Creating trust and security - Zawya.com

July 31, 2008

The E-law will help customers migrate to an online platform giving a fillip to Internet-based commerce in the Sultanate, writes Mayank Singh Oman moved one step closer to creating a digital society by introducing an electronic transaction law or E ...

McAfee to buy data protection vendor - TechWorld

July 31, 2008

McAfee is to acquire Reconnex, a maker of data protection appliances and software. The security company expects to close the deal by the end of September and will roll the products into its data protection business unit, where they will be sold under ...

British hacker may face Guantanamo, 60-year sentence - Mister-info.com

July 31, 2008

Beleaguered British computer hacker Gary McKinnon has vowed to fight U.S. extradition proceedings through the European Court of Human Rights. This follows on from yesterday's rejection of an appeal to the the U.K's Law Lords. American prosecutors who ...

Expert urges China visitors to encrypt data - Reuters India

July 31, 2008

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's blocking of Web sites has embarrassed the International Olympic Committee, but a computer security expert said on Thursday that visitors to Beijing also needed to protect their data from prying eyes. "People who are ...

Law lets Georgians ‘freeze’ their credit to protect against identity … - Macon Telegraph

July 31, 2008

The freeze is available to all Georgia residents, beginning today. To request the service, send a letter by certified mail to each of the three credit reporting agencies containing: $3 payment (per agency). The service is free to seniors age 65 and ...

Can the Olympics really threaten your IT security? - it World Canada

July 31, 2008

Fortinet says the higher volume of digital traffic flowing during the Olympics will attract the attention of cyber criminals and increase your risk of being attacked. IDC Canada analyst David Senf also weighs in on the issue Just like the hundreds of ...

Computer hacker Gary McKinnon loses US extradition battle in House of …

July 31, 2008

The House of Lords rejected his final appeal over what has been described as the biggest military hack of all time. McKinnon, 42, is accused by the US Government of sabotaging essential military systems and lawyers indicated during the lengthy ...

Scrabulous Now Wordscraper, Hasbro Still Suing - BusinessWeek

July 31, 2008

Call it bizarro Scrabble. The sibling duo behind Scrabulous, the online Scrabble knockoff that became a smash on Facebook during the past year, has reinvented their game as Wordscraper. Like Scrabble, the objective of the game is to maximize points ...

Iowa immigration raid case scrutinized - Los Angeles Times

July 31, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Justice Department officials who prosecuted hundreds of illegal immigrants arrested at an Iowa meatpacking plant in May used a government-created "manual" to speed through guilty pleas, a potential violation of the rights of those ...

Baggage System Malfunction Delays Scores Of Flights From JFK

July 31, 2008

NEW YORK -- American Airlines said its baggage system at John F. Kennedy International Airport is not functioning – forcing security officials to manually screen bags and delaying some 95 flights. Airline officials said that the problem appears to ...

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