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March 27, 2007 | Comments: (0)

SMB Tech News Today; 3/27

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* SMBs still have security worries. Latest report from security vendor Finjan, is that the US is still the malware capitol of the planet. And that's usually because of zombie botnets infecting thousands of compromised PCs without their owners' knowledge. Desktop security is NOT a done deal boys and girls. (Source: InfoWorld)

* Which might be why ID theft DOUBLED in two months. That's right, not a misprint. A study done by Web security monitoring firm, Cyveillance, says that malware and phishing instances jumped by 50% and 200%, respectively. Desktop security, boys and girls and that means both software AND education. (Source: Dark Reading)

* Novell takes Microsoft InfoCard tech open source. Novell's taking advantage of its alliance with Redmond with identity information. InfoCard, now called Windows CardSpace, is Microsoft's next-gen PassPort technology--part of Vista. Novell's taking that code and porting it into a format that'll run on both Linux and the Mac. Could be an important development for e-tailers looking for a common authentication/payment platform. (Source: NetworkWorld)

* The Evil Empire relents...a little. I've given Verizon a lot of brown stinky stuff on its business practices--mainly the part where we're stuck with aging broadband technology lagging behind other hip, technophile-type countries like, say, Slovenia. Well, they've had a change of heart. Announced a $6 billion 3-year deal with Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade their wireless data network. 'Course, most likely means we'll all need to get new phones to take advantage, but I guess that'll be all right in three years. Still, no warm-and-fuzzies with Verizon until I see actual benchmark tests. (Source: PC World)

Posted by Oliver Rist on March 27, 2007 08:06 AM

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