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Most companies depend exclusively on perimeter defenses to protect their computer networks from intruders, a practice that appears to be more sieve than stone wall, according to a survey released yesterday by Vernier Networks, a network access management firm in Mountain View, Calif. Surveyors found...
Pay us 4,000 pounds (US$7,290) by July 1. Or go to jail. That's the message from the BPI, the Big Four record labels' UK enforcer, to the mother of 14-year-old Emily Price who downloaded songs from the Net without her 53-year-old mother knowing. The BPI (British Phonographic Industry) has been carry...
The controversy over P2P -- or peer-to-peer network -- file-sharing continues as the technology and entertainment industries are this week eying the U.S. Supreme Court for a pivotal decision that could determine the future of music on the Internet. The ruling on MGM v. Grokster, which could be annou...
Intel is touting its development of a prototype, CMOS-standard wireless radio that supports all WiFi, or 802.11 standards, including a, b and g, as well as the next-generation wireless 802.11n. The chip giant said through standard, CMOS silicon manufacturing, it could create the "system-in-a-package...
Optus, Australia's second-leading telco, and NineMSN, a joint venture between Microsoft and Publishing & Broadcasting, announced a strategic alliance to provide content and Web-based communications to Optus broadband and mobile customers. Through the alliance, Optus' six million daily customers ...
Microsoft will release the beta of its long-talked-about Longhorn Server in August, at about the same time as it releases the beta for the Longhorn desktop OS, Senior Vice President Bob Muglia said in an online chat last week. Muglia also suggested that the company may be working on a home version o...
A new software language promises to allow computers to consider the consequences of their commands. Analysts said this artificial intelligence technology looks promising for both manufacturers and business management processes. ISO 18629 becomes part of what Business Communication Company (BCC) pred...
A lot can be drawn from watching the initial moves of a new CEO. In Carly Fiorina's case those moves were building an empire and driving a fast path to becoming the largest company, as well as the most visible CEO, in the segment. Both goals were achieved, but afterwards Fiorina lost focus and ult...
Identity theft from phishing and pharming attacks is one of the biggest problems computer users face. It can take ID theft victims four or five years to repair the damage, according to financial consultants. "The most prevalent ID theft threat is the phishing attack, and it is getting worse. Attacks...
Looking to the world's leading nation in terms of broadband and wireless adoption, Intel is working with South Korean company KT to collaborate on the country's next wireless broadband solution. While Intel has been focused on creating standardization based on its WiMAX wireless broadband technology...
When Sony opened the proprietary Universal Media Disk (UMD) format it uses in its PlayStation Portable (PSP), it wanted to encourage other companies to provide content specifically for the hand-held device. Sony Computer Entertainment, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Inc. responsible for its gam...
British Internet security officials issued a critical alert yesterday to warn UK governments, companies and individuals that they may be under a hacker attack. The United Kingdom's National Infrastructure Security Co-Ordination Centre (NISCC) reported a series of Trojanized e-mail attacks are target...
California began a series of public hearings on the SBC/AT&T merger in Oakland, Calif., this week. While the purpose is to gather public input, in reality, special interests dominate, putting the real public interest at risk. An hour before the hearing took place, the meeting room was plastered...
IBM upped its backing of AMD's Opteron processor this week, announcing its new eServer Cluster 1350, which the company claims is the only integrated cluster solution using AMD 64 dual-core technology with the blade form factor -- thin, lower-power servers that are joined in large numbers for higher-...
Yahoo has lifted the veil on the "deep Web" with the beta version of Yahoo Subscription Search. The "deep Web" includes information on the Web that is not available for free. This information is not listed within general search results. Yahoo will now offer results for sites such as The Wall Street ...
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