With the dust settling after Oracle's acquisition in April of Sun Microsystems, onlookers are left wondering how the companies will integrate and what it might mean for the IT security marketplace.

Some researchers believe they are getting the shaft from software developers who don't pay the flaw finders.

Not too long ago, Microsoft regularly bore harsh criticism from security observers for its perceived lack of openness and response regarding major product vulnerabilities. With Redmond's patch process significantly revamped, Adobe, it seems, now has assumed the role of industry punching bag.

The internet is about to get more social. Facebook recently announced the rollout of its new Connect service, which allows users to take their identities across the web and share their actions with friends.

Some regard a new state data breach law as a model, others see it as too strict.

There is no denying that the economy is tanking -- and fast. According to the Commerce Department, the U.S. economy shrank at an annual rate of 0.3 percent in the third-quarter of 2008, the first time this has happened since 1991.

For the first time in the United States, a law specifies that encryption be used for the transmission of any electronic data.

With the amount of online campaign donations setting records and more Americans turning to candidate websites for news, the internet has turned into a money-making opportunity for scam artists bent on exploiting a presidential election year.

Are current AV solutions enough to protect end-users?

California's extension of its data breach notification law to cover health care records promises to have significant impact on how medical organizations deal with patient information