My attempts to enforce a mindful security policy in the District Attorney's office were met with fierce resistance. The attitude among the legal staff was,
There are bad ideas, and then there are really awful ideas. Example of a bad idea: the proposed uniform state law called the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA), with its "self-help" provision that lets vendors remotely sabotage software you've bought if they believe you're not conforming to their licence terms.
After a long and torrid courtship, Bertelsmann AG said Friday that it has agreed to purchase Napster Inc. for US$8 million, and is reinstating Konrad Hilbers at the helm of the troubled song-swapping service.
Symantec Corp. provides a range of content and network security solutions to individuals and enterprises. The company bills itself as a world leader in Internet security technology and a leading provider of virus protection, risk management, Internet content and e-mail filtering, remote management and mobile code detection technologies. In Canada, the firm enjoys 57 per cent of the market share for anti-virus software.