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[Posted on August 8, 2007 - 5:54 PM]
After posting a net loss in 2006, CompuDyne Corp. took perhaps the best route possible: It decided to go private. The company, which develops security and integration technology for the public security markets, agreed Monday to be acquired for $59.1 million by an investor group consisting of affiliates of Los Angeles-based the Gores Group LLC and industry executive Stuart...

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[Posted on July 31, 2007 - 4:10 PM]
The on-demand security sector is becoming increasingly crowded, so be prepared for the next step: consolidation. On Tuesday Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s private equity arm invested $50 million in Perimeter eSecurity Inc., a provider of online software used to protect corporate computer networks. The company has been profitable since late 2001, and it has made nine acquisitions thus far, with...

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[Posted on July 13, 2007 - 4:05 PM]
Infrastrucure software developer VeriSign Inc. finally completed its financial restatements this week after the Mountain View, Calif., company became one of many under investigation for stock options shenanigans. In a Thursday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, VeriSign reported it has a total of $160.3 million in additional stock option compensation expenses due to mishandled stock options grants...

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[Posted on July 3, 2007 - 12:11 PM]
Network equipment company 3Com Corp. is planning to spin out security subsidiary TippingPoint Technologies through an initial public offering. Analysts estimate the unit could be worth more on its own to 3Com, who will hold a majority of it once it is separated from its parent. 3Com's December 2004 purchase of TippingPoint for $430 million was a boon for the...

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[Posted on June 20, 2007 - 4:22 PM]
On Tuesday Hewlett-Packard Co. said it would spend an undisclosed amount on security software company, SPI Dynamics Inc. The same day it also announced a set of security products aimed at business customers. However, HP, which says it only plans to make small acquisitions in the security sector, denies that it has a broad security strategy, despite some pressure...

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[Posted on November 2, 2006 - 3:19 PM]
I've seen a noticeable uptick in the number of spam emails which have slipped past my company's spam filter in the past couple of weeks. The most alarming of which are a series of fake messages from eBay regarding my seller account. I didn't click on any links and recognized them for what they were because I don't have an...

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[Posted on October 10, 2006 - 4:05 PM]
The New York Times is reporting about a project to create a database of treatment data for HIV/AIDS patients. The idea is genius, HIV treatment is an evolving science and having a centralized database of results and possible treatments could push the field forward by leaps and bounds. There is a drawback, however: privacy. Back in July of 2005, The...

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[Posted on October 2, 2006 - 1:47 PM]
While everyone was worrying about their personal data being stolen over the Internet, or out of their garbage bins, it turns out that it was being given away, over the phone, by a perky customer service representative. If the HP pretexting scandal is any indication, that is. As Hewlett-Packard Co. assesses the blame in the scandal involving its authorized theft...

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[Posted on September 26, 2006 - 1:51 PM]
When AOL completely dropped the ball, and released the search data from 658,000 of its users last month, the groundwork was laid for a class action. The only question left to be answered was how much would the violation of its customers' data cost. If the lawsuit filed by three AOL customers on behalf of the customers is successful in...

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[Posted on August 15, 2006 - 2:51 PM]
We've been hearing about electronic "smart" passports, which use RFID technology to create a more secure means of identification, for some time now. According to this story from CNET News.com, the U.S. State Department has started producing the new passports at the Colorado Passport Agency and plans to make all future passports electronic by October. The sticking point for the...

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