November, 2005 Issue

Microsoft Corp. said it is readying an online marketplace, code-named Fremont, which is apparently in response to a similar feature that rival Google Inc. introduced a few weeks ago.

Hackers release software that can cause an unpatched Windows PC to crash.

Coordinated cyberattacks could be nationally damaging, says one cybersecurity expert.

Search giant joins AOL, Verizon, and Yahoo in interest in new ad model.

Last week was shortened by the Thanksgiving holiday, and it seemed the malware guys took it off as well. There was not much going on of recent origin, and the biggest blip on the security radar was the realization by the security community that an Internet Explorer problem first identified six months ago was a lot worse than it appeared.

When Anita Campbell started her Web log about small-business trends two years ago, she thought it would simply be a service for her clients and help her consulting business grow.

Even as the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) is collaborating with Mumbai Police to observe Cyber Safety Week, DNA takes a look at the top 10 hacking incidents of all time — instances where some of the most seemingly secure computer networks were compromised

Using a search engine is now the No. 2 activity for Web users, research has found.

Spam attempts to trick users into installing the Sober worm.

U.S. auction house is trying to sell one of Saddam Hussein's military uniforms online, calling it an "ultimate artefact" of the U.S. war in Iraq.

Proposed 'extensions' to specification allow multidirectional synchronization.

Strong demand requires temporary moratorium on new subscribers while Google bolsters the tools.

A new report on the top Internet vulnerabilities of 2005 finds a trend toward attacking common user applications.

Security firm traces source to Middle East hackers.

Flaw enabled data theft from new content-hosting service upon its recent launch.

Microsoft will offer its Word, Excel, and PowerPoint document formats as open standards.

Security firms boost malware protections in IE, MSN, and Vista.

Iron Lore Entertainment showed off more of its beautiful, fast-paced action role-playing game recently, and we've got the details.

Hackers' latest tactics and the next Windows' weapons are hot topic at conference.

Google's hosted Web analytics service Google Analytics suffered serious performance problems earlier this week, after the company announced the service would be available free of charge, but seemed to have stabilized by Wednesday.

GOOGLE has managed to keep the lid on a serious bug in Gmail that had enabled hackers to take over accounts, read the contents and use them to send spam, since the service started.

Midway sends latest in Reality Pump's PC sci-fi real-time strategy series to stores nationwide.

STOCKHOLM--The music industry's top lobby group said on Tuesday it was launching new legal action against those who illegally share files over the Internet, which it blames for diminished sales.

Software giant wants U.S. government to intervene in European Commission investigation.

A Google patent application heightens interest in topic.

Fraudsters are using a promise of a $400 prize from Google as bait in a new phishing scam aimed at stealing credit card data, a security expert has warned.

Yahoo! and Microsoft, in an ongoing challenge to the search kingpin, pursue partnerships that are altering the Internet landscape

Windows Defender, out in beta, will ship next year with Vista.

Vulnerability involves processing of Windows Metafile images.

Downloadable mobile app extends Google Local's search, mapping services to some phones.

Papa John's has beefed up security for its Web-based e-mail system after the pizza chain learned that internal e-mail and customer data had been exposed.

''DOOM'': HISTORY OF THE GAME

Microsoft Research has developed a prototype of a microkernel operating system, code-named 'Singularity.' Its most surprising feature: It has nothing to do with Windows.

Santa Cruz Networks expands its Festoon plug-in to support Google's IM service.

SAN FRANCISCO - Purveyors of porn and entrepreneurs who spied a niche when Apple Computer Inc. unveiled its video-playing iPod are proving that sex even sells in tiny packages — especially when it is portable.

Revamped browser adds speed, icons, and support for Web standards.

As part of its monthly patching cycle, Microsoft plans to release on Tuesday one security bulletin for the Windows operating system.

Analysis: Live Software Strategy aims at strong Google, Yahoo portals but could drain MSN.

Ubisoft nails down the release of its latest acrobatic action-adventure, The Two Thrones.

Revamped indexing and search tool offers features (and versions) for work and home.

Dispelling cancellation rumors, Eidos announces its controversial cops-versus-robbers shooter will ship early next year.

Sample carries harmless payload, but demonstrates an attack unique to Oracle databases.

It may take a village to raise a child, as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton likes to say. But it looks like it's going to take quite a bit more than that to fulfill the Google dream of one day indexing all the world's information for that little tyke.

SAN FRANCISCO--Kicking off what he called the "live era" of software, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said on Tuesday that the company plans to launch new Internet-based complements to its core products.

All the years in the making might hurt more than help the adoption of Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.'s next client operating system.

Instant messaging users warned of worm that installs backdoor on infected machines.

Blake Irving, the guy Microsoft trotted out to demo Windows Live, couldn't get his demo of Windows Live going.

Microsoft released a "dumb fix" in April and made right with a patch released in October, according to Cesar Cerrudo, CEO at information security services company Argeniss in Argentina.

A flaw in several virus scanners could let a malicious file evade detection, a security researcher has warned. But some in the industry dispute that it's a bug.

Unreal® Tournament 2004 is a multiplayer first person shooter that combines the kill-or-be-killed experience of gladiatorial combat with cutting-edge technology. Ten game modes - both team-based and "every man for himself" -- provide even the most hardcore gamer with palm-sweating challenges through unbelievably detailed indoor arenas and vast outdoor environments. As the ultimate techno-gladiator of the future, players will take their fates into their hands, battling against up to 32 other players online in action-packed, frag-filled arenas.

Microsoft will add a "Save As" function in its upcoming Microsoft Office 12 for publishing the developer's own electronic document format, XPS, another move in a competitive campaign against Adobe.