| Trend Micro Sees Growth of Underground Cybercrime Economy
CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro Incorporated TSE: 4704, a global leader in Internet content security, published today its 2007 Threat Report and 2008 Forecast. According to research from Trend Micro's TrendLabs(SM), hackers are intensifying their attacks on legitimate Web sites. The number of compromised Web sites are slowly outnumbering malicious ones created specifically by cyber criminals. It debunks the adage to "not visit questionable sites" because even trusted Web sites such as those belonging to Fortune 500 companies, schools and government organizations can hold malware. An underground malware industry has carved itself a thriving market by exploiting the trust and confidence of Web users. The Russian Business Network, for example, was notorious all year for hosting illegal businesses including child pornography, phishing and malware distribution sites.
Going Against The Curve
Can't think of it! ... [The 'patients bill of rights'?--ed That's the issue Bacon cites. That's not it. ...] P.S.: Why have editors if they're not going to make a reporter confront the obvious bit of evidence that undermines his thesis? ... It's so much easier, I guess, just to cut any mention of i---------n from the story. ... 1:06 A.M. Fred Thompson on the GOP Debate: "I didn't watch it. I was on a plane ..."** Thompson could have given a post-debate interview to any news organization in the country. He picked Breitbart.tv. ... Thompson teases at moving into the gaping, bi-partisan anti-amnesty void--"our unprotected borders are out of hand"--but leaves himself plenty of room. ... He also uses the word "midget" in describing the GOP field. ... ** Memo to Thompson: "I didn't watch it.
Hudson Capital buys original Warner studio for $125 million
The original Warner Bros. studio in Hollywood, now home to KTLA-TV Channel 5 and other Tribune Co. entertainment companies, was sold for $125 million Wednesday to a Los Angeles real estate investment firm.
Hudson Capital, which owns Sunset Gower Studios a few blocks away, completed the expected purchase from Tribune, Hudson managing partner Victor Coleman said. Chicago-based Tribune owns KTLA, the Los Angeles Times and other media outlets.
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Janet chalks up text service
The Joint Academic Network (Janet) has signed a deal for a mobile phone text service to connect the 18 million users of its education network. The service - called 'Janet txt' - will allow the UK's educational and research institutions to send individual or group SMS messages to mobiles, landlines, email and pagers through one interface. PageOne won the three-year contract to supply Janet with its SMS service. Got two seconds? Make your voice heard - take our latest poll. The service is available to any educational body which receives Janet's other services, with individual contracts being established between PageOne and individual user organisations. Educational organisations can regulate and customise the text service so the messages sent out are clearly associated with the institution distributing them.
Andy Oram Reports
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- It's an unlikely matter for the United States and other nations to lock horns over: the administration of names and numbers used to reach Internet sites. Andy Oram Reports
'SOCIAL WEB' HAS FAR TO GO, BUT MUCH PROMISE Andy Oram CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Two ideas, diametrically opposed in philosophy and approach, have seized the attention of Internet companies and technologists over the first few years of this century. Given that the century will be so long and we have barely started yet, it's hard to say which will turn out to be most important. One stresses classification, the other community. These two ideas are attracting both money and attention, but neither has yet borne fruit. Happy New Year, Everyone! Andy Oram Reports
A YEAR SPILLING OVER WITH COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES by Andy Oram CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec.
VeriCenter to Manage Enterprise Servers for MedAmerica, Inc.
Hosted portal application enables leading healthcare company to provide web-based physician practice management solutions for well-known physician groups across the U.S. HOUSTON (PRWEB) August 14, 2006 -- VeriCenter, Inc. and MedAmerica, Inc. today announced that VeriCenter is providing managed hosting services for MedAmerica's portal solution for physician practice management. MedAmerica is a nationally recognized medical practice support and consulting company.
"The resources required to operate and maintain IT infrastructure in the healthcare industry have grown exponentially over the past few years because of several factors, including government regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and 24x7 access information and online applications," said Nancy Burghart-Hall, CIO of MedAmerica.
Gloriously Cranky Cathy Seipp
Never needs changing. Like a fluorescent bulb! ... 5:48 P.M. Dissing the Disgruntled! Grazer-Gate Update: A summary of the L.A.Times' second-time-farce scandal is here. The most recent at-bats ... Resigned editorial page editor Andres Martinez says the paper's newly-arrived editor and publisher caved to a disgruntled newsroom that is annoyed at [the paper's owners in] Chicago, annoyed at them and annoyed at the autonomy of the opinion pages. The newsroom unrest, Martinez says, is partly "ideological" (the news pages presumably being more conventionally liberal than his editorial page), partly "a matter of bureaucratic culture," and some of it a personnel matter (there are some embittered former editorial board members that Kinsley and Carroll sent off to the newsroom).
Dubai Islamic Bank hosts 'Recruitment Week' for UAE nationals
During the period, officials from DIB's Human Resources department will receive UAE national job seekers, with a view to selecting qualified candidates for suitable employment at the bank. Applications from prospective candidates will be screened by a special committee. Those who meet the bank's requirements will be contacted shortly by DIB's Human Resources department. The recruitment week signals the start of a series of innovative programmes launched by the bank to target qualified UAE nationals and offer them exceptional opportunities to enter the banking sector through DIB. Ahemd Al Sirkal, Senior Vice President, Head of DIB Group Human Resources Department, said: 'This event is aimed at attracting a large number of nationals from various academic and professional backgrounds.
Liberia: President Johnson-Sirleaf Evades TRC
Victims and perpetrators have gorged out their experiences, but those who commanded the forces of rebellion and bear the greater responsibilities are yet to dignify the Commission by appearing and testifying. Although President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has reiterated her support for the TRC process, comments made by her Tuesady morning during her regular "Talk with the President's radio program, indicate that she is not prepared to submit to the TRC process and tell her people what she knows about the war and the period dating to 1979. She says she does not want to make the TRC a spectacle. The Analyst looks at the President utterances and their implications. President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf gave a shortcut response to a question as to whether or not she would appear before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and tell the Liberian people and the world what she knows about the 14-year war and the events before it dating to 1979.
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