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BellSouth Denies NSA Contract

A BellSouth spokesperson has denied reports that the company had agreed to turn over phone call records to the National Security Agency. "We have no...

Sun’s Open-Source Outreach Met with Mixed Emotions

Sun Microsystems has been a prime supporter of open source in the enterprise in its own way for years, mainly through the OpenOffice, NetBeans...

Volunteer Computer Grids: Beyond SETI@home

If youve walked past the idle computers of techies during the past few years, youve undoubtedly seen the colorful bars of the SETI@home screensaver....

Verizon Denies Sending Records to NSA

For the second time May 16, a major phone company named in a USA Today story about records being sent to the National Security...

AMD Previews Quad-core Chip Design

Advanced Micro Devices says its new chip design will boost processor performance without increasing power consumption. The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker on May 16 previewed...

Open-Source Initiative Targets Bird Flu

In whats being hailed as an open-source initiative against a pandemic, some 20 global health organizations, universities and technology giant IBM are teaming up...

1984: The Bush Version

Is AT&T, BellSouth or SBC Verizon your phone company? Yes? Congratulations. The National Security Agency has your numbers—all of them. They know whos been calling...

Highly Critical RealVNC Flaw Fixed

A "highly critical" flaw in RealVNCs virtual network computing software could allow malicious hackers to access a remote system without a password, according to...

Some Outbound Skype Calls Free Until 2007

In a bold gambit for a bigger North American audience, eBays Net phone division Skype is letting U.S. and Canadian customers make free PC-to-phone...

Tandem Keeps Data Within Easy Reach

Given the constantly evolving compliance and legal discovery needs in many IT organizations, innovative disk-based backup solutions like Avamar Technologies Axion 3.5 will be...