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Article | 18/04/2008 MySpace hack reveals profile visitors

A security problem with MySpace has the potential to botch up law-enforcement efforts to track bad actors on the social-networking site.

Article | 27/03/2008 Hackers seize on Excel vulnerability

Researchers at Symantec said late Tuesday they've spotted a Web site that tries to exploit computers lacking one of the recently issued patches for ve...

Article | 26/03/2008 FaceTime security product scans Skype's encrypted IM

Security vendor FaceTime Communications has released the only security product on the market allowed to look at encrypted instant messages sent betwee...

Article | 18/03/2008 Second Life founder steps back from CEO role

The founder of Second Life will give up the role of CEO and become chairman of the board for Linden Lab, the company behind the virtual online communi...

Article | 14/03/2008 AOL to buy Bebo for US$850 million

AOL will buy Bebo, a social networking site popular in the UK, for US$850 million in cash, the companies said Thursday.

Article | 11/03/2008 Rise in Gmail spam indicates more solved CAPTCHAs

Spam originating from Google's Gmail domain doubled last month, indicating that spammers are still defeating the CAPTCHA, the distorted text used as a...

Article | 6/03/2008 CEBIT: Customer loyalty cards go from wallet to the PC

A German company wants to bring customer loyalty cards to the Internet while also making it easier for people to log in into multiple Web sites.

Article | 4/03/2008 CEBIT - Microsoft: Customers demand energy-saving software

Microsoft will release a set of best practices for administrators running data centers, focusing on energy-saving strategies the company is implementi...

Article | 4/03/2008 CEBIT: Microsoft claims European antitrust issues in past

Microsoft's efforts to better detail how its products work should keep it out of further legal trouble, despite a record fine levied by the European C...

Article | 4/03/2008 CEBIT - Ballmer: Yahoo still in Microsoft's sights

Microsoft still has its eye on Yahoo, but CEO Steve Ballmer would not say Monday whether the company plans to pursue a proxy fight to remove Yahoo's b...

Article | 3/03/2008 With mobile browser, Mozilla hopes to shake up market

Mozilla is in informal talks with mobile operators about its mobile Firefox project, which the organization hopes will shake up the market as much as ...

Article | 26/02/2008 Microsoft kills off HD DVD drive for Xbox 360

Microsoft will stop making external HD DVD drives for its Xbox 360 game console, but won't say whether it will offer a Blu-ray Disc drive instead.

Article | 20/02/2008 Microsoft stays mum on Blu-ray Disc support

Microsoft shrugged off HD DVD's demise, declining to say if or when it would support Blu-ray Disc for the Xbox.

Article | 20/02/2008 Microsoft scrambles to quash 'friendly' worm story

Microsoft is moving to counter some scathing comments regarding a security paper authored by researchers at its Cambridge, England, facility.

Article | 19/02/2008 Opera, Firefox bug could export users' Web history

A flaw in the way the Firefox and Opera browsers handle an image file could allow an attacker to see what Web sites a person has visited.