July, 2006 Issue
July 30, 2006 | Author: Joris Evers.
Web sites are becoming more interactive thanks to JavaScript, but the increased use of the decade-old scripting language is raising security questions.
July 30, 2006 | Author: Candace Lombardi.
NEC, Matsushita and TI have launched a joint venture that aims to put competitive chips and platforms into 3G handsets
July 29, 2006 | Author: Joris Evers.
Mozilla has launched a new version of its browser after several serious vulnerabilities were discovered
July 29, 2006 | Author: Graeme Wearden.
Two UK technology writers are attempting to wrestle their way onto the body that runs the Internet, on a ticket of openness and accountability
July 29, 2006 | Author: Tom Espiner.
The browser company has given a preview of its plans for the next incarnation of Opera, following the recent release of Opera 9
July 29, 2006 | Author: Narasu Rebbapragada.
Symantec, McAfee, and AOL add backup and antiphishing tools to suites.
July 29, 2006 | Author: John Blau.
Users in Finland are testing technology that lets users switch between cell and wireless networks without interruption.
July 28, 2006 | Author: David Meyer.
Ofcom's proposal to raise Wi-Fi power limits has met with approval from a major hotzone operator, who says it could help the business case for rural broadband
July 28, 2006 | Author: Nancy Gohring.
In a dramatic close to the legal battle between file-sharing software developer Kazaa and the entertainment industry, Kazaa said today that it has agreed to pay at least $100 million to four record companies and an additional amount to motion picture companies to settle two lawsuits.
July 28, 2006 | Author: Reuters.
Time Warner, whose shares touched a two-year low in mid-July, is set to introduce on Aug. 2 its fourth plan in five years to save online unit AOL.
July 27, 2006 | Author: Elizabeth Montalbano.
Company will allow users to opt out of receiving the update.
July 27, 2006 | Author: Steven Deare.
The company's chief information officer is unconvinced about the benefits of upgrading, after tests of the betas revealed several hiccups
July 27, 2006 | Author: Elizabeth Montalbano.
Whale Communications software offers capabilities that Microsoft's remote access product lacks.
July 26, 2006 | Author: Jeremy Kirk.
Malicious software can steal credit card numbers and passwords from PCs.
July 26, 2006 | Author: Joris Evers.
Two pieces of computer code that could be used to cause attacks have been released onto the Internet
July 26, 2006 | Author: Elinor Mills.
Advertisers will receive data showing the number of invalid clicks, plus the percentage of clicks that represents
July 26, 2006 | Author: Juan Carlos Perez.
Mobile application also allows users to save routes, company says.
July 26, 2006 | Author: Joris Evers.
Two new pieces of computer code that could spawn attacks on Microsoft Windows PCs have been released onto the Internet, security companies have warned.
July 25, 2006 | Author: Ryan Naraine.
The world's most popular search engine can be used to pinpoint software security bugs in source code available on the Internet, according to a new research project launched by a U.K.-based researcher.
July 25, 2006 | Author: David Meyer.
After users reported being locked out of Yahoo's mail, IM, search and content services over the weekend, the web giant blames a power outage
July 25, 2006 | Author: David Meyer.
The organisation responsible for administering the .eu domain extension is suing 400 US-based registrars, accusing them of stockpiling 74,000 domain names through three UK-registered 'front' companies
July 25, 2006 | Author: Joris Evers.
Researchers have unearthed a vulnerability to privilege-escalation attacks in an early version of the Windows XP successor
July 25, 2006 | Author: Tom Spring.
What do a former Playboy pinup, a small Michigan toy company, and a mild-mannered real estate agent have in common?
July 24, 2006 | Author: Greg Sandoval.
If Robert Tur has his way, YouTube will soon have its day of reckoning in court.
July 24, 2006 | Author: Elinor Mills.
When Google announced strong earnings last week, executives reached out to analysts in a way that, while not exactly revealing the inner workings of the company, at least showed a thawing of the search giant's often icy relationship with Wall Street.
July 22, 2006 | Author: Nancy Gohring.
Yahoo Go for Mobile will be pre-loaded on handsets, companies say.
