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Article | 18/11/2008 Dodgy ISP briefly comes online, updates botnet

An Internet service provider associated with online crime and child pornography briefly came back online over the weekend before being cut off again, ...

Article | 17/11/2008 XO laptop to go on sale in 30 countries on Monday

The XO laptop will be available on Monday to 30 countries through Amazon.com, marking the first time the laptop will be available to the general publi...

Article | 13/11/2008 ISP cut off from Internet after security concerns

A U.S. Internet service provider suspected of aiding cybercriminals in online scams and hosting child pornography was at least partially cut off from ...

Article | 11/11/2008 Study: Viagra spam is profitable, but margins are tight

One of the most notorious networks of hacked computers used for sending spam could be generating as much as US$3.5 million per year peddling drugs suc...

Article | 5/11/2008 Seagate: Enterprise SSD to be released next year

Storage manufacturer Seagate will release its first SSD (solid-state drive) for enterprises by the middle of next year, CEO Bill Watkins said on Tuesd...

Article | 4/11/2008 Microsoft: Data shows Vista more secure than XP

Microsoft's latest security report shows that the number of new vulnerabilities found in its software was lower in first half of the year than the las...

Article | 3/11/2008 Google introduces service-level guarantee for its Apps suite

Google is offering a service-level agreement for a version of Google Apps, a move that may provide some comfort to enterprises spooked by a long Gmail...

Article | 31/10/2008 ICANN delays shutting down spammy Estonian registrar

The overseer of the Internet's addressing system said on Wednesday it will delay shutting down a dodgy Estonian domain registrar pending a review.

Article | 31/10/2008 OpenOffice.org issues critical patches for older versions

OpenOffice.org has released two patches that repair older versions of its open-source office productivity suite.

Article | 27/10/2008 Russia blocks Google online advertising acquisition

Russian regulators will not let Google buy a local online advertising company, halting a $140 million deal agreed to in July.

Article | 17/10/2008 Microsoft's Fast Search charged with fraud in Norway

Norwegian police on Thursday charged Fast Search & Transfer with accounting fraud, an enterprise search company bought by Microsoft in January for US$...

Article | 15/10/2008 Google will appeal German copyright decisions

Google will appeal two German court decisions that found it violated copyright law by showing thumbnails of works by two artists in search results, th...

Article | 14/10/2008 Security software performs poorly in exploit test

Security software suites are doing a poor job of detecting when a PC's software is under attack, according to Danish vendor Secunia.

Article | 13/10/2008 US gov't proposes digital signing of DNS root zone file

The US government is soliciting input on a way to make the Internet's addressing system less susceptible to tampering by hackers.

Article | 9/10/2008 Firefox extension blocks dangerous Web attack

A popular free security tool for the Firefox browser has been upgraded to block one of the most dangerous and troubling security problems facing the W...