January, 2006 Issue
January 26, 2006 | Author: Elizabeth Montalbano.
Man could face 25 years in prison for selling botnets to spammers and adware distributors.
January 26, 2006 | Author: Elizabeth Montalbano.
Blogger says the release date is set, but the software giant won't confirm the report.
January 26, 2006 | Author: Robert McMillan.
Administrator-run firewall expected to be 'highly configurable.'
January 23, 2006 | Author: John E. Dunn.
Upcoming version of Windows, formerly known as Blackcomb, has a new name.
January 23, 2006 | Author: Jeremy Kirk.
Rapidly-spreading worm will overwrite data files on infected computers on February 3.
January 22, 2006 | Author: Juan Carlos Perez.
U.S. government seeks to defend child protection law by using Google's Internet pornography usage records.
January 19, 2006 | Author: Juan Carlos Perez.
Move confirms speculation about the search giant branching out into traditional media, analysts say.
January 19, 2006 | Author: Jeremy Kirk.
New feature will make it easier for users to clear browser history and all associated files.
January 19, 2006 | Author: Jeremy Kirk.
Software giant fixes graphics-rendering problem found in current versions of Windows.
January 19, 2006 | Author: Robert McMillan.
Users are urged to upgrade their software after a critical vulnerability is found.
January 15, 2006 | Author: Ed Oswald.
Microsoft has directly responded to accusations by security researcher Steve Gibson who claimed the company intentionally left the Windows Meta File vulnerability open as some kind of "backdoor." The company says the function in question exists due to legacy code, not some nefarious intent.
January 13, 2006 | Author: Nancy Gohring.
Instant messaging service will be available on mobile devices.
January 12, 2006 | Author: Robert McMillan.
Flaws could allow attackers to run malicious code on Mac OS X and Windows PCs.
January 12, 2006 | Author: Robert McMillan.
Software giant issues fixes for Windows, Outlook, and Exchange.
January 10, 2006 | Author: Robert McMillan.
Less serious than one fixed by early Windows patch last week, experts say.
January 10, 2006 | Author: Juan Carlos Perez.
Google grabbed almost 40 percent of all searches in the U.S. during November
January 10, 2006 | Author: Joris Evers.
Just days after Microsoft rushed out a patch to fix a critical Windows flaw related to the processing of Windows Meta File images, two more problems with the component were flagged.
January 9, 2006 | Author: Gregg Keizer.
Microsoft may have released the Windows Meta File hot fix, but it has other patches still to come on Tuesday.
January 9, 2006 | Author: Jim Wagner.
The year 2005 was a banner year for open source Web browser Firefox, a fact underscored by recent market share numbers released by site tracker NetApplications.
January 5, 2006 | Author: China Martens.
Subscribers will be able to listen to 435 channels at home, in the car, and on their phone.
January 5, 2006 | Author: Robert McMillan.
Malicious software targeting the unpatched WMF vulnerability is now the most widely reported threat on the Internet.
January 2, 2006 | Author: The Old New Thing.
When PC DVD drives first came out in 1998, the drives themselves did not have support for region codes but instead relied on (and in fact the DVD specification required) the operating system to enforce region coding, with the further understanding that starting on January 1, 2000 all newly-manufactured drives would support region coding in hardware rather than relying on software enforcement. For the purpose of this discussion, I will call the two types of drives "old" (manufactured before 2000) and "new" (manufactured on or after January 1, 2000).
January 1, 2006 | Author: Gregg Keizer.
In a security advisory posted on its Web site, Microsoft confirmed the vulnerability and the associated release of exploit code, but declined to give a timetable for its patch.
January 1, 2006 | Author: Juan Carlos Perez.
Fully patched Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 systems may be vulnerable, security firms warn.
January 1, 2006 | Author: Erik Larkin.
Microsoft plans new text-based controls for Windows Vista.
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