The facts behind the "Get the Facts" ad campaign

The facts behind the "Get the Facts" ad campaign

Commentary: Like many readers, I find Microsoft's Get the Facts (GtF) ads repugnant, especially when they appear on sites dedicated to Linux and open source software. I understand that such organizations' editorial and ad sales staffs operate independently, meaning neither side tells the other what content it is or isn't allowed to carry, but I still don't like it. Happily, however, the bogus GtF ads may not be around much longer.

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Indian call centre 'fraud' probe

Indian call centre 'fraud' probe

Police are investigating reports that the bank account details of 1,000 UK customers, held by Indian call centres, were sold to an undercover reporter. The Sun claims one of its journalists bought personal details including passwords, addresses and passport data from a Delhi IT worker for £4.25 each.

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Have certifications lost their luster?

Have certifications lost their luster?

That certification you're working on may not be worth what you think it is. New research suggests employers are less impressed with a long list of certs than they are with real hands-on experience.

According to new research released last week by New Canaan, Conn.-based IT research consultancy firm Foote Partners, pay for non-certified skilled professionals grew almost five times as much as certified counterparts in the first three months of 2005. Pay for non-certified skilled IT pros grew 2.8% from January through March, while certified workers saw a 0.6% increase during that same time period.

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Microsoft releases three critical security bulletins

Microsoft releases three critical security bulletins

It's back to business as usual for Microsoft: The software giant has released 10 security bulletins for June, three of which are critical. John McCormick has the details on the three critical patches. After some relatively slow months, Microsoft's dreaded monthly patch day has re-emerged as an important source of security information. The software giant released 10 security bulletins for June last week.

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The UK under cyberattack, Israel hit by corporate espionage

The UK under cyberattack

The UK's National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC) issued a briefing yesterday warning that the UK is currently undergoing a sustained, Trojan-based attack targeting critical governmental infrastructure. From the briefing:

The briefing has instructions for detecting if you've been compromised, and for protecting yourself if you haven't. If you're in the UK and you work in a sector that has been hit, you probably already know about the NISSC warning. If you don't, then be sure to check it out.

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arstechnica.com

Hard drives for 'terabyte lives'

Hard drives for 'terabyte lives'

As hunger for storage grows unabated, hard drive makers are continuing to push storage capacity up, while keeping physical size down.

This week Seagate announced a slew of hard drives which it says are for people who want a "terabyte lifestyle".

Among them is the first 2.5-inch 160Gb hard drive which uses what is called perpendicular recording to fit much more data for every square inch.

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Microsoft warns on security fixes

Microsoft warns on security fixes

Microsoft has issued an alert about a bumper package of security updates for Windows.

A total of 10 updates will be released on 14 June to fix a variety of flaws in the operating system.

Some of the updates have been rated as critical and Microsoft has issued a warning to help companies prepare.
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VMware Introduces the VMware Technology Network (VMTN) for Developers

VMware Introduces the VMware Technology Network (VMTN) for Developers

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 6, 2005 — VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtual infrastructure software for industry-standard systems, today introduced the VMware Technology Network (VMTN), an online virtual infrastructure resource center for developers and IT professionals involved with software development. The broad technical and product resources made available through VMTN at www.vmtn.net are designed to transform how software is developed, distributed and deployed.

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Firefox reintroduces seven-year-old security hole

Firefox reintroduces seven-year-old security hole

New versions of the Mozilla Foundation's browsers have re-introduced a seven-year-old flaw that makes them vulnerable to spoofing attacks, Secunia said on Monday.

Secunia first publicised the flaw last summer, warning that a feature that had been built into most browsers for years was in fact a security liability. The firm argued that a feature allowing one Web page to load arbitrary content into a frame of another page could allow an attacker to, for example, substitute his own login window on a bank's website. The feature was found in IE, Mozilla, Opera, Safari and Mozilla derivatives such as Konqueror.

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TechWorld

New Debian ships with security updates disabled

New Debian ships with security updates disabled

A configuration mistake disabling security updates in the new Debian Linux distribution has forced an update less than 24 hours after the software was released.

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ZDNet Australia