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Some 800,000 people associated with UCLA have been notified that their names and certain personal information were in a database that was compromised by a hacker. The database contained personal information about current and former students, faculty and staff, and some applicants. There are signs th...
Microsoft has released seven patches for several of its applications, including Outlook Express and Windows services. Two of the patches are rated "critical": a vulnerability in script error handling and a vulnerability in Windows Media Player. "It is significant because we are seeing more hackers u...
Another zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word has been identified, MessageLabs reported on Tuesday. The new, unannounced vulnerability was exploited in an e-mail attack aimed at a few large corporations, Alex Shipp, an engineer with MessageLabs, told TechNewsWorld. The attack -- consisting of thr...
Nintendo's intellectual property right to the technology in its Wii Remote -- or "Wiimote" -- was challenged this week by Interlink Electronics, which was granted a patent last year for a trigger-operated electronic device that can be operated with a pointer sensor. Interlink claims Nintendo's Wii g...
Microsoft is currently investigating a vulnerability in certain editions of its Word Software that could open millions of unprotected PCs to hacker attacks. The vulnerability affects Word 2000, 2002, 2003, Word Viewer 2003, Word 2004 for Mac, and Word 2004 version X for Mac. The free applications of...
Samsung Electronics and Microsoft will be offering the Samsung Ultra Messaging i600, a full-keyboard phone from Samsung's ultra slim product line powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0, in Europe and Asia early next year. The i600 is the first phone to offer High Speed Downlink Packet Access suppor...
Downloading movies from the Internet may be easier than ever to do, but it isn't necessarily advisable, according to McAfee, which sees trouble ahead with this technology and Internet security. It cites the growing number of video-sharing sites on the Web as a prime target for hackers next year. To ...
By the end of 2006, Google will stop accepting questions for its Google Answers Web site, one of the many experimental projects launched by the company a few years ago. The service allows anyone to pose a question online and receive an answer for a price. The announcement, made via a blog posting by...
Spam is reaching unprecedented levels according to a survey released earlier this month by Internet security vendor Postini. The firm reported a 59 percent increase in spam from September to November, when it processed nearly 70 billion e-mail connections. Unwanted e-mail has now reached a whopping ...
Hackers are incorporating virtual machine detection into their Trojans, worms and other malware in order to thwart antivirus vendors and virus researchers. Researchers often use virtual machines to detect hacker activities, according to a note published by the SANS Institute Internet Storm Center. V...
A self-replicating worm dubbed "Grey Goo" has caused the virtual community Second Life to shut down at least once, according to the site's owners, Linden Life. Within the Second Life virtual environment, Grey Goo's creators claimed to spin gold rings, and unwitting players interacted with them to sp...
Nintendo's Wii is entering the game marketplace as the clear underdog, going up against the No. 1 and No. 2 heavyweights, Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox. Unable to compete based on high-definition graphics or speed, Nintendo's Wii is being positioned as a more fun -- and at US$250, far ch...
AOL on Wednesday launched the latest version of its instant messaging service, AIM 6.0, which boasts offline messenging, an improved user interface, and enhanced support for blogging and other social networking activities. AIM 6.0's community-building orientation should be a plus as AOL shifts from ...
Cingular, Samsung and Microsoft have launched a new smartphone that leverages the latest functionality in Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system and takes advantage of consumer demand for the ultra slim form factor. Called "BlackJack," this is Samsung's first full-keyboard phone in its ult...
Google reportedly is setting aside a $500 million slush fund to cover copyright infringement claims likely to arise in connection with its YouTube.com acquisition. Google CEO Eric Schmidt denied the rumor at the Web 2.0 Summit, but the company might want to reconsider that position. As it proceeds w...
A vulnerability in Microsoft's XML HTTP request-handling can be exploited via an ActiveX control through a Web browser -- specifically Internet Explorer -- according to IBM's Internet Security Systems, which claims to have originally identified the flaw. The vulnerability, which is currently being l...
Microsoft said Monday that it has finalized its new Office 2007 code and released it to manufacturing. The productivity software suite will be available to corporate customers on November 30, along with the Windows Vista operating system and new Exchange e-mail server. Consumer versions of the new W...
A newly discovered but minor denial-of-service flaw in Windows XP could allow hackers to crash the operating system's firewall. However, the pool of affected computers appears relatively small. The security vulnerability, which was first reported on Monday, targets the ICS service, a Windows XP fea...
You didn't have to be at the meet and greet event this summer when Virginia Senate hopeful George Allen referred to his opponent's volunteer -- who was present in the crowd video taping the speech -- as "macaca," a remark perceived as a racial slur against the Fairfax, Va., native of Indian descent....
Microsoft has released Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP. Besides offering such incremental improvements as better sync and search capabilities, this latest download is the first with URGE -- MTV Networks' digital music center -- directly embedded into the application as a default setting. This...
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