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Microsoft this week announced 23 security vulnerabilities related to various Microsoft products in its monthly Patch Tuesday release. It's the vulnerability in Windows Server Service, however, that has security analysts talking The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned Wednesday that the Microsoft Windows Server flaw could put the natio...
BetOnSports.com, the UK-based online gaming site whose CEO faces accusations of fraud, has shut down its U.S. operations. The site has become a flashpoint in the online gambling debate since the charges were initially filed almost a month ago A note on the company's Web site says the firm made the decision, in light of court papers filed in the U...
As more consumers discover the benefits of wireless networking in their homes, their eyes will start opening to the perks of network storage. That awareness will fuel some beefy growth in the market over the next five years, according to a report released Wednesday by ABI Research The report, written by ABI principal analyst Michael Wolf, predicted...
The service revolution inCRM -- and, in fact, throughout customer-facing strategies -- is well underway in many companies. The reason the remainder of the industry doesn't see it yet is because many CRM vendors' responses to the revolution are so slow that they make lagging economic indicators look speedy It's time to abandon the entire "my featur...
In an effort to reach out to open source developers, Apple Computer this week said it will release buildable kernel source code for Intel-based Macs, beginning with code for Mac OS X, version 10.4.7. The firm previously released similar code for its PowerPC-based Macs Apple quietly announced the open code release during its World Wide Developers Co...
On Tuesday, government officials in India rejected an offer to participate in a much-hyped project to distribute laptops costing US$100 each to the world's impoverished children. A closer look reveals this scheme to be little more thanopen source evangelism in the Third World The laptop project is part of the One Laptop per Child initiative, an amb...
AOL's accidental release of search term queries made by its members over the course of three months -- many of which were specific enough to identify actual users -- is bound to cause trouble for the search engine industry in Washington. Privacy advocates have already starting calling for stricter controls on what data search engines can retain. One bill, admittedly still bottled up in committee, is the Eliminate Warehousing of Consumer Internet Data Act, proposed by Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.)
Rockstar Games, the maker of the popular but controversial video game series "Grand Theft Auto," is roughing up the industry yet again with its coming new title, "Bully." The new game -- a portrayal of life for a 15-year-old boarding school student navigating the cliques and confrontations of adolescence -- has already been met with harsh resistanc...
As social networking sites such as MySpace continue to gain traction among today's youth, two new studies about online predators offer varying perspectives on the controversial issue First, the results of a national survey of 1,500 young Internet users conducted by University of New Hampshire researchers for the National Center for Missing & Exploi...
Viacom's MTV Networks continued to make aggressive moves into the Web space, saying Wednesday it would buy Atom Entertainment, known for its gaming and short films sites, for US$200 million MTV Networks said the buy is an extension of the company's "multiplatform strategy of building an engaging universe of music, gaming, entertainment, news and in...
Loyalty Lab, an on-demand CRM application for consumer brands, has introduced Loyalty 2.0, an upgraded product to help retailers and grocery stores incorporate e-commerce channels into their first-generation loyalty programs, and to better segment their customers. It is part of the summer 2006 release of Loyalty Lab's CRM Suite In essence, it is ta...
Making its third software acquisition in a week, IBM said Thursday it would buy enterprise content management provider FileNet for US$1.6 billion in cash Big Blue said it would use the FileNet technology to round out its "Information on Demand" efforts, which it launched earlier this year. The move also is expected to help IBM answer competitive th...
In a deal that adds credibility to Google's controversial library project, the search giant on Wednesday said the University of California (UC) has agreed to allow the company to digitize and make searchable books from collections housed at its more than 100 libraries across its 10 campuses Specifically, the relationship between the Internet compan...
Last week, Maryland police arrested two teenagers for the theft of a laptop and hard drive loaded with sensitive data for millions of veterans and military personnel. The equipment contained the names, Social Security numbers and birth dates of millions of up to 26.5 million veterans discharged since 1975 -- the U.S. government's worst datasecurity breach to date...
Enterprises have begun to recognize that instant messaging can be a useful tool to help improve employee productivity. The ability to instantly determine where an employee, supplier or customer is at any time, coupled with the tools to exchange information with the person instantly, can cut down on response time, reduce errors, and improve customer satisfaction...
Microsoft demonstrated at the DVD Forum in Los Angeles this week a new high-definition DVD (HD DVD) drive add-on for the Xbox 360 gaming console. The device is the company's answer to Sony's upcoming PlayStation 3 (PS3), which features an integrated media disc drive using the rival Blu-ray format Microsoft did not indicate pricing or availability o...
Organizations that have installed BlackBerry servers behind their gateway security devices could be subject to a hacker attack, according to security researchers Secure Computing (Nasdaq: SCUR) is warning companies to prepare for security researcher Jesse D'Aguanno's release of hacking code for the BlackBerry next week....
In a record-breaking Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft issued 12 security bulletins to patch 23 vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, including nine critical flaws Ten of the updates address flaws in the software giant's operating system. Several patches fix vulnerabilities that are currently being exploited by hackers, including one used to target...
Sprint Nextel plans to invest up to US$3 billion over the next two years to build a fourth-generationwireless network based on the WiMax wireless broadband standard, the company announced Tuesday Sprint believes that by embracing the emerging WiMax standard, it can be the first to market with an ultra high-speed wireless network designed to provide...
While returning to school may only be a fleeting thought for most students at this time of year, it's top of mind for the folks charged with keeping university networks free from a host of electronic nasties "Fall is definitely the worst time for viruses and things wrong with computers on the network," Tim Cantin, IT Director for Wellesley College ...
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