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A router maker starts receiving complaints from customers -- around the world -- that the ports on a particular networking device are not working properly. IT professionals, scrambling to cope, attempt to close the faulty ports with technology equivalent to electrical tape. They are able to redirect...
Despite lacking a legal requirement to comply with government surveillance rules, Time Warner is reportedly among major cable operators working to follow the controversial Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), which the FBI has recently argued should apply to Web-based, Voice ov...
Proposals by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and state agencies to use data-mining techniques to track terrorists are floundering, encountering criticism from civil liberties activists and technologists who blast the plans as too "theoretical" and not technically feasible. The FBI last wee...
Nokia -- like the rest of the wireless telephone industry -- has suffered in the public eye of late. First, the tech downturn harmed wireless phone sales around the world, not just in the United States. Then came allegations that Nokia's wireless phones were exploding due to negligent manufacturing ...
The volume of goods being purchased via the Internet is rising. However, while certain consumers know what they want and feel comfortable making an instant purchase, many have questions about product pricing, availability and quality. Increasingly, the latter group is turning to online comparison-sh...
The number of security holes poked in computer software may be leveling off as vendors scramble to make their products more secure, but the vulnerabilities that are found these days -- despite these efforts -- are more severe. New vulnerabilities increasingly are being leveraged to attack companies ...
State attorneys general meeting in Washington, D.C., this week may be weighing a move to crack down on makers of Internet file-sharing software. A document obtained by TechNewsWorld titled "Draft Attorneys General Letter to Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Software Manufacturers and Distributors (Californi...
Researchers in North Carolina State University's Department of Computer Science have developed a new data transfer protocol for the Internet that makes today's high-speed digital subscriber line (DSL) connections seem lethargic. The protocol is named BIC-TCP, which stands for Binary Increase Congest...
The recent spate of computer worms have included elements of spamming and a supposed battle of words between different malware authors, but the real intent of the dueling viruses is to deny site availability to online gaming companies and other sites that have not complied with Russian mobsters' dem...
In this column in the coming months, I will be writing about people with vision in the area of music, the arts and the technical arts. Specifically, I'll focus on what they have created, their views of now and the future, and what motivates them to create. I hope that by writing about unique people ...
Propose a technology that will stem the flow of unwanted e-mail spam, and the industry will definitely listen -- but if it's Microsoft that is doing the proposing, suspicion and fear follow that interest. Such is the case with Microsoft's proposal for a caller ID system for e-mail that would diminis...
A new, national report by comScore Networks indicates broadband Internet access is ready to overtake dial-up access as the top online subscription service in major metro markets in the United States. The study, released this week in the Reston, Virginia-based company's fourth-quarter market-share re...
A group of major technology players has announced an initiative to get a top-level domain (TLD) -- such as .com, .net and .org -- specifically for mobile sites to bridge the Internet and mobile worlds. Microsoft, Nokia, Vodafone, HP, Orange, Samsung, Sun and the GSM Association are applying for the ...
Designing death is not a simple matter. Consider the following. You spend hours, days, weeks playing in an online universe populated by characters from the Star Wars saga, developing your character's skills until you are a mighty hero. Then one day you take on one too many bad guys at once, and your...
A measure aimed at countering product piracy of all sorts -- from digital music to ladies' handbags -- has produced a sour aftermath following its approval by the European Parliament this week. Supporters as well as opponents had something critical to say about the compromise measure that appears to...
