LinuxMCE представляет собой полнофункциональную систему автоматизации дома. Она способна управлять всеми доступными девайсами, начиная от обычного (ну не совсем обычного) выключателя света до устройств безопасности (сигнализация и видеонаблюдение), климат-контроля и бытовых приборов

On Feb. 5, 2008, GEXA Energy terminated Kim's employment as a database administrator and permanently revoked his access to all GEXA Energy facilities, computer networks, and information technology systems, the report says. Approximately three months later, Kim remotely accessed the GEXA Energy computer network and GEXA Energy Management System (GEMS) database.

Microsoft has helped discover a flaw in the Google Chome Frame plug-in for Internet Explorer users.

The failure of corporate chiefs to make security a priority and a reactive approach to data protection has left many companies vulnerable to attack, especially via emerging technologies such as smart phones and cloud computing, according to a survey of information technologists. published on Tuesday.

Snow Leopard users are once again free to run the Apple operating system on hardware with Atom processors, courtesy of hackers in Russia.

An exploit for Internet Explorer was published online yesterday, showing signs of poor reliability. Symantec confirmed that the exploit affects Internet Explorer 6 and 7. Experts believe a fully functional version of the exploit will be made available in the coming weeks.

Three hackers have been charged by federal indictment over their alleged involvement in infiltrating the security of Comcast.net and subsequently redirecting the visitors of the website to web pages under their control a year back.

A team of unidentified hackers has managed to steal "confidential" global warming data after breaking into the e-mail server of a prominent, British climate-research center and posted them online - showing that climate scientists conspired to overstate that man has caused climate change.

A new form of attack that installs a rootkit directly onto a computer's Bios system would render anti-virus software useless, researchers have warned.

A Dutch internet service provider has identified a worm that installs a backdoor on jailbroken iPhones and makes them part of a botnet.

Герои 3D Max, Maya, Cinema и прочих графический 3D-студий в конце концов перестают удовлетворяться создавая и оживляя созданных персонажей анимацией. Хочется с ними что-то сделать – красивое демо, базовую игру, что угодно, только бы вытащить свои творения за пределы 3D-редактора

The Security Response team has compiled the top security trends of 2009. We pulled data from the Global Intelligence Network and the experiences of the thousands of analysts and security experts at Symantec to come up with the top trends for the year. While none of these trends will be a surprise to anyone even casually following the threat landscape, when compiled and summarized, it is clear that the breadth of security problems in the past year was pretty stunning.