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Google has published a detailed defense against Match Group's claims that its Play billing mechanism allows it to monopolize the market. It has accused the lawsuit campaign of being cynical and false.

Usama Jawad · May 10, 2022 with 7 comments

FedEx had officially requested permission to install a laser-based anti-missile defense system on its cargo planes; the Airbus A321-200. The FAA is seeking confirmation about the protection mechanisms

Alap Naik Desai · Jan 15, 2022 with 15 comments

Microsoft has issued an advisory highlighting that multiple U.S. and Israeli defense companies and global maritime transportation firms are under attack from a threat actor, likely from Iran.

Usama Jawad · Oct 12, 2021 with 7 comments

In the wake of rising cyberattacks and threats, Microsoft has outlined a list of steps that organizations can take to harden their cybersecurity defenses against low-skilled malicious actors.

Usama Jawad · Aug 12, 2021 · Hot! with 7 comments

The resumes, addresses, and other information for many people who hold 'Top Secret' security clearance were left in an unsecured database after they had applied for vacancies at a security firm.

Richard Tyr Blewitt · Sep 4, 2017 with 4 comments

A new report released by the Government Accountability Office says the SACCS - the command system used to operate the US nuclear arsenal - is running on an 8-inch floppy disk system from the 1970s.

Jett Goldsmith · May 27, 2016 · Hot! with 56 comments

Today, Deputy Defence Secretary William Lynn admitted that in March, foreign hackers managed to obtain thousands of files on the United States “most sensitive systems” through the Pentagon. This revelation came about as the Pentagon...

Tim Schiesser · Jul 15, 2011 · Hot! with 10 comments

Yesterday the United States revealed its International Strategy for Cyberspace that deals with military and defence matters relating to cyber-attacks, along with general praise of cyberspace and other less interesting matters. The document mentions the...

Tim Schiesser · May 18, 2011 · Hot! with 39 comments

For a few minutes during Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer's appearance at the Gartner Inc. Symposium ITxpo conference here, emotionless management-speak gave way to a mother's frustration with the Vista operating system. "I'm one...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Oct 11, 2007 · Hot! with 106 comments

The Defense Department should adopt an open technology model for software procurement and distribution, according to a new report prepared for Sue Payton, deputy undersecretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts. That report,...

· Aug 20, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

The owners of file-swapping giant Kazaa claimed Tuesday their software, which allows users to exchange copyrighted music and movies online, doesn't differ from video recorders, as they launched their defense in a landmark music piracy...

· Nov 30, 2004 with -1 comments

Microsoft research labs are working on a new technique, code-named Shield. Software patching has not been an effective first-line defense preventing large-scale worm attacks, even when patches had long been available for their corresponding vulnerabilities....

· Oct 19, 2004 with -1 comments

Microsoft Corp. on Friday filed its formal response to RealNetworks Inc.'s anti-trust lawsuit against it, denying allegations that it is impeding competition in the digital media market. In the "Answers and Defenses" filing in federal...

· Feb 21, 2004 with -1 comments

Intel has gotten involved in the legal battle between the SCO Group and Linux, contributing money to a defense fund geared to protect users of the open-source operating system. The Open Source Development Labs, an...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Jan 12, 2004 with -1 comments

Mitre, a not-for-profit engineering and IT organization that works with the US federal government, has recommended that the US Department of Defense take steps to encourage open-source software in the department's infrastructure. ...

· Oct 31, 2002 with -1 comments

Uncle Sam is calling on IBM to help prevent enemy missiles from ever reaching U.S. soil. IBM plans to announce Monday that it has won a deal to supply the Defense Department...

· Aug 19, 2002 with -1 comments

Microsoft on Monday laid out its defense in the antitrust case pursued by nine states, arguing that the states are entitled to no penalties stricter than those the company agreed to in its settlement with...

· Jun 11, 2002 with -1 comments

The US Department of Defense has proposed dramatic new limits on the use of foreign nationals in computer-related projects, rekindling a heated debate over the use of immigrant labor for high-tech jobs. The...

· Mar 7, 2002 with -1 comments