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Wireless Wide Area Networks (WANs) have so far garnered only niche acceptance: They are used in rural areas where wired telecommunications services are not available and in select instances where companies deem them less expensive than other options, like T1 lines. Wi-Max, short for "Worldwide Inter...
In a move that is seen hastening the alignment of the Internet into deep vertical segments based on relatively narrow content parameters, the Web's governing body has cleared the way for two new top-level domains exclusively for jobs and travel information. The International Corporation for Assigned...
A new research collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Quanta Computer aims to tackle the fact that most users' information such as contacts, calendar and projects, is typically spread across multiple devices, all of which can be troublesome to update and backup. MI...
In a move to jumpstart their chances in the software ecosystem, Microsoft today said it would license its intellectual property to eight high-growth IT firms. The announcement marks a shift in the software giant's policy of licensing only to larger corporations and governments. Microsoft is licensin...
Microsoft today announced it has filed eight lawsuits against computer system builders and resellers for alleged distribution of counterfeit, illicit and unlicensed software and software components. This action follows similar action in November 2004 against eight other dealers. Defendants in each c...
As computer users get more sophisticated, so too do the schemes to ensnare them. Security company Sophos warned Friday that a bogus Web site, set up to look like the Microsoft Windows Update page, was luring Windows users into downloading a Trojan horse. The scammers sent e-mails with subject lines ...
More than a year after the CAN-SPAM Act became law, e-mail users say they are receiving slightly more spam in their in boxes than before, but they are minding it less, according to a new survey. Nevertheless, analysts warn that spam is a vehicle for worms, trojans and other malicious activity on the...
With the passing of Pope John Paul the II comes an opportunity to look back -- as well as ahead -- at the kinds of technological changes that can occur in 30 years. In the late '70s we didn't have cell phones or GPS navigation systems; cloning people was the stuff of science fiction stories; and IB...
When it comes to keeping bad stuff from entering computers, hardware protection devices work better than software solutions. "The software side of things still needs a lot of work," NSS Testing Labs CTO Bob Walder told TechNewsWorld. That is part of the findings from a rigorous battery of tests done...
Microsoft plans to provide eight patches, some of them critical, when it delivers its monthly batch of security updates next Tuesday. In a notice posted to its Web site, Microsoft said critical fixes for Windows, Office, MSN Messenger and Exchange would be released. Five of the eight patches are for...
Canadian law enforcement officials have enlisted Microsoft's cooperation in attacking child exploitation on the Internet, with a computer system that allows authorities all over the world to collaborate and communicate on child predators and child porn purveyors. The custom-designed software system ...
MTV this week announced the launch of "MTV Overdrive," an Web-based channel designed for broadband users who want their MTV -- online. Overdrive will launch on April 25, 2005 with exclusive, MTV-style content, including music videos, live music performances, short-form programming and artist intervi...
Consumers' online searches for inexpensive airline tickets may end up costing them more than they bargained for if they're not careful. Panda Security today warned that bogus cheap ticket sites have cropped up in order to separate people from their credit card numbers. Hunting for airline tickets us...
At the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco this week, technology entrepreneurs gathered to discuss "open source capitalism." This conference theme demonstrates how the Open Source (OS) community is beginning to replace its corporate-hating mindset with a profit-loving meme, aiming to c...
Security software firm F-Secure announced today that it has found another piece of mobile phone malware, this one a Trojan horse called Fontal.A, which can cause Nokia 60 series phones running Symbian to crash. Analysts say that while mobile malware is likely to become a bigger problem over time, so...