To some, Windows Vista is Microsoft’s most secure operating system ever. To others, it’s the most Mac-like. But from a developer standpoint, it’s the first proving ground for Microsoft’s new

SAN FRANCISCO—A sleek, silver, nearly weightless gizmo that fits in your hand represents the next generation of security for customers of eBay’s PayPal division. The diminutive machine is a wireless

SAN FRANCISCO—With the number of employees using smart phones and other mobile devices, corporations must start to focus their security on more than just their network perimeter, according to security

BMC Software, now a Wall Street darling with a stock price that’s doubled in the past two years, has transformed itself from a company struggling to remain profitable to one

Microsoft reported Feb. 8 that it will ship a dozen security bulletins, including five updates meant to fix critical Windows flaws, as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday updating process

SAN FRANCISCO—A pair of security researchers speaking here at the ongoing RSA Conference Feb. 7 demonstrated their techniques for catching botnet operators who use secret legions of infected computers to

SAN FRANCISCO—Early one morning several years ago, the police knocked on Robert Maynard’s door and told him he was under arrest for fraud. There was just one problem: The Robert

Most of the businesspeople I know use Google Trends—an online tool that allows ordinary people to compare the frequency of Google search terms— to check out how an idea is

Six years ago, Johnson & Johnson was among the world’s oldest and most profitable heathcare companies. In 2001, profits hit nearly $5.7 billion on sales of $33 billion, and the