Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Google urged to beef up Gmail security; Mobile Linux: 6 key things to know

Ex-Googlers behind new security service that flags malware on Web sites; Economy could break outsourcers, analysts say
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Google urged to beef up Gmail security

Google is weighing whether to encrypt its Web-based Gmail service by default, as suggested by a group of prominent Internet security and legal experts. Read full story

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Security start-up Dasient, with co-founders from Google, debuts today with its Web Anti-Malware service to detect malware infections on Web sites and quarantine the malware found to protect Web visitors prior to Web site clean-up.

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June 17, 2009

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  1. Ex-Googlers behind new security service
  2. Facebook launches "usernames". Yawn.
  3. 'Fear grips Google' ...?
  4. Gadgets for any kind of techie Dad
  5. Data center derby heats up
  6. Darwin Awards for Disaster Recovery
  7. 68-degree data centers becoming a thing of the past
  8. Hackers dissect Palm Pre, webOS
  9. The 10 dumbest tech products so far
  10. Cisco Fibre Channel share plummets

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