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• Menlo Park, Calif.-Based Start-up Aims to Fortify Software against Hackers.

  - 2004-05-12

  By Dan Lee, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Hackers love stabbing at the soft spots in software. They exploit vulnerabilities deep within source code -- the blueprint for a piece of software -- to steal information,...

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• Michigan Voters Use Online Option.

  - 2004-02-07

  By Elise Ackerman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 7--Mary Jane DuLyn, 71, is one of tens of thousands of Michigan voters who won't be turning up at the polls today. Thanks to a computer she keeps in...

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• Privacy Group to File Complaint on Sharing of Traveler Data.

  - 2004-01-19

  By Robin Evans, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--A public interest group that has fought privacy-threatening projects by Microsoft, Intel and Double Click believes its case against government efforts to obtain airline passenger records could have...

  Tags: Government, Northwest Airlines Corp., San Jose Mercury News, SECURITY

• Global Forum Names Seven San Jose, Calif.-Area Firms 'Technology Pioneers'.

  - 2003-12-11

  By Paul Jacobs, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 11--The World Economic Forum today named seven Bay Area companies as "technology pioneers" for 2004, a designation reserved for businesses that the group considers to be among the ...

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• Ridge Urges Tech Firms to Help Make Cyberspace Secure.

  - 2003-12-04

  By Elise Ackerman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 4--As Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge warned Wednesday that terrorists "know a few lines of code can wreak as much havoc as a handful of bombs," a deputy urged...

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• Technology Firms Hold Summit to Address Federal Homeland Security Concerns.

  - 2003-12-04

  By Elise Ackerman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 4--As Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge warned Wednesday that terrorists "know a few lines of code can wreak as much havoc as a handful of bombs," a deputy urged...

  Tags: Government, San Jose Mercury News, SECURITY, SOFTWARE

• Anti-Spam Bill Faces Tough Road.

  - 2003-10-24

  San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 24--WASHINGTON--If your e-mail is clogged with junk ads featuring get-rich-quick schemes, Viagra and body-enhancement potions, don't count on federal legislation to come to the rescue. The U.S. Senate on Wednesday...

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• San Jose, Calif., Area Gets Hit As Ecoterror Grows More Frequent, Fierce.

  - 2003-10-02

  By Dana Hull, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 2--The term "domestic terrorism" often conjures up images of right-wing militias, Timothy McVeigh and anti-abortion activists bombing clinics and killing doctors. But since 1977, the FBI has...

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• Pilot's Goof Spurs Security Scare at San Francisco Airport.

  - 2003-04-29

  San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 29--A Mexicana Airlines pilot touched off a scare at San Francisco International Airport on Monday night when he accidentally sent a hijacking warning to the control tower, police said. The...

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• San Jose, Calif.-Area Conference Offers Tips for Business in Asia.

  - 2003-03-02

  By T.T. Nhu, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 2--Rod Hirsch of the U.S. Department of Commerce had some advice Saturday for people who want to step into the Asian business market. "Grovel before you walk!"...

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