Stories by Gregg Keizer

Article | 22/10/2007 Microsoft: We didn't change Automatic Updates
Microsoft has denied that its software had arbitrarily changed Windows Vista's update settings, saying that users were responsible for the modificatio...
Article | 22/10/2007 Mozilla fixes 10 Firefox flaws, makes it Leopard-ready
Mozilla late last week updated its open-source Firefox browser to patch 10 bugs in Firefox, including three rated as critical, and released the refres...
Article | 22/10/2007 Microsoft shows off leaner kernel for Windows 7
Microsoft has 200 programmers working on slimming down the Windows kernel for the next version of the operating system, a company engineer revealed in...
Article | 19/10/2007 Storm gang spammers pump up volume with major spoken scam slam
Spammers started delivering spoken messages mid-week in the newest twist on the ongoing pump-and-dump scam, several security researchers said.
Article | 18/10/2007 FAQ: Getting ready for the leap to Leopard
Now that Apple has blessed its users with a release date for the next version of Mac OS X -- it's the 26th, in case you didn't hear -- the next order ...
Article | 18/10/2007 HD Moore takes iPhone exploits public
Noted hacker HD Moore has publicly posted exploits that take advantage of a vulnerability in Apple's iPhone, the same flaw that's been used by others ...
Article | 18/10/2007 Storm botnet divides, preps for sale to spammers
The hackers behind the pernicious, persistent Storm Trojan are getting ready to slice off pieces of the botnet created by their malware so that they c...
Article | 18/10/2007 Apple reverses gears, opens iPhone to outside developers
Apple reversed course this week and confirmed it would open the iPhone and iPod Touch to outside developers.
Article | 17/10/2007 Trojan horse dupes Skype users, steals usernames, passwords
Skype again warned users of its software that malicious code targeting the voice-over-IP (VoIP) and instant messaging service was on the prowl, the se...
Article | 17/10/2007 Newest Windows Update snafu puzzles Microsoft
For the second time in a month, Microsoft has had to defend Windows Update against charges that it upgraded machines without users' permission. So far...
Article | 17/10/2007 Apple to release Leopard October 26
Apple confirmed Tuesday what rumor sites have been saying for days: Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" will hit store shelves at 6 p.m. on October 26. The Leopar...
Article | 16/10/2007 Dutch consumer group disses Vista
A Dutch consumer protection association told PC buyers to avoid Windows Vista, Microsoft's newest operating system, after the U.S. company's Dutch arm...
Article | 16/10/2007 US Judge sentences porn spammers to more than five years
Two men were sentenced to more than five years in prison for their part in sending millions of pornographic spam messages, marking the conclusion of t...
Article | 16/10/2007 Researcher posts unofficial patch for Windows URI bug
A researcher beat Microsoft to the patch punch over the weekend by publishing an unofficial fix for a critical flaw in Windows XP and Server 2003 on P...
Article | 16/10/2007 Greenpeace blasts Apple over toxic materials in iPhone
Greenpeace International, which has clashed with Apple over toxic chemicals in its products and post-sales electronics recycling, has slammed the comp...

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