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A new search technology by Webroot Software takes a proactive approach to protecting computer users from spyware. It uses bots to find spyware buried deep within distribution centers. Armed with the results of this robotic reconnaissance, Webroot is able to build in better defenses and alerts, makin...
Looking to round out its database offerings for smaller and entry-level customers and also to fill in the time before the arrival of its next-generation of Windows, Microsoft unveiled the latest version of its SQL Server 2005 database this week. Microsoft unveiled an updated line of SQL Server. Offe...
Computer security, until now, was a matter of bolting on third-party hardware products or adding on software to screen out unauthorized users. Not so any more. Keyboard-bound passwords, smart cards and dongles are becoming a thing of the past. These staples of the old school of computer security are...
In the latest battle in a fierce war over intellectual property, the European Parliament yesterday rejected software patent legislation that some fear would result in overly broad patents on software ideas. The governing body sent the directive back to the European Commission for review and possible...
Microsoft and Flextronics announced today that the Windows Mobile operating system will power a new GSM/GPRS smartphone the companies have dubbed "Peabody." Microsoft is looking to capitalize on its connection to the corporate back office, where users are already familiar with Microsoft applications...
Antivirus vendor Sophos reported this week that the BankAsh-A Trojan, a malicious software program that silently infects and corrupts computers, was disabling Microsoft's new AntiSpyware software and attempting to steal passwords and other banking information from Windows users. The Trojan represen...
Microsoft this week outlined its Indigo Web services technology, telling developers the Windows programming model would take Web services to the next level in terms of security, reliability and interoperability. Microsoft also announced a community technology preview (CTP) of Indigo scheduled for Ma...
Google today offered up a new way to search the information superhighway for the best routes on terra firma's highways with a beta release of Google Maps. Some are already touting the site as a vast improvement over offerings from Yahoo and Mapquest. "This launch may not have the fanfare associated ...
Bill Gates has taken another jab at Linux in an e-mail to customers published on Microsoft's Web site Thursday in which he sings the praises of software interoperability and his company's ability to provide it. "Open source is a methodology for licensing and/or developing software -- that may or may...
A free software program to help parents police illegal movie and music files on their household computers is garnering mixed reviews. The application, called Parent File Scan, was unveiled last week by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) -- alongside an announcement of the organization'...
A "bot" -- a piece of malicious software that can spread and function much like a computer virus or worm -- is seizing on vulnerable MySQL database software running on Windows systems to spread and scan for new victims. While the MySQL Bot, also known as the Spool CLC, is mitigated by the limited nu...
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) this week released what it described as three key recommendations, or pre-standard specifications, that will address performance and reliability issues for Web services, the joining of software applications inside and among different organizations' IT architecture...
Microsoft has taken another step to clamp down on pirated software, announcing yesterday that it will require participation in its Windows Genuine Advantage program to get updates and downloads from its Web site. The software giant did not go so far as to cut off users from its automatic updates, wh...
Electronics giant Toshiba this week announced new software that turns mobile phones into remote access controllers for PCs, allowing users to access the Internet and e-mail with a PC desktop displayed on a handset. The software, dubbed "Ubiquitous Viewer," provides access to Windows computers and in...
Microsoft may not be delivering its next-generation version of Windows desktop and server software known as "Longhorn" as early as expected or promised, but the company has just released the Avalon graphical interface, formerly a key component of Longhorn, for developers. Longhorn is not expected un...
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