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Five Face Clink in MS Source Code, Software Thefts

Culminating its months-long investigation into the theft of Microsoft's viciously guarded Windows source code, the FBI has arrested a Connecticut man it said used a Web site to distribute parts of the operating system ...

10 ‘Serious’ Flaws Identified in Windows XP SP2

Security software firm Finjan said its research lab has turned up 10 "serious" flaws in Microsoft's Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, an upgrade that Microsoft is touting as a way to better secure its flagship platform ...

Intel Chooses COO Otellini To Be CEO

Leading chipmaker Intel did not have to search far and wide for a replacement for its outgoing CEO, naming longtime executive and current president and chief operating officer Paul Otellini to the top post ...

Skype, Siemens To Hook Up Cordless VoIP

Skype Technologies, viewed by many as a pathfinder in the bid to bring voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) calling to consumers, said it has collaborated with Siemens on technology that will enable traditional cordless phone users to have their calls sent over the Internet ...

Microsoft Search Engine Out Tomorrow?

Confident that its technology now is on a par with its competition, Microsoft reportedly plans to formally launch its long-awaited new search product tomorrow, taking the search wars to a new level in the process ...

Latest IE Worm Developed in Record Time

Security firms are warning of a new e-mail worm that began infecting computers just days after the vulnerability it exploits in the Internet Explorer (IE) browser was made public ...

Toshiba Suits Accuse Hynix of Patent Infringement

In just the latest example of a technology company aggressively protecting its intellectual property, Toshiba has filed lawsuits alleging that Hynix memory chips violate Toshiba patents ...

EBay Bid-Riggers To Pay $90,000 in Fines, Restitution

In one of the largest instances to date of widespread big-rigging on auction site eBay, eight sellers have been ordered to pay US$90,000 in fines and restitution after admitting to engaging in practices that artificially drove up the prices of their auctions ...

Microsoft To Pay $536 Million To Settle Novell Suit

Microsoft has agreed to pay Novell US$536 million to settle a long-simmer private antitrust claim over its NetWare operating system, a deal that also calls for Novell to withdraw from the European antitrust proceedings against Microsoft ...

Verizon To Get NextWave’s Spectrum Licenses for $3 Billion

Verizon Wireless said it has reached an agreement to buy all the spectrum licenses held by NextWave Telecom for US$3 billion in cash, just the latest instance of consolidation in the wireless industry and one that ends a years-old legal dispute with regulators ...

MS To Provide Patch Alerts; New Attack Circulating

Microsoft is again pledging to improve the security of its software by starting to notify customers of upcoming patches. However, the promise came just as experts warned that attack code exploiting a known flaw in Internet Explorer has begun to circulate ...

Intel, Microsoft To Debut ‘Digital Joy’ Campaign

Joining forces in the hope of advancing a strategy both companies have been plotting for some time, Microsoft and Intel have said they will work together to promote cutting edge digital home entertainment options ...

E-Voting Debate Continues in Aftermath of Election

Hundreds of separate instances of electronic voting problems were reported in the U.S. during yesterday's elections, enough to give critics of e-voting ammunition for their continued battle against its use, but not nearly enough to affect the outcome of the election, as some had feared ...

IE Dominance Threatened by the Fox

New data shows the popularity of alternative browsers continues to erode the overwhelming market share of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, even before the latest version of Mozilla's Firefox, which formally hits shelves next week ...

Falling Oil Prices Give Stocks a Boost

A sharp drop in crude oil prices helped lift stocks slightly today, but most investors stayed on the sidelines, preferring to play it safe ahead of tomorrow's election ...

DoubleClick Considers Hanging Out ‘For Sale’ Sign

Interactive marketing firm DoubleClick said it has hired an investment banking firm to help it examine strategic options, including a possible sale of all or part of the company ...

E-Voting To Face Major Test Tuesday

Among the many questions that might be answered by the presidential election on Tuesday is whether electronic voting can silence its critics by turning in a seamless performance or, instead, will fall prey to any of the number of concerns that have been raised ...

RIAA Targets College Students with 750 More P2P Suits

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has revived its long-running campaign to stem file-swapping through legal action, suing 750 alleged file sharers across the U.S. for copyright infringement ...

Security Standards Pushed To Encourage M-Commerce

A group of tech heavyweights have joined forces to push a mobile security specification they say will clear the way for a boom in m-commerce ...

Yahoo Expands Search Wars to Mobile Service

Yahoo has launched a mobile version of its Web, image and local search offerings, a move that opens up a new and wireless battlefield in the search engine wars ...

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