Combine a lax attitude on the part of users, poor security practices on the LAN, and an OS with more security holes than a block of swiss cheese, and you've got a recipe for a mess.

Are wireless viruses looming?. (IDG) -- Last year's wave of new virus attacks could be duplicated this year -- on wireless ... [CNN - Computing] 

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Although trials of biometrics have offered mixed results, the UK is reportedly considering including the technology in passports.

United Kingdom considers biometric passports. (IDG) -- The British government is considering incorporating biometric cards into passports within ... [CNN - Computing] 

12:42:45 PM   

Tim Berners-Lee has already developed the web and XML - now he's working on giving the net a brain of its own.

The Next Web. By 2005, Tim Berners-Lee aims to replace the World Wide Web with the Semantic Web, which will understand human language [Business Week: Technology] 

12:07:42 PM   

Product introductions for both GPRS and 802.11b will no doubt be well received, but an observer raises the point that while all of this is just swell, the products just reinforce the habit of plugging gaps that should not exist in the first place.

Mobile security must change with GPRS. A line-up of new products from security vendors at this week's 3GSM World Congress is tackling the issue of security architecture in mobile networks. [ElectricNews.Net] 

9:57:43 AM   

Interesting...and probably useful...applications. A possible risk is that organizations will simply look to applications like this to spot problems, rather than trying to fix the poor security in the first place.

Hackers Sneak Through Open Doors In Applications. Businesses turn to new class of software to block intruders [TechWeb] 

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