Friday, May 21, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 21/05/2010



Symantec To Buy VeriSign's Authentication Business For $1.28 Billion

From Dark Reading

VeriSign will refocus business on Internet infrastructure, naming services
VeriSign, one of the best-known names in computer security, today took a step away from the security business by selling its authentication services business to Symantec for $1.28 billion.

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Take the horse, leave the prince: the games to buy this week

From ARS Technica

This Tuesday saw a huge rush of releases hit store shelves, and for those gamers with a limited gaming budget, picking the right games can be a little bit of a challenge. That's why we're here! Let's run down this week's releases and give some recommendations on what you should buy, what you should rent, and what is safe to ignore.
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Google open sources $124.6m video codec

From The Register:

Google has taken a swashbuckling step towards open and license-free web video by open sourcing the leading codec from On2 Technologies, the video-compression outfit it acquired earlier this year for $124.6 million.

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LifeLock CEO said to be victim of identity theft 13 times

Fromآ Computer World


A CEO who publicly posted his Social Security number on billboards and in TV commercials as part of a campaign to promote his company's credit monitoring services was the victim of identity theft at least 13 times, a news report says.

The Phoenix New Times reported that Todd Davis, CEO of LifeLock Inc. in Tempe, Ariz., was victimized numerous times by identity thieves who apparently used his Social Security number to commit various types of fraud.


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