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IT lessons from colleges and universities
Colleges and universities sometimes serve as test beds for technologies that later become the norm in enterprise IT. NetworkWorld's John Cox takes a look at initiatives underway at 10 institutions of
Study: Users ignoring security warnings
A new study by Carnegie Mellon University has shown that users have developed an immunity of sorts to the warnings generated by invalid security certificates. What they found is that users are
Researchers: Social Security numbering system is crackable
Researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University have warned that there is a "surprisingly easy" method of computing the nine digits of Americans' Social Security numbers. Of course, the popularity of
Answers to "Secret Questions" too easy to guess
If you've ever signed up for any web services, chances are that you've been asked to select a "Secret Question" and to key in a corresponding answer as a secondary means of resetting your password.
IT experts offer tech advice to the next president
The presidential election is nearing the finish line, with science and technology taking a back seat to many other pressing issues. But Computerworld.com asked some high-tech luminaries to offer
Free Firefox add-on helps boost security
Perspective , a free add-on for Mozilla Firefox 3.0 has been released. Developed at the Carnegie-Mellon University's School of Computer
