Last week, Washington State implemented its new "hands-free" cell phone/text messaging law, making most cell phone use while driving a primary offense. Previously such use was a secondary offense, meaning police officers could only cite a driver for cell phone if a higher-priority offense had been committed at the same time.
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Is your Web surfing policy in place? You might want to double check. The 2010 World Cup -- running from June 11 through July 11, 2010 -- may suck up a lot of your bandwidth otherwise.
A press release from Internet monitoring firm SpectorSoft Corporation says the sporting event "is anticipated to be the most widely-viewed and followed sporting event -- exceeding even the Olympic Games." Over 30 teams are participating in 64 matches, each Webcast three times per day. The company says a new study warns that over half of UK workers (54 percent) said they plan to watch World Cup games on their office computers during work hours. SpectorSoft also points out that "major broadcasters including the BBC, ESPN, ITV, and Tudou plan to stream live matches on their websites."
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Are you spending more time writing secure usernames and passwords on sticky notes -- or wracking your brain about what to enter in login boxes -- than you should? For half of respondents in a recent survey, the answer is yes.
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CDW, an information technology solutions provider to business, government, and education, has released its IT Threat Prevention Straw Poll that surveyed 200 IT security managers and "decision makers" at mid-size and large U.S. enterprises. The poll focused on IT security threats and the measures businesses are taking to prevent them.
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