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21st January 2007 Archive

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  • Vulnerability tallies surged in 2006

    Grep and gripe

    Flaws in Web applications boosted the bug counts for 2006 by more than a third over the previous year, according to data obtained by SecurityFocus from the four major vulnerability databases. On Monday, the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordination Center released its final tally of the number of flaws the …

    Security 21 Jan 2007, 07:02

  • RIAA talks flat fees, and how they turned the French

    MidemNet It's a rap

    The chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Ass. of America Mitch Bainwol, and his equivalent at its global partner the IPFI John Kennedy took some time out to answer some questions from El Reg at a press conference in Cannes today. Yesterday we reported on the contrast between the progressive stance taken by UMG's Larry …

    Music and Media 21 Jan 2007, 13:01

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