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Mobile browsers bring new security headaches

John Cox By John Cox
The new generation of mobile Web browsers is going to introduce for enterprise IT departments a rash of security challenges. The good news is that many of those challenges are familiar ones, from desktop browsers. Read full story

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03/10/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Microsoft Windows on a mainframe?
  2. Symantec identifies third Downadup/Conflicker variant
  3. Vendors face off in 11n 'challenge'
  4. Exchange alternatives: Pros and cons
  5. Microsoft confirms IE8 kill switch in Windows 7
  6. Facebook redesign may earn thumbs down from ordinary users
  7. Juniper introduces Adaptive Threat Management
  8. Vivek Kundra named America's CIO
  9. Bathrooms become smarter with touch screens
  10. U.S. loses IPv6 leader
  11. Microsoft TechFest: Commute UX dialog system for in-car infotainment


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