Personal Data Leaked
The Transportation Security Administration has lost a computer hard drive containing Social Security numbers, bank data and payroll information for about 100,000 employees.

Authorities realized Thursday the hard drive was missing from a controlled area at TSA headquarters. TSA Administrator Kip Hawley sent a letter to employees Friday apologizing for the lost data and promising to pay for one year of credit monitoring services.

Is there dial tone left in Vonage?
A Virginia federal jury ruled today that Internet phone service Vonage must pay $58 million plus monthly royalties for infringing three patents owned by Verizon Communications. The decision from the U.S. District Court of Eastern Virginia could permit Verizon to ask that Vonage stop using the disputed technology

Dell, Microsoft and Novell to change your desktop
Dell Inc. has agreed to work with Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. under an alliance the rival software makers formed last year to make it easier for the Windows operating system and the increasingly popular Linux system to work together, the companies said Sunday.

Under the partnership announced in November, Microsoft said it would offer corporate customers a chance to license its Windows operating system as part of a package that includes maintenance and support for Novell's Suse Linux platform

Desktop on a Dongle
Microsoft is teaming up with peripherals manufacturer SanDisk in an effort to develop smart USB devices that will allow users to carry their complete personal computing environment on a device as small as a thumb drive, Microsoft announced Friday.

Under the plan, Microsoft will develop software that will let users store their applications and data on small, Flash memory-based devices that connect to their computers' Universal Serial Bus. SanDisk will design and manufacture compatible hardware.

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