out one or more letters, and follows up with phone calls. The processor shares the desire to... [11 Nov 2009]
Building the Business Case
White Paper Well-crafted business cases have a number of essential ingredients, and although authors have flexibility, they must address a number of broad categories. Business cases are arguments for or against making a specific... [03 Nov 2009]
Intrusion Detection Techniques for Mobile Wireless Networks
White Paper The authors have developed such architecture and evaluated a key mechanism in this architecture, anomaly detection for mobile ad-hoc network, through simulation experiments. The rapid proliferation of wireless networks... [30 Oct 2009]
Leading a Company to Embrace and Capitalize on Innovation
White Paper Here the authors describe some of their companies' successful innovations and the steps that were essential in their development, including knowledge of applicable technologies and target markets. Virtually every company... [29 Oct 2009]
How to Lead and Manage the IT-Literate Workforce
White Paper Because IT-literate employees generally are more efficient and productive, the authors emphasize the importance of providing training programs and seminars, which can be administered by managers in their own departments. [29 Oct 2009]
The Art of Lean Thinking: Influencing the IT Culture
White Paper The authors claim that such a focus can, in fact, serve to improve IT's standing with the business and employees by creating innovative opportunities to earn recognition and profits. Today, an IT department has many... [29 Oct 2009]
Amazon's Kindle ignites legal upheaval
Comment However, Google was sued in 2005 by the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers. The case reached a complex settlement at the end of last year involving a one-off $125m payment from Google to resolve... [27 Oct 2009]
Protecting Against the New Wave of Malware
White Paper Malware of all types are becoming more virulent, their authors are becoming more adept at getting around current defenses, and the profits generated by malware are funding new and more dangerous threats. [01 Oct 2009]
A world where your every moment is recorded is coming
News Though plenty of people like to share their lives digitally, the authors see their effort as very private. The authors have high hopes: "higher productivity, more vitality and longer life spans, deeper... [21 Sep 2009]
Best Practices in Carbon Footprint Modeling: Going Beyond Inventories and Calculations
White Paper In a 2008 McKinsey Quarterly article, "Business Strategies for Climate Change," the authors explain: ".the winners will be companies that reposition themselves to seize the opportunities of a low-carbon future. [16 Sep 2009]
Google steps up efforts to liberate user data
News One of the most heated topics of criticism concerning Google's Book Search settlement with authors and publishers has been concerns about privacy, such as how Google will treat records of which users are reading which... [15 Sep 2009]
Google Books hit with fresh wave of criticism from Microsoft, Open Book Alliance
News Google is trying to get final approval of its settlement with book publishers and authors granting it the right to digitise certain out-of-print books. This week Google agreed to give European authors... [09 Sep 2009]
