BBC red faced as 146 laptops disappear

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• BBC red faced as 146 laptops disappear
• FTC halts domain-name registration scam
• Security Manager's Journal: Incident shows IP still at risk
• Tire tags reveal driver whereabouts
• BBC staff lose 146 laptops in two years
• Microsoft bolsters partnerships in advance of OCS 14 release
• IBM to accelerate mobile unified communications
• Are new IETF switching, routing specs needed?
• Vary usernames and passwords on secure websites: study

BBC red faced as 146 laptops disappear Posted: 09 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT BBC staff have managed to lose 146 laptops worth a total of £240,000 in only two years, tracking security company Absolute Software has managed to discover.

FTC halts domain-name registration scam Posted: 09 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT A U.S. judge has ordered a halt to a Canadian operation that allegedly posed as a domain-name registrar in an effort to collect fees from thousands of U.S. consumers, small businesses and nonprofits, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said.

Security Manager's Journal: Incident shows IP still at risk Posted: 09 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT It can take a bit of luck sometimes to find out about a security problem. A recent incident illustrates this and the need to do more to eliminate luck from the matter.

Tire tags reveal driver whereabouts Posted: 09 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Automobile tire pressure monitoring systems show little concern for security

BBC staff lose 146 laptops in two years Posted: 09 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Staff at the BBC have lost 146 laptops in the last two years.

Microsoft bolsters partnerships in advance of OCS 14 release Posted: 09 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Microsoft and Polycom will spend tens of millions of dollars on new unified communications products and marketing programs.

IBM to accelerate mobile unified communications Posted: 09 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Keeping Microsoft and Cisco in its sights, IBM is planning to introduce variety of collaboration tools for mobile platforms where it wants to create full-featured unified communications endpoints and become the mobile collaboration vendor of choice.

Are new IETF switching, routing specs needed? Posted: 09 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Two high-profile specifications winding their way through the IETF promise to boost data center switching and service provider routing, but advances from Cisco and Juniper Networks raise questions about how much the specs are even needed.

Vary usernames and passwords on secure websites: study Posted: 06 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Tired of having to memorise several usernames and passwords for every secure website you visit? Don't fret. A recent study confirms what IT security experts have been saying all along--it is wiser to have different usernames and passwords to protect identities and information not meant to be public.

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