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Security experts say that a recent phishing attack -- typically e-mailed as enticements to bogus sites that endanger users' systemsand expose their personal information -- is limited in scope, but they are concerned that it may be a sign that attackers are toying witha new way of phishing, one that does not require a lure E-mail security outfit Mes...
In a move to cash in on a booming market for local business searches, SBC Communications and BellSouth plan to acquire YellowPages.com Together, SBC and BellSouth plan to develop a comprehensive, nationwide online business index that leverages the Yellow Pages brand name. The acquisition will combine 50 million monthly consumer searches through a j...
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) -- following in the footsteps of its recording industry counterpart, the RIAA -- announced today its intent to file a series of lawsuits aimed at stopping the sharing of films over peer-to-peer (P2P) networks At least five major studios are expected to join the lawsuits, which target digital movie co...
Joining forces in the hope of advancing a strategy both companies have been plotting for some time, Microsoft and Intel have said they will work together to promote cutting edge digital home entertainment options Dubbing the effort "Digital Joy," the companies said they would launch a television, print, online and cinema-based advertising campaign ...
Intermec Technologies has cleared the path for retail companies to test second-generation radio-frequency identification (RFID) products and move toward wide-scale adoption, analysts said The company announced that it would suspend for 60 days its intellectual property (IP) licenses to stimulate RFID manufacturers to create and test systems. A next...
Just over a week after Apple launched its much anticipated photo iPod -- without video capability -- Nokia has announced a smart phone that streams and records video "Smart phones are now at the heart of the industry," said Anssi Vanjoki, executive vice president and general manager of Nokia's multimedia division. "Mobility is a powerful force. Not...
Recent low-key efforts by Adobe Systems to bolster its presence in the Linux community makes good business sense, according to one analyst who covers the company Adobe, which makes well-known software brands Acrobat, Illustrator and Photoshop, is keeping all its bases covered by expanding its Linux presence, maintained Martin Pyykkonen of Janco Par...
Security's ongoing movement from a technology-dominated discipline to one that falls under the bailiwick of a company's CEO, CFO and COO is good news for Solutionary, a managed security service provider that views security as part of an overall business problem, rather than a gee-whiz technology. The Omaha, Nebraska-based company has an array of offerings, including assessment, managed services, professional services and security monitoring...
Facing fierce competition, some cellular carriers are looking to take on more of the development work associated with building cell phones. A small but potentially growing number of carriers are writing their own specifications for new handsets and then working directly with third-party original design manufacturers (ODMs), thus bypassing handset manufacturers...
The Source Code Club is back in business, if you can call it that. Theanonymous hacker group began peddling proprietary source code last July, disappeared, and now has reemerged with a bargain basement deal of US$24,000 for the source code for Cisco's Pix security firewall "SCC is proud to announce the general availability of Cisco Pix 6.3.1 source...
AMD-Fujitsu silicon subsidiary Spansion has announced backing of an emerging Flash memory standard with a new family of processors intended for the growing market of devices -- from PC hard drives to onboard navigation systems for cars -- that rely on the embedded Flash memory technology Spansion said its new FL Flash chips, which use the serial pe...
Nokia is betting on device convergence with three new gadgets with multiple functions. The announcements were tied to the annual Nokia Mobility Conference in Monaco and Destination Nokia in Bangkok The company announced the 7710, a smartphone PDA; the 3230 camera and video recorder smartphone; and the 6020 camera phone, geared toward a business aud...
An "information age undercover investigation" led by the U.S. Secret Service has arrested 28 individuals in eight states and six foreign countries who were accused of being involved in a global cyber organized-crime network Charges against the suspects include identity theft, computer fraud, credit card fraud and conspiracy, all in a sting called O...
Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications announced yesterday that they have agreed to dismiss their pending lawsuits against each other. As part of the settlement, Verizon will drop its opposition to a July ruling by the Federal Communications Commission that awarded a valuable radio-wave spectrum to Nextel. Nextel, in turn, agreed that it did not have exclusive rights to the phrase "push to talk" in marketing its walkie-talkie phone service...
Hundreds of separate instances of electronic voting problems were reported in the U.S. during yesterday's elections, enough to give critics of e-voting ammunition for their continued battle against its use, but not nearly enough to affect the outcome of the election, as some had feared In a press conference late yesterday, representatives from the ...
Salesforce.com today announced the expansion of its on-demand service with Winter '05. The product line includes Salesforce.com Winter '05, Supportforce.com Winter '05, sforce 5.0 and the new on-demand customization toolkit, Customforce.com Winter '05 will provide the applications, customization toolkit and integration platform to enable companies ...
From the Model T to modern cars and from dusty trails to super-highways, historians tabulate the remarkable evolution of transportation -- the good and the bad combined. However, alongside the great wonders of four wheels, there are the traffic jams, the carjackings, the drive-by shootings and the accidents Similarly, when tabulating e-commerce's e...
To the members of the Big Four record label cartel -- Warner Music, EMI, UMG and Sony-BMG -- music doesn't have much to do with music. It's a commodity they sell to the lowest (and therefore largest) common denominator They've been seeing a decline in sales and are scapegoating P2P file sharers and commercial P2P application operators for their tro...
Intel, responding to market demand for ever-faster computers -- and the recent introduction of new 64-bit processors from competitor AMD -- plans to introduce a new Pentium 4 Extreme Edition (P4 EE) processor in mid-November. The P4 EE will be enabled by Intel's new 925XE Express chipset, which the company calls an extension of the 915/925X Express released earlier this year...
It's not clear whether or not industry watchers were holding their breath for the SCO Group's planned November 1 launch of its legal information site to counter the popular Groklaw.net site But if they were, they may be blue in the face before they see the site that was supposed to chronicle SCO's multibillion-dollar suit against IBM and others....
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