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Microsoft patches on the way

09/05/08 -- 02:37 PM Four critical fixes will resolve remote code execution exploits and address vulnerabilities in Windows Media Player 11 and Media Encoder, as well as Microsoft Office and various components and versions of the Windows OS.

Glitch tarnishes Chrome browser

09/05/08 -- 01:45 PM The release of Google’s Chrome browser this week has been dampened by the discovery of a security risk.

N.C. expands ballot-scanning program statewide

09/02/08 -- 01:02 PM North Carolina’s State Board of Elections is expanding a pilot program for the November 2008 elections that uses Motorola Symbol P460 bar code scanners.

IPv6 could be the key to greener buildings

09/01/08; Vol. 27, No. 22 The General Services Administration has made considerable progress in improving the efficiency of the buildings it manages for the government, in part by using networked technology to automate environmental sensing and controls.

Clean slate for old drives

09/01/08; Vol. 27, No. 22 The Drive eRazer thoroughly scrubs data from hard drives, allowing for secure disposal.

Larry Roberts | A pioneer looks to balance Internet scale

09/01/08; Vol. 27, No. 22 GCN interview: Larry Roberts, one of the founders of ARPAnet, discusses the network developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that later became the Internet.

Cybereye | The next battlefield

09/01/08; Vol. 27, No. 22 Civil defense today means not a fallout shelter but a firewall.

Studies find Web sites rife with unpatched vulnerabilities

08/28/08 -- 10:17 AM A pair of computer security reports shows that most Web sites remain vulnerable to hacker exploits.

Report: Lab certifying voting equipment failed to meet requirements

08/26/08 -- 10:41 AM The National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program has accused SysTest Labs of not meeting the program requirements for independent laboratories that certify voting systems.

Networks face another switch

08/25/08; Vol. 27, No. 21 Now that government network administrators have the IPv6 transition under their belts, a change in another Internet numbering system is under way.

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