Passwords aren't dead, though maybe yours should be

Passwords aren't dead, though maybe yours should be
LAPD Drops Google Apps Plan
Google patches Chrome, beefs up malicious file blocking tech
Israel steps up rhetoric against credit-card hackers
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The year's best hardware, software, and cloud services
Big IT Vendors Lead Patching Laggards
2012 Outlook: The end of everything?
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Posted: 09 Jan 2012 07:35 AM PST

Despite all those "death to passwords" chants, some say it's still a solid form of authentication -- when users aren't being stupid about theirs.

LAPD Drops Google Apps Plan

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 06:41 AM PST

After more than two years of work, the city of Los Angeles has abandoned its effort to migrate its police operations to Google's hosted email and office application platform because it says the service cannot meet FBI security requirements. Insider (registration required)

Google patches Chrome, beefs up malicious file blocking tech

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 05:55 AM PST

Google last week patched Chrome 16 and improved the download warnings in the impending Chrome 17.

Israel steps up rhetoric against credit-card hackers

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 04:50 AM PST

A top Israeli official said Saturday that cyber attacks are similar to terrorism and merit the same response, just a few days after tens of thousands of credit card numbers were released by a hacker going by the name "oxOmar."

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Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:17 AM PST

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The year's best hardware, software, and cloud services

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 02:11 AM PST

InfoWorld's Test Center unveils the 2012 Technology of the Year Awards

Big IT Vendors Lead Patching Laggards

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 02:10 AM PST

IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft led the list of companies that failed to patch vulnerabilities after being notified by the world's largest bug-bounty program, according to the TippingPoint Zero-Day Initiative.

2012 Outlook: The end of everything?

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 08:00 AM PST