Patent Office board to revisit Microsoft-Eolas spat
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| Meanwhile, later that year, the Patent Office upheld the Eolas
| patent's validity after conducting a different kind of
| reexamination process, initiated by the director of the
| Patent Office, in which only Eolas was allowed to submit
| materials. The same patent is also currently undergoing
| another separate reexamination process within the Patent
| Office.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9724800-7.html?tag=recentPosts
ChoicePoint settles data breach dispute with 44 states
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| ChoicePoint Asset has settled with 44 U.S. states over a 2005 data
| breach that resulted in criminals potentially having accessed
| personal information from more than 145,000 consumers.
|
| [...]
|
| Under that settlement, consumers can seek to be reimbursed for losses
| from identity theft.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6188002.html
having read the 2005 article, it seems to have involved pWnage (quite
possibly a certain operating system).
Related:
Study: Billions of dollars spent on security
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| Large U.S. businesses will spend $61 billion on security by the end
| of this year, representing 7.3 percent of total IT budgets in the
| country, according to a new report from Info-Tech Research Group.
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http://news.com.com/2110-7350_3-6135989.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Do We Really Need a Security Industry?
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| Aftermarket security is actually a very inefficient way to spend our
| security dollars; it may compensate for insecure IT products, but
| doesn't help improve their security. Additionally, as long as IT
| security is a separate industry, there will be companies making
| money based on insecurity -- companies who will lose money if the
| internet becomes more secure.
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http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/05/securitymatters_0503
Schneier questions need for security industry
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| "We shouldn't have to come and find a company to secure our e-mail.
| E-mail should already be secure. We shouldn't have to buy from
| somebody to secure our network or servers. Our networks and servers
| should already be secure."
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6179500.html
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