December, 2006 Issue

Guba CEO Thomas McInerney has stepped down from the video-sharing site, marking the second executive shuffle within the sector in a week.

Software compatibility issues, bug worries keep businesses from moving to Microsoft's new OS.

The companies behind an encryption system for high-definition DVDs are looking into a hacker's claim that he has cracked the code protecting the new discs from piracy, a spokesman for one of the companies said Thursday.

Communications services across Asia have been disrupted by a powerful earthquake which struck the region on Tuesday evening, killing two people.

Hewlett-Packard's decision to drop the OpenView and Mercury brand names is part of efforts to build the brand equity of HP Software, says a company official.

Networks of compromised computers support spam, phishing scams, and denial of service attacks.

In a move curious only due to its relatively late timing, the major record production labels in the US have filed suit in federal court against Russian online music distributor AllofMP3.com, seeking $150,000 USD for each single violation of copyright infringement for tracks the site posted without authorization.

It might be Christmas Eve, but the blogs are still abuzz--mostly with speculation about the big changes in the tech scene that we may or may not be seeing in 2007. Over the past couple of days, momentum has been building on a number of stories that are starting to paint what might be one of the first concrete trends we see for '07. Will the coming year be the year of the "killer," the year when big and not-so-big companies join forces to try and topple the products that seem to have a stranglehold on certain niches of the tech market?

Seagate Technology said on Thursday that it would buy EVault, a closely held provider of online backup services, for $185m in cash.

The juried student competition in print, linear animation and interactivity provides an excellent opportunity for students working in computer based media to exhibit their creative work nationally and internationally.

BT will transfer the support for some of its largest multinational customers to India, in what is believed to be the first billion-dollar outsourcing contract to be awarded to a single Indian company.

One of Japan's web entrepreneurs should be jailed for several years for his part in a multi-million pound fraud, prosecutors claimed this week.

2006 was a good year for bad people. The Washington Post is quoting Internet security experts who say this past year saw more and worse online spam and sophisticaed cyber-attacks.

New transmission and receiving system allows speeds of 107 gigabits per second over optical fiber.

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that it is unlawful to provide a hyperlink to a Webcast if the copyright owner objects to it.

Microsoft has filed for two patents covering technology used to organize and read syndicated Web feeds, such as those delivered via the widely used Really Simple Syndication, or RSS, family of formats.

A former chief executive of O2 has founded a company that aims to aggregate the UK's Wi-Fi hot spots.

Google quietly axed support for the SOAP API this week, despite its popularity with users. From now on, the company says, programmers will be encouraged to continue using the Ajax API.

Firefox users have been urged to update their browser immediately after Mozilla, the organisation behind the popular browser, said it had fixed eight vulnerabilities in Firefox 2.0.

Microsoft claimed on Wednesday that its deal with Novell has won support from several major financial institutions who are moving to a "mixed-source" environment.

John Bombard, the Florida man who launched a distributed denial-of-service attack against caching company Akamai Technologies in June 2004, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to two counts of intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorisation.

Antivirus experts from Kaspersky Labs have predicted that 90 percent of current malware will run on Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows Vista.

Eastern Europe could soon become a favourite location for offshore outsourcing, with activity in the region estimated to triple between 2005 and 2008.

Final version still a year away, developers say.

Microsoft is investigating a new vulnerability in Windows Media Player that could be used to run malicious code on a user's PC.

Live Search Books rivals Google Book Search, but limits selection.

Millions of commercial Web sites and personal blogs would be required to report illegal images or videos posted by their users or pay fines of up to $300,000, if a new proposal in the U.S. Senate came into law.

McAfee on Monday announced Total Protection for Enterprise 2.0, the latest version of the company's security products for business users. The update adds phishing protection to the Advanced edition and offers improved antivirus, antispyware and network access control features, McAfee said in a statement.

David Katz, who was in charge of Yahoo's sports and studios units, is no longer with the company, Yahoo says.

If you want a glimpse of the future of advertising, you can hire a consultant--or you can travel to Britain.

Ask.com is set to unveil on Monday a new local search service that lets people find maps, directions, businesses, events and movies--all through one interface.

At a New York event, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer launches Vista, Office 2007 to businesses.

Company expands support for VoIP services, but also launches software that helps mobile operators block such traffic.

NEW YORK--Vista may be ready for businesses, but are businesses ready for it?

If you want to live in a "digital city," you might want to start looking to the Rocky Mountains or south of the Mason-Dixon line.