Search giant seeks dismissal of case involving search index results.

Two very different news articles crossed my desk today. First, there was a report that open source developers on 32 projects fixed 900 bugs in two weeks that were reported by an automated scan program from Coverity, sponsored by a grant from U.S. Homeland Security. Second, a presentation was given by a Microsoft security official who said that rootkits, phishing, trojans, spyware, and other forms of malware had gotten so bad on Windows that IT departments needed to come up with a fast way to "nuke the systems from orbit", i.e., wipe out the hard drive and start over. He goes on to say that phishing is a problem because "there really is no patch for human stupidity".

Warner Bros. Entertainment on Monday began selling full-length feature films and TV shows over the Internet via Guba, one of a legion of companies presenting amateur-videos on the Web.

Having a multitude of email addresses, I thought of simplyfing my life and workflow one day. I realized I’ve been wasting too much time checking up on my email from various places. There are the different Gmail accounts, Yahoo mail accounts, and even those from my own domains.

Search giant appears to be testing waters for new ad revenues.

SAN FRANCISCO--Google does not plan to use ads to pay for the free wireless Internet service it's offering in its hometown of Mountain View, Calif., and there's no secret plan to monetize the service, a Google Wi-Fi product manager said Wednesday.

The Australian government is taking a pro-active stance over email filtering

Users would get a single sign-on for both the company's Active Directory and its Windows Live Web-based services.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The major Web browsers are getting facelifts as they increasingly become the focal point for handling business transactions and running programs over the Internet rather than simply displaying Web sites.

Version 9 of the alternative Web browser will be launched today, blogger says.

Disguises itself as pictures from nonexistent 'Naked World Cup.'

Online payment company PayPal reported that it has fixed a Web site glitch through which the operators of a phishing scheme had been attempting to steal personal data of the company's customers.

Free Web hosting service was being used by hackers trying to steal money.

Scripting flaw makes fake page with valid security certificate possible.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) said it fixed a security hole that allowed an email virus to spread among users of its Web-based Yahoo Mail service Monday, ending the virus' ability to spread.

Government-mandated wiretapping could cause serious Internet security problems, they say.

Microsoft's Hardware Group is playing a significant role in the development of Windows Live Messenger, with more LifeCam products on the way this autumn

Antivirus firm Sophos says our e-mail is safer than it was last year.

The lines are being drawn in the search wars, with Yahoo and Microsoft squaring off against Firefox and Google

Yahoo and other big portals may have to team with the likes of MySpace to take advantage of their growing influence on Web surfers, analysts say

A new version adds much higher resolution and integration with 3D modelling software

Mass-mailing worm exploits a vulnerability in the Web-based e-mail, but its impact is low.

It's nothing, I'm sure. No really, I mean it. It's just that, well, I noticed that Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) insiders are continuing to drop shares on the public at a rate that boggles the mind. Here's just a brief peek at the latest tallies.

New utility does not work with other browsers, including Internet Explorer.

Court upholds ruling requiring Internet phone providers to offer wiretapping capabilities to law enforcement agencies.

The majority of spam servers are physically located in Taiwan, according to CipherTrust.

Search engine handles nearly 60 percent of Web's queries, study shows.

The search giant will start offering a free wireless service in its home town within weeks

Firefox, Thunderbird users urged to update to patch serious flaws.

Theft of more than 200,000 credit card numbers reported.

Microsoft endorses Brew technology for gameon mobile phones and other handheld devices.

A rogue Web browser that was removed from the Internet after security researchers found it was serving up child porn advertising has suddenly reappeared, with a peculiar twist.

Microsoft is looking into a report of a Windows flaw that could cause certain applications to crash, the software maker said Thursday.