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The first reported malicious code to target Apple's Mac OS X operating system, a potentially damaging Trojan Horse computer program, is serving as both a validation of the platform's security and a warning that more may be coming Announced by Mac security vendor Intego, the Trojan horse, dubbed MP3Concept or MP3Virus.Gen, exploits a weakness in Mac...
In a bid to lure IBM mainframe customers, Microsoft said it would work with Micro Focus International to promote the migration of applications from mainframes to Windows servers The two companies said many organizations recognize the value of legacy applications running on mainframes but also want the added flexibility of using Web services. The co...
Like most countries boasting modern telecommunications systems, Australia has been implementing Voice over IP (VoIP) services. After a slow start, what began as a mild flirtation is now becoming an embrace, although use of VoIP technology is still in relatively early stages compared with market expectations. Figures from VoIP provider Optus Teleco...
Since the 1970s, Latin American currency markets have been almost synonymous with high risk. But sparked by the spread of free-trade agreements and regional trading blocs -- such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), its pending successor the Free Trade Association of the Americas (FTAA) and Mercosur -- online trading, investing and speculating in Latin American stock, bond and foreign exchange markets is on a growth trajectory.
RealNetworks is warning users of some of its RealPlayer and RealOne media players to remove a plug-in that could allow a remote attack and the running of arbitrary code on their machines While Real's media players are among the most popular user applications around, with more than 200 million deployed worldwide, the Seattle-based company said in a ...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is ratcheting up the computer industry establishment's pressure on hackers, meeting this week in Washington, D.C., with Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and IT industry leaders to decry Internet crime Ballmer observed that the circle of active hackers today is largely "far-flung and anonymous" but could wreak havoc ...
Japanese scientists have built their largest distributed-computing grid yet, a Linux-based supercluster that performs 11 trillion floating operations per second, at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Salt Lake City-based Linux Networx this week disclosed As Japan's largest public research organization, AIST...
The group empowered with overseeing administration of Internet domain names and addresses has asked a federal court judge to dismiss antitrust and breach-of-contract claims leveled against it by VeriSign, which runs the registry for two of the most popular top-level domain extensions on the Internet -- .com and .net In an acerbic motion filed in U....
Several peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, including Kazaa and eDonkey, are bracing for an anticipated attack by the latest variant of the Netsky-Q worm, the latest example of virus writers taking direct aim at specific companies and Web sites. As of Thursday morning, both networks were still operating, although eDonkey had established a mirror site to ...
If your business is like most, it secures its information infrastructure by regularly backing it up onto tape. Or, you may have gone further, enhancing your backup strategy with expensive disk arrays and mirroring. If an earthquake, flood, blackout or hard-disk failure should catch you by surprise, these backups would ensure the survival of your company's information.
About a month ago we had some people over for dinner and the discussion, at least on my side of the table, drifted to top-10 lists of the Letterman variety. What had happened to make that topical was that Canada's entry into the late-night talk-show format had just been cancelled and the local papers were snitting about an American talk show host whose "insult puppet" had taken a round out of some walking embarrassment from Quebec.
In part 1 of this interview, F-Secure director of antivirus research Mikko Hypponen spoke about getting his start in computer security 13 years ago and the changes he has seen over the years. In this continuation of his chat with the E-Commerce Times, Hypponen talks about what it might take to nab malware writers -- and why a virus-free future mig...
Intel and rival National Semiconductor this week announced they are going green with their manufacturing processes Santa Clara, California-based Intel said it will, later this fiscal year, begin shipping new chips that have 95 percent less lead than its current chips. Cross-town competitor National Semiconductor today disclosed that it, too, plans ...
Since its announcement that it will begin offering a free Web mail service called Gmail, Google has been blasted by privacy advocates. They say the service's features set a dangerous precedent in its collection of user information On April 6th, an open letter was sent to Google executives from 28 electronic privacy organizations, asking for a suspe...
What happens when you cross controversial peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing technology with regulation-debated Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone capability? Meet the new, free PocketSkype software, which enables VoIP-based calls on the Skype network using a WiFi-enabled PocketPC handheld device Skype, which has its desktop VoIP software d...
With the latest news from Harvard Business School that CD sales are plunging because the record industry is releasing fewer albums -- and not, as the RIAA is stating, because P2P file sharers are undermining sales -- isn't it time for you to release your own music? Remember those tunes you used to play before you sold your instrument? You made them...
What happens when you cross controversial peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing technology with regulation-debated Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone capability? Meet the new, free PocketSkype software, which enables VoIP-based calls on the Skype network using a WiFi-enabled PocketPC handheld device Skype, which has its desktop VoIP software d...
Microsoft this week released a portion of its source code through an open-source license, posting the code on SourceForge, an online source-code repository, in its most high-profile code disclosure ever The move is designed to help the company improve the toolset's documentation and to allow the open-source community to find the bugs in the product...
Many Americans are worried about outsourcing jobs to other countries, prompting President Bush to exalt the benefits of freer trade and Senator Kerry to argue for protectionist measures. But amid this political maneuvering, what's needed are solid suggestions for how to make America more competitive and encourage creation of new jobs. One area whe...
Taking another step into the outsourcing fray, IBM has agreed to purchase an India-based business processing company that handles back-office support and call centers for several U.S. firms, including Amazon.com IBM said the 6,000 employees of Daksh eServices will become part of its business-consulting unit. The move greatly expands Big Blue's Indi...
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