July 22, 2006 | Author: Sumner Lemon.
BEIJING -- Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have undermined the rights of Chinese to freedom of expression through their actions in China, according to Amnesty International.
July 21, 2006 | Author: gamesxtreme.net.
Ubisoft have opened the doors to an exclusive sign up for the upcoming PC action fantasy game Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. The lucky chosen few will be inducted into the dark rituals of the game's inner circle and gain an insight into the workings of the recently announced Multiplayer.
July 21, 2006 | Author: Elinor Mills.
With advertising revenue still growing, Google plans to hire more people and build new data centres
A UK citizen faces extradition to America over charges that he ran Web sites promoting violence against the West
July 20, 2006 | Author: Elinor Mills.
Google was set to unveil a Web search site on Thursday designed to help blind people find results that will work best with their text-to-speech software.
July 20, 2006 | Author: Elizabeth Montalbano.
Technology allows users to manipulate 3D images on screen by hand.
July 20, 2006 | Author: Graeme Wearden.
Samsung has become the latest company to launch a dual-mode phone, which can connect over GSM or Wi-Fi
July 20, 2006 | Author: Munir Kotadia.
A security firm has warned that the market trading in vulnerabilities is 'hotting up', at the expense of responsible disclosure
July 20, 2006 | Author: Anne Broache.
Software giant has vowed to respect competition and fair play in the future
July 20, 2006 | Author: David Meyer.
The company claims success in testing HSUPA, which should provide an uplink speed to match HSDPA's downlink and may shut mobile WiMax out of the market
July 20, 2006 | Author: Dawn Kawamoto.
The software company has fixed two problems relating to a recent security patch
July 19, 2006 | Author: Sean Michael Kerner.
Security researcher H.D. Moore has released a new malware search engine and its underlying code to help searchers find malware code that Google has indexed.
July 19, 2006 | Author: Candace Lombardi.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee has a vision of a Web where machines as well as people can read content, but Google sees plenty of hurdles
July 18, 2006 | Author: Joris Evers.
Researchers warn they have found security bugs in Windows Vista's networking technology that may affect stability in the short term
July 18, 2006 | Author: Sumner Lemon.
Microsoft has filed 26 lawsuits against alleged dealers of pirated software in seven U.S. states, the company said today.
July 18, 2006 | Author: Robert McMillan.
Researcher releases code that can be used to mine Google's database for malicious software.
July 18, 2006 | Author: Elizabeth Montalbano.
New tool is designed to prevent spammers from using search engines to drive traffic to spam URLs.
July 18, 2006 | Author: Ina Fried.
After years of hoping to crush Linux, Microsoft is trying to show it can get along with its open-source rival.
July 18, 2006 | Author: Tom Krazit.
Apple Computer retail stores will soon start selling Parallels' virtualization software, allowing users to run Windows and Mac applications simultaneously.
July 18, 2006 | Author: Ina Fried.
An alliance with XenSource means that versions of Linux optimised for Xen will run on Microsoft's Veridian virtualisation platform
July 18, 2006 | Author: Tom Espiner.
Firefox browser users have the chance to 'immortalise' their names in Firefox 2, according to Mozilla Foundation
July 18, 2006 | Author: Tom Espiner.
Advertisers have been warned of an increase in fraudulent scams on Google and Yahoo
As the company takes steps to become more competitive, further layoffs could be coming
July 17, 2006 | Author: Dawn Kawamoto.
Q&A: Commissioner Neelie Kroes can't believe that Microsoft didn't understand how to document server protocols
July 17, 2006 | Author: Tom Spring.
AOL is set to become the latest company to enter the security software market, releasing a beta of its all-in-one PC health care suite.
July 16, 2006 | Author: Elinor Mills.
Claims that the search giant deliberately downgraded a rival's pages have been rejected, but could yet return to court
July 16, 2006 | Author: Mike Ricciuti.
'It's our business, and Google's not getting its hands on it' says Microsoft's chief operating officer
July 14, 2006 | Author: Tom Espiner.
The software giant will appeal its fine for failing to comply with the 2004 EC antitrust ruling
July 14, 2006 | Author: David Meyer.
