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Blog Thursday 14/9/2006 "I went in search of news," said gorgeous pouting Tom Espiner, sporty young reporter of this parish, "but it all went badly wrong". Tom had been dispatched to the ISSA...
Browser flaws biggest software security risk
News Cross-site scripting flaws are now the most common vulnerabilities according to security experts
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Secret messages, Microsoft Strangeness, portable music and duking it out with the Earl — another week in IT meets its peculiar end
Virgin Atlantic bans use of Apple, Dell laptops
News The airline has become the third to impose restrictions on laptops, following the recall of millions of 'exploding' batteries
Ex Palm boss joins security firm
Photo Networking guru Eric Benhamou has joined the board of Web security company Finjan
Making Web 2.0 work for your business
News Yahoo's CIO Lars Rabbe claims social-networking technologies could help companies tackle the problem of how to better manage and retrieve unstructured information
BT makes waves in IT services
News The company has won around 1,000 international networking and IT contracts in the past 15 months, and it forecasts its Global Services revenue will double by 2008/9
Microsoft's open source mind shift
News Analysis: The software giant's promise not to sue over Web services patents reflects the spread of the collaborative development model and a change of stance for the company
Inside Microsoft Office 2007 beta 2 (technical refresh)
Photo Microsoft unfurls the finishing touches to its Office software in preparation for the final release early next year.
Google's fight for the 'Gmail' name
News Analysis: The search giant has been at war with a German venture capitalist over the right to use the term 'Gmail'
AOL IM tools up for business
News AOL and WebEx have released what they claim is the most flexible and secure instant messaging service aimed squarely at business users
Sun seeks high-level Solaris security badge
News Solaris with Trusted Extensions will be available later this year, and is currently under evaluation for Common Criteria certification
Sun and Accenture team up for server software
News The consulting firm will use Sun's software to develop products for specific industries
Web bigger malware threat than email
News Email is seen as the main way for viruses to infect corporate systems, but a study has found that employee Web surfing is a greater problem
Spamhaus hit with $11m judgement
News The manager of the spam-fighting blacklist has been ordered to pay damages to e360insight, but the order may not be enforceable
Exploit code aimed at new IE flaw
News Code has been posted on the Net that could be used to attack Windows PCs via a yet-to-be-patched hole in Internet Explorer
Microsoft sees online future for Works
News The software maker is considering an online version of Works, possibly funded by ads
