A round-up of other technology stories in brief Cuil, the search engine co-founded by Irishman Tom Costello and launched this week, may live up to its claims to be a significant challenger to Google according to StatCounter. Full Article at Irish Times

Mass. , Minn. and N.H. have the nation's safest roads in terms of deaths per vehicle miles traveled, says a report on state roads by the libertarian Reason Foundation. Full Article at Investor's Business Daily

IBM Internet Security Systems is out with its X-Force 2008 Mid-Year Trend Statistics report. This is an extremely exhaustive look at security vulnerabilities in both proprietary and open source software. Full Article at OStatic

Andrew Charlesworth, vnunet.com, Wednesday 30 July 2008 at 16:55:00 Publishing vulnerabilities leads to more zero-day exploits Security researchers should stop publishing vulnerabilities in the traditional way because cyber-criminals are using the code... Full Article at VNUNet.com

Stuck with an outdated security model that's holding you back from the big benefits of connectivity? Learn how to reap the rewards of fast, reliable, and inexpensive connectivity right here. Full Article at Ebiz Q

The bad guys on the Internet are narrowing the time frame they need to unleash computer attacks that take advantage of publicly disclosed security holes, new research shows. Full Article at E-Commerce Times

Cybercrooks are becoming faster at utilising newly-discovered browser exploits. Full Article at The Register

BANGALORE: Jolted by the serial blasts, tech firms closed down early on Friday and tightened security measures on their campuses. Wipro employees at Madiwala, where the first blast took place, were sent home early. Full Article at DNA India

What a difference a quarter makes. Actually, not even a quarter. Full Article at Motley Fool