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Marking a new level of sophistication in computer attacks, a variant of the MyDoom worm -- described as the fastest-moving virus in history -- is following up on the first worm's success with a new outbreak. While antivirus experts indicated MyDoom.B is not spreading nearly as quickly as MyDoom.A --...
The five-year antitrust probe of Microsoft in Europe appears to be drawing to a close, and there are indications that punitive action will be recommended against the Redmond, Washington-based software colossus. Although many unnamed sources have been talking freely to the press about a draft of a de...
In a new report, the Entertainment Software Association counters the perception that it sells mostly violent video games to America's youth. Mature-rated games accounted for just 12 percent of last year's $7 billion in computer and video game sales, according to the report. Despite the decline in vi...
In response to what is being called the fastest-spreading computer virus of all time, SCO Group -- targeted by the MyDoom worm's estimated 3 million infected machines in a planned denial-of-service (DoS) attack scheduled for February 1st -- is offering a $250,000 reward for information leading to th...
Three times during the last week -- first in his State of the Union, then in his weekly radio address on Saturday, then during a campaign stop at a Baptist hospital in Arkansas on Monday -- President Bush touted technology as a way to reduce healthcare costs. "By computerizing health records, we can...
A general rule for IT departments is no matter how much bandwidth a network offers, users want more. So as soon as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers completed work on the 802.11b specification, which supports 11 Mbps wireless LAN transmissions, the 802.11 working group began to w...
News of Microsoft's move to file XML-related patents in Europe and New Zealand is being seen in some quarters as an attempt by the Redmond, Washington-based software company to erect barriers to competitors seeking greater compatibility with the company's market-dominating office suite. "When Micros...
IBM and Philips announced a joint initiative to collaborate on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for companies using supply-chain software. The two companies are major players in the RFID market, which is expected to generate between US$1 and $3 billion within four years. Confident of...
At this time of year in the United States we have a tradition: It is called Super Bowl Sunday. In this annual tradition, we spend prodigious sums of money to have an extremely large TV installed in our homes, have lots of friends over to watch a bunch of guys run up and down a big lawn, and then fai...
In the world of P2P client software, there are two major contenders to the throne: Kazaa and Morpheus. In contrast to the many lesser-known file-sharing clients, both Kazaa and Morpheus have astonishingly high download numbers. Last week, we talked with Phil Morle, CTO of Sharman Networks, which mak...
On April 20, a NASA rocket will lift off from Vandenburg Air Force Base carrying one of the most remarkable physics experiments ever attempted. Gravity Probe B will try to answer questions raised by Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, proposed in the early years of the 20th century. Whether Gra...
PKWare and WinZip, companies that have been competitors in the world of the popular Zip file format, have called a truce on the latest versions of their products in hopes of cultivating greater interoperability between the two companies' file-compression and decryption technologies. Highly used in e...
As a result of a copy-protection secret being made public, the individuals who posted instructions on the Internet that outlined how to use software to break DVD copy protection are off the hook after a long legal battle. A copyright owners group known as the DVD Copy Control Association (DVD CCA) c...
Despite a recommendation from researchers to halt the project before it is applied in the upcoming primary elections, the United States is pushing forward with intentions to use an experimental Internet-voting system in the primaries and in the presidential election in November. The federally funded...
Internet music file traders who thought they were in the clear after a court ruling late last year might still find the Recording Industry Association of America looking for them and taking them to court. The industry association -- on a lawsuit campaign to stifle use of peer-to-peer (P2P) networks ...
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