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America Online's Instant Messenger (AIM) is getting lots of press lately, but not for the reasons the Internet service provider had hoped when it announced its partnership with popular Web sites late last month. AOL's updated privacy policy is under public scrutiny. The online giant updated its Term...
I mentioned last week that I was expecting the other shoe to drop this week at the Game Developers Conference 2005. That shoe was the next generation of the Xbox game machine, and it dropped like an atomic bomb. The collateral damage from the resulting explosion could be extensive. It may even ta...
The way Finjan Software founder and CEO Shlomo Touboul sees it, the end justifies the means. Virus and spyware writers have become so sophisticated in their scams and attack strategies that it is time to up the ante in protection services. Security risks have gotten so prevalent in the last two year...
Nintendo is looking to revisit its GameBoy days, when the Japanese company was practically the only player in the mobile hand-held market, by including WiFi wireless capabilities in both its next-generation Revolution console and its DS, a dual-screen handheld gaming device. Nintendo President Sator...
Google's news site, perpetually in beta, got an upgrade this week with the addition of a customization feature. The news aggregator site is programmed with an algorithm that sorts through more than 4,500 English news sites and calculates which are the most relevant. The site, which has been in beta ...
IBM today announced the availability of its world renowned Blue Gene supercomputing system at its newest Deep Computing Capacity on Demand Center in Rochester, Minn. The new Center will allow customers and partners, for the first time ever, to remotely access the Blue Gene system through a virtual p...
Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the REAL ID Act of 2005. Privacy advocates decry the act as a move towards a national identification card while others back it as a key national security measure. Both sides miss important points, including the fact that Americans already have a ...
Microsoft has acquired another small software company, the latest in a series of buys that have added to its portfolio in security, services and, in the case of its most recent deal, collaboration. With the acquisition of Groove Networks, Microsoft gets not only a company but also a big name in tech...
In its latest move to compete with rival Intel, AMD today introduced Turion 64 mobile technology, the latest in a succession of chips based on AMD64 architecture. Turion is designed for thinner and lighter notebook PCs with longer battery life, enhanced security and compatibility with the latest gra...
Could the American spy community improve its intelligence activities through blogging? A captain in the U.S. Army Reserve thinks so and says as much in the March issue of Wired magazine. Capt. Kris Alexander, a millitary intelligence officer, argues in an essay that blogs should be incorporated into...
For the second time in less than a month, Americans are finding out that their private information may be in the hands of identity thieves. Publisher and information broker Reed Elsevier announced today that criminals using a stolen identity and password gained access to information on as many as 32...
You catch the early train and can't watch your favorite morning news show; you work late one night and miss the latest episode of "CSI," or you're stuck sitting in an airport while your favorite team is playing in a championship basketball game. In the past, you had limited options in situations lik...
While Internet piracy and copyright infringement are usually thought of as federal crimes, one University of Arizona student found that that is not always the case. Parvin Dhaliwal, 18, pleaded guilty last month in Maricopa County, Arizona, to possession of counterfeit marks, or unauthorized copies ...
Users of T-Mobile's Sidekick devices experienced a "degradation of service" yesterday that prevented them from using e-mail, instant messaging and other data services. Creator of the Sidekick devices Danger Inc., which also provides Sidekick services on behalf of T-Mobile, posted a notice on its use...
After ringing warnings bells for months about the threat of computer viruses for mobile phones, security experts today are reporting the first multimedia messaging service (MMS) virus, CommWarrior, which has the potential -- so far unrealized -- to spread to cell phones all over the world. Security ...
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