Hacker marketplace to help build zero-day appliance
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Microsoft botnet-hunting tool helps bust hackers

Microsoft highlights efforts to police the Net

Antivirus vendors slam Defcon virus contest

InfoGuard battles optical hacks with encryption

Hannaford to spend 'millions' on IT security upgrades after breach

Payment industry receives first version of application security standard

Microsoft calls for talks on Internet trust, safety

Intel to release anti-theft technology for laptops

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Q&A: Schneier says cybercrime problem 'might not be fixable'
Bruce Schneier, CTO at managed security services vendor BT Counterpane, said in an interview that making things harder on cybercrooks may require actions that financial services firms won't like.

The future of antivirus
Does malware exist only because antivirus products are around to combat it? It's a provocative thought. CSO's Michael Fitzgerald looks at the state of the AV art these days, asks the experts if there's any way out of the malware arms race, and finds hope at an unlikely source.

Free and cheap software that outdoes the big guys
Here are 15 mostly free applications that can credibly replace big-bucks PC software.

Review: 7 secure USB drives
With almost daily stories about data loss or breaches in the press, Computerworld decided to review seven USB drives from top vendors, based mostly on security and ease of use. We looked at everything from a drive built to military specifications, to one that even hides your Web searches.

Services tap people power to spot malware
People-driven security, which uses the wisdom of crowds to identify new malware, spam and similar threats, is starting to gather momentum as users take to the community-service nature of the endeavor.

Gone Wrong
IT can build great controls, but without management's support, you can end up like Societe Generale, Frank Hayes laments.

Windows handheld device helps fight wars on terror, drugs
A one-pound handheld gadget running Windows CE is enlisting for duty with police departments and the armed forces. The Seeker CDU is designed to detect trace amounts of certain chemicals used to make narcotics, explosives and such.

Crossing the Line
Fears of "Big Brother" are legitimate when it's what a person is thinking, rather than what he's doing, that's being watched.

Sex, Lies and MRIs
While the traditional polygraph measures physiological haracteristics such as heart rate, blood pressure, respiration and skin conductivity, a startup company is using a Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine (MRI) to watch what's happening inside the brain.

Do surveillance cameras detect criminals, or deter crime?
Prices for video surveillance gear have dropped and will continue to do so, and capabilities such as motion detection and analysis are proliferating. But a camera can only record and perhaps deter; it doesn't stop a problem in progress. Will surveillance cameras ever be much more than mere security-theater props?

Mistakes such as putting down co-workers or burning bridges when you resign are surefire ways to darken your career prospects. Here's how to avoid them Hype and promises abound in the IT world, but these six breakthroughs really will change your life, says author and former IT manager John Brandon. Baby boomers are retiring and taking their knowledge with them. Why do so few in IT seem to care? Computerworld editors share stories of their first PCs, including some classics and some real clunkers -- then we ask readers to share their early-PC tales.

Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.

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