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The federal government is moving forward with a proposal to tap -- and track -- in-flight Internet communications, experts tell TechNewsWorld The Federal Bureau of Investigation, teaming with the Department of Homeland Security, is petitioning the Federal Communications Commission, an independent agency, to change the rules so that law enforcement ...
The Blu-ray Disc Association is trumpeting a survey it commissioned to demonstrate its lead in the DVD standards war. The poll suggests that as the battle between Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD heats up, consumers prefer Blu-ray as their format of choice Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates conducted the poll in which consumers were given a side-by-side co...
The big four processor vendors -- AMD, IBM, Intel and Sun Microsystems -- rely heavily on continual innovation and speed increases to fuel their businesses. At the heart of their strategies is Moore's Law Simply stated, Moore's Law says that transistor density on integrated circuits roughly doubles every two years. These chipmakers have continual...
Internet security firm VeriSign has acquired Reston, Va.-based security intelligence firm iDefense for approximately US$40 million in cash iDefense provides special intelligence information about network-based security threats and vulnerabilities to financial services firms, government agencies, retailers and other large enterprises. The company em...
Microsoft came up with a hulking win in the gaming world yesterday, announcing that it had cemented exclusive rights to develop and publish multiplayer, online games using Marvel super heroes. No financial terms were released Marvel's lineup includes the "Hulk," "Spider-Man," the "Avengers," the "Fantastic Four" and the "X-Men."
The subway and bus bombings in London on July 7th added new fuel to the continued debate over security and liberty in a high-tech world. But it remains an open question whether the two must be opposites "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety," Ben Franklin once said. That sen...
Sun Microsystems earlier this week announced plans to open source its Web site authentication and Web single sign-on (SSO) technologies through the Open Source Web Single Sign-On (OpenSSO) project The company's goal is to empower Java technology developers to participate in the evolution of these security components and ultimately include them in e...
Spam e-mail is likely to remain a scourge for Internet users for one simple reason, says a new report -- it still works A survey by research firm the Radicati Group and messaging security vendors Mirapoint found that some 11 percent of Web users had purchased a product by clicking through on spam e-mails. Many of those users never got what they tho...
Microsoft came up with a hulking win in the gaming world today, announcing that it had cemented exclusive rights to develop and publish multiplayer, online games using Marvel super heroes. No financial terms were released Marvel's lineup includes the "Hulk," "Spider-Man," the "Avengers," "Fantastic Four" and "X-Men."
Internet security firm VeriSign today announced it has acquired Reston, Va.-based security intelligence firm iDefense for approximately US$40 million in cash iDefense provides special intelligence information about network-based security threats and vulnerabilities to financial services firms, government agencies, retailers and other large enterpri...
The Blu-ray Disc Association is trumpeting a survey it commissioned to demonstrate its lead in the DVD standards war. The poll suggests that as the battle between Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD heats up, consumers prefer Blu-ray as their format of choice Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates conducted the poll in which consumers were given a side-by-side co...
Should bloggers receive federal legal protection so they can shield sources from overzealous prosecutors? Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), believe so. But others in the Congressional leadership with more influence aren't so sure Two pieces of legislation, S 340 and HR 581, are moving through Congress, fueled by the cas...
An array of state legislatures are moving forward with measures this year to regulate automobile event data recorders -- the so-called "black boxes" that monitor vehicle speed, seat belt use and other safety data, according to experts According to a report by Pam Greenberg, an analyst with the legislative information services bureau of the National...
The Blu-ray Disc Association is trumpeting a survey it commissioned to demonstrate its lead in the DVD standards war. The poll suggests that as the battle between Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD heats up, consumers prefer Blu-ray as their format of choice Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates conducted the poll in which consumers were given a side-by-side co...
In what could be the clearest sign yet that Web-based television is just around the corner for many consumers with broadband connections to the Internet, Japan-based Nippon TV has said it would launch an online pay-per-view program later this year The service, to be known as The Second Nippon Television Network, will offer a range of programs alrea...
The Mozilla Foundation yesterday urged users to download the latest security update to Firefox, its popular open-source Web browser Firefox 1.0.5 is a security update that addresses several bugs and makes improvements to the software's stability, according to Mozilla. In all, the new version addresses 12 vulnerabilities, including Javascript origin...
The latest version of Microsoft's automotive operating system is on the market, the company has announced Windows Automotive 5.0, based on Microsoft's embedded OS Windows CE 5.0, can render complex 3D graphics, such as those used in navigation systems, with its expanded virtual memory support....
Voice over Internet Protocol provider Skype Technologies and wireless hot spot operator Boingo Wireless have announced a new service that combines each company's technologies Currently a beta service, Skype Zones is a custom version of Boingo software that will allow Skype's 45 million-plus users to access Internet telephony via Boingo's worldwide ...
When creative concepts collide unexpectedly, this sudden accident incubates a branding process, which can result in a random selection of a weird strategy. This gives birth to an extreme name identity, whereupon a major advertising process kicks in. All things are combined -- shaken, not stirred -- and that's how we refer to today's trendy branding. To avoid a catastrophe, we must first learn the secrets of the various branding tricks and become aware of the bigger risks...
Authentication has become a principal concern for IT managers. With identity theft becoming a popular crime, and hackers constantly honing their attack mechanisms, companies are constantly looking for ways to ensure that only authorized users access important data. The Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) has been an authentication mechanism available to companies since the Internet started to become popular a decade ago. Even though RADIUS can be helpful, inertia and shortcomings with its authentication mechanism has limited its use...
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