August, 2006 Issue

The Wi-Fi Alliance will begin certifying early 802.11n products before the standard is complete, to encourage Wi-Fi momentum

Analysis: The search engine company has won plaudits for spreading its wings into on-demand applications for small firms, but some have concerns

Yahoo was set to unveil on Tuesday a revamped Yahoo Real Estate site that offers interactive maps, access to millions of home valuations, mortgage tools and access to specific information about neighborhoods from Yahoo Local. Yahoo Real Estate will also offer market snapshots that include average home prices, historical price trends, local mortgage interest rates and links to specific neighborhood information on Yahoo Answers.

Zend, which commercializes the widely used open-source PHP software that lets computers create customized Web pages, has received a $20 million boost through a fourth round of funding. Graylock Partners led the round, with contributions from earlier investors such as Azure Capital Partners, Index Ventures, Intel Capital, Platinum Venture Capital, SAP Ventures and Walden Israel Venture Capital, the company plans to announce Monday.

Starting Monday, organizations will be able to offer members or employees Web-based e-mail, calendar, chat and Web page publishing hosted by Google for free.

Users can't tell the difference between cameraphones and smartphones, says IDC

Apple has agreed to pay Creative Technology $100 million to resolve all legal disputes between the two companies regarding patent infringement, and in a stunning reversal, Creative has announced it will join Apple's "Made for iPod" program.

A software update for Intel wireless hardware can hog PC memory, but a fix is being made available

Mozilla has accepted Microsoft's offer of help in porting Firefox to Vista, but some issues still need to be ironed out

An revised version of the patch has been released, repairing a serious security flaw introduced by the original

Release Candidate 1 is being made available for free download as the final release draws closer

In the latest of a string of acquisitions, IBM has bought ISS for $1.3bn to bolster its security services

Five million mails brought down server

The patent lawsuit between the two companies is over, with Apple agreeing to license Creative's music player patents

Have you suffered from annoying, egregious or intrusive security measures in the workplace or in public? This is the time to hit back

Giving everyone the chance to play ‘doctors and nurses’, Codemasters today announces signing Hospital Tycoon, an original title from development studio Deep Red Games (Monopoly Tycoon, Vega$: Make It Big!, Tycoon City: New York).

The head of Microsoft's open source software lab has extended a helping hand to Mozilla Corp. if it's interested in making sure the Firefox browser and Thunderbird e-mail client run under Windows Vista.

Researchers have made nanopaper that can be formed into 3D objects, opening up the field of nanotechnology to more applications

The notorious former hacker, now security consultant, discovered that online vandals had broken into his site and posted an explicit message

The service is likely to include around 2G of free storage that can be mapped from PCs running Vista

The search giant's online word processor will compete with Microsoft's Office Live strategy, and a host of other players jostling for a slice of this billion-dollar market

New development kit will let anyone build a game for the Xbox 360.

Nuance Communications' PDF software has had a makeover.

A Microsoft blog reveals that the Windows update is affected by two of this month's security patches

Letters Readers' writes

Analysts say that a move towards more collaborative working models is inevitable for businesses

Internet telephony is ready to hit the big time in the UK, thanks to a surge in broadband uptake and the introduction of devices that don't require a PC

Mozilla is now using technology that automates the bug-checking process for Firefox, its popular open-source Web browser.

A US politician is stepping up demands for restrictions on the data Internet companies can collect

Buyers and sellers upset about delays in Google Checkout transactions.

Deal will allow Google access to millions of books from the UC's 100-plus libraries

Application will allow use of Skype's contact list, voice service, and chat features on high-end mobile phones.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--Google is fighting back against what it says are exaggerations in industry estimates of click fraud in its bread-and-butter pay-per-click advertising system.

The online payment service has made amends after an error caused some customers' accounts to be debited twice

Nine of twelve security patches address critical vulnerabilities in Windows and Office.

Piracy is "killing PC games," Id Software co-owner Kevin Cloud said at the QuakeCon "Fire Away" panel on Monday, according to interactive entertainment magazine Next Generation.

Jimmy Wales has explained how the 'free culture' movement will boost quality, and try to keep the idiots out

LAS VEGAS--Microsoft's presentations on Windows Vista are not the typical Black Hat talks, but attendees are welcoming the look behind the scenes at the software giant.

A service developed for ISPs and content distributors promises to make it easier to distribute software packages and large movie files over the Web

The Net phone provider has given the thumbs-up to use of McAfee's security tools with its own software

City task force sees new services driving citywide free wireless Internet access.

Alert page warns of possible risks from malicious sites.

The graphics card maker says its latest system will break new ground in flight simulation, 3D design and oil exploration

Google has agreed to pay the Associated Press for use of its news stories and pictures, according to a statement released by the two companies on Wednesday.

The bugs could allow Wi-Fi-based attacks or even wireless-enabled worms

Operation Identity Shield announced at Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.

The ACM SIGGRAPH Conference Advisory Group (CAG) is inviting companies to submit a proposal to act as the official Information System Design and Maintenance Services Contractor for the SIGGRAPH 2008, SIGGRAPH 2009 and SIGGRAPH 2010 conferences.

Microsoft isn't seeking financial compensation, but wants allegedly infringing Belkin products kept out of the US market

SecurityCenter vulnerabilities mark the second time within a month that McAfee has been notified by eEye of flaws in its software

A panel let conference attendees question Sony directly about its digital rights management policies, and attendees and panelists weren't shy about expressing their views

Microsoft has already laid the groundwork for confusion over the release of Windows Vista, with their announcement that the new operating system will come in as many as six different versions. A few of these can be discounted for most users, such as the crippled Starter Edition designed for delivery to third-world markets, and the Enterprise Edition which will typically find itself in the big Fortune 500 office. This still leaves four different skus: Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate.

Portal will offer video-on-demand channels from companies like MTV, TNT, and TBS.

A 2,600 page submission dents the Commission's in-tray in a weighty bid to avert an antitrust fine

New contracts with Microsoft, Oracle and others have delivered more than £400m in savings, the government claims