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Yahoo's Web-based e-mail service is the latest target of a malicious attack. A new worm, dubbed Yamanner, has set out to collect addresses from a spam database, Symantec warned Monday Yamanner exploits a vulnerability in Yahoo's Web-based e-mail program. It spreads itself to the user's Yahoo e-mail contacts when the user opens an e-mail infected by...
Microsoft's scheduled monthly Patch Tuesday is rolling around again on June 13. This round will include updates to the Windows operating system and the controversial ActiveX The release will feature nine Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows, at least one of which is critical. Another patch will change the way Internet Explorer h...
In a move to keep pace with rival Sprint, Verizon Wireless on Monday launched a service that lets parents keep track of their kids Dubbed Chaperone, Verizon is marketing the new service as a way for busy families to keep their lines of communication open, while also helping parents give their children more freedom by giving them a tool to stay in t...
Google on Wednesday released a Firefox extension to keep browser settings in sync across multiple computers Google Browser Sync is a free plug-in for the popular open source browser that continuously synchronizes bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, tabs and saved passwords across different PCs....
The question for marketers today is not whether to make online communities part of the marketing mix, it's how to tap them and what kind to create Communispace is creating private online communities designed to uncover valuable research metrics to stimulate marketing efforts, while also serving as a customer relationship management tool....
Debate is swirling aroundGoogle's soon-to-be-released spreadsheet program as consumers and industry analysts consider how it could impact allegiance toMicrosoft Excel Google Spreadsheet is a Web-based application that offers simple functionality in two common spreadsheet and data formats, Excel and CSV. Data can be manipulated, but more complex fun...
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled Windows Vista Beta 2. The software giant is inviting comments in advance of Vista's scheduled launch date of January 2007. The new operating system comes with a plethora of new features, amid high expectations as well as plenty of skepticism "Vista has undergone so many changes, but it is stable enough for enterprise...
Nintendo is forecasting minimal losses with its next-generation game console, Wii Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said Tuesday that he is confident that Wii will compete well against the likes of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's Playstation 3 when it debuts sometime in the fourth quarter of this year....
Jason Papier started his own personal finance podcast before Apple's iTunes Music Store began peddling podcasts. Today, Papier's show, Pro Money Talk, is the number one rated personal finance podcast on iTunes Pro Money Talk targets successful people with knowledge, tools and ideas designed to give them an edge. The podcast addresses issues from as...
The NASA Glenn Research Center is leading efforts to develop a new space vehicle to replace the space shuttle and take astronauts to the moon and beyond The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Monday announced several new exploration work assignments for the Cleveland-based NASA Glenn Research Center. NASA Glenn will play a key ...
Toshiba on Monday announced a 2.5-inch hard disk drive (HDD) that uses perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology to boost the industry's largest 200 GB capacity with only two platters Perpendicular recording technology is capable of delivering up to 10 times the storage density of traditional longitudinal recording -- on the same media. Lik...
Computer network equipment maker Juniper Networks and Microsoft on Monday announced a joint effort to deliver high-performance security solutions to protect Internet Protocol (IP) networks, services and applications Specifically, the companies are collaborating to provide end-to-end security to address the current and emerging needs of their servic...
Mozilla late last week released 12 patches for its popular open source browser. Five of the patches issued in Firefox 1.5.0.4 were labeled "critical." Mozilla has issued four security updates to the 1.5 edition of the browser since it was made available last November. The last round of security fixes, released last April, included a whopping 24 pat...
Sophos has cracked the code to unlock files held hostage by Archiveus ransomware. The security software firm warned users on Thursday about the Trojan horse, which encrypts victims' computer data and then attempts to force users into making a purchase from an online pharmacy Archiveus is not the first example of ransomware. In March 2006, the Zippo...
Skype is barreling ahead full speed into the business market with yet another strategic partnership, this time with an Internet telephony startup called Vapps The eBay-owned Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) firm on Thursday announced an initiative to provide unlimited, free conference calling for up to 500 participants to Skype's 100 million reg...
In what looks to become a fiery security service brawl, Microsoft and Symantec are launching competing products While Symantec plans to debut its Norton 360 later this summer, Microsoft beat the security firm to the punch with its Wednesday release of Windows Live OneCare....
After four straight years of declining revenue, Sun Microsystems said Wednesday it plans to cut 4,000 to 5,000 jobs in the next six months. The layoffs are part of a series of cost-cutting measures the company's board of directors approved to stimulate growth and a return to consistent profitability "Momentum is clearly increasing around Sun's core...
E-commerce is alive and well. Holiday shopping sales were through the virtual roof last season and analysts predict continued growth in the online channel in 2006 There's only one problem: Security threats seem to be rising almost as quickly as e-shopping revenues. From phishing to pharming to hacking and cracking, electronic fraudsters are stealin...
A new spyware program called DigiKeyGen is luring the unwary with a claim to provide free access to online pornographic content. It's hardly a new tactic, but Panda Software has discovered yet another instance of this time-tested social engineering ploy DigiKeyGen is found on a Web page that allows visitors to download a password generator in orde...
In a move to appeal to a wider audience, Nintendo is rebranding a portion of its line of handheld gaming titles The video game giant on Tuesday said it will begin branding its more casual Nintendo DS titles under the new Touch Generations label beginning in June. Touch Generations will be one element of Nintendo's multimillion-dollar campaign to ge...
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