Version 9.3 will provide native Wi-Fi support, as part of a move towards mobile convergence
July 14, 2006 | Author: Elinor Mills.
Search giant may be planning to support the ODF file format in its online word processing and spreadsheet packages
July 14, 2006 | Author: Dawn Kawamoto.
The European Commission's tough approach has delighted some trade groups but appalled others, especially those with links to Microsoft
July 14, 2006 | Author: Joris Evers.
Researchers at Microsoft have developed a tool to scrub search engines of major Web sites that pollute search results and ultimately help clean the Web of spam.
July 12, 2006 | Author: Robert McMillan.
Patches expected to fix widely reported flaws.
July 12, 2006 | Author: Jim Hopkins.
Google's (GOOG) plan to hire 1,000 workers over five years at a new complex near University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, spotlights the bigger role universities hold in economic development.
July 12, 2006 | Author: Graeme Wearden.
Update: Software developers should test whether today's extensions will work with the Firefox of tomorrow, says Mozilla
July 12, 2006 | Author: Dan Nystedt.
Company will offer an inside look at the security features in the new OS.
July 11, 2006 | Author: Dawn Kawamoto.
Microsoft has introduced Private Folder 1.0, free software that lets people store sensitive data on their home or work computers in a password-protected folder.
July 11, 2006 | Author: Elinor Mills.
Malicious hackers could use the vulnerability to take over a user's machine
July 11, 2006 | Author: Robert L. Mitchell.
Tuesday is D-Day for Windows 98, 98 SE and ME users. After some extensions, Microsoft is finally ending its association with the eight-year-old Windows 98 operating system by dropping all support and updates on July 11th (see the details here).
July 11, 2006 | Author: Joris Evers.
There is growing evidence that Internet criminals are abusing Voice over IP services, rather than email
July 10, 2006 | Author: David F. Carr.
News Analysis: Even Google has to work through common business problems such as reporting revenue and tracking projects. But it sometimes addresses those needs in unconventional—yet highly efficient—ways, and others are starting to follow its lead. (Baselinemag.com)
July 10, 2006 | Author: Jeremy Kirk.
Improved computer security drives cybercrooks to change their tactics.
July 7, 2006 | Author: Robert McMillan.
Seven software patches expected next week from Microsoft.
July 6, 2006 | Author: Martin LaMonica.
Microsoft said it plans to sponsor an open-source project to create software that will convert Office documents to OpenDocument, a rival format gaining ground, particularly among governments.
July 5, 2006 | Author: Elinor Mills.
news analysis In 1999, Microsoft caused a tech industry ruckus when it introduced Passport, an online wallet and payment system that would allow shoppers to use one sign-in username and password to buy things from multiple retailers.
July 5, 2006 | Author: Andy Patrizio.
Goodbye 32-bits. Sometime next year, Microsoft will release a 64-bit only version of its popular Exchange messaging server software, but has no plans to upgrade the current 32-bit version which will continue to be supported.
July 2, 2006 | Author: Scott M. Fulton, III.
Redmond (WA) - Demonstrating that the entire world doesn't have to be delayed on account of Microsoft Office 2007, the company's Internet Explorer 7 team triumphantly plowed ahead with its Beta 3 release this morning. If the troubles we had with installing IE7 Beta 3 - after repeated uninstallations and Registry tweaks - is indicative of the problems others are having across North America, then maybe the bad news doesn't stop here.
July 1, 2006 | Author: Ina Fried.
For those who want to try out the current test version of Microsoft's Windows Vista, it may be now or never.
July 1, 2006 | Author: Dawn Kawamoto.
Newly discovered security flaws affect the two most popular Internet browsers
July 1, 2006 | Author: Andrew Donoghue.
The top three winners from the search giant's first ever Code Jam programming competition were from Poland and Russia, with two-thirds of finalists hailing from Eastern Europe
July 1, 2006 | Author: Colin Barker.
As Microsoft makes changes to its Windows Genuine Advantage program, the company reveals it is also building tools to make software licensing more transparent
July 1, 2006 | Author: Elinor Mills.
German publisher WBG has dropped its legal challenge to Google's Books Library Project, according to the Internet search giant.
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