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Article | 9/10/2007 Akamai unveils IP application accelerator

Akamai announced this week that it is expanding its Web application acceleration services to include any IP-based application, including VoIP.

Article | 9/10/2007 Juniper links its NAC, IDP platforms

Juniper Networks is linking its intrusion-detection platforms to its NAC gear, making it possible to restrict devices that manage to gain network acce...

Article | 9/10/2007 Vonage settles Sprint's patent claim

VOIP provider Vonage Holdings has settled a patent dispute with Sprint Nextel by agreeing to pay Sprint about US$80 million, the two companies announc...

Article | 9/10/2007 Google, IBM promote 'cloud' computing at universities

Google and IBM have teamed up to offer a curriculum and support for software development on large-scale distributed computing systems, with six US uni...

Article | 9/10/2007 Hacker breaks into eBay server, locks users out

A malicious hacker broke into an eBay server late last week and temporarily suspended the accounts of a "very small" number of members, the company sa...

Article | 8/10/2007 France kicks off nationwide spam fight with open-source toolbar

France is hoping to shut down spammers more quickly through a system that makes it easier for users to notify ISPs (Internet service providers) when u...

Article | 5/10/2007 Free plug-in encrypts content, authenticates users

Kryptiva this week announced an encryption product designed to secure e-mail communications from the sender's desktop to the recipient's in-box.

Article | 5/10/2007 Fon's shared UK Wi-Fi network goes mainstream with BT

BT Group is turning to its own broadband subscribers to help crack a nut that many governments and service providers have struggled with: Widespread W...

Article | 5/10/2007 Rock Phish may be using fast flux in phishing attacks

The elusive "Rock Phish" group continues to be innovative. The group appears to have started using the so-called "fast flux" method to fool researcher...

Article | 5/10/2007 Apple fixes year-old QuickTime flaw

Apple updated the Windows version of QuickTime today to quash a 13-month-old bug that critics say it overlooked when it patched the media player in Ma...

Article | 5/10/2007 Sun patches critical Java bugs

Sun Microsystems patched 11 vulnerabilities in the Windows, Linux and Solaris versions of its Java Runtime Environment and Java Web Start Wednesday, i...

Article | 5/10/2007 Wireless carrier group warns against WiMAX hype

Mobile services lobby group the GSM Association says businesses and investors dazzled by the recent WiMAX World convention shouldn't buy into the hype...

Article | 5/10/2007 Microsoft schedules seven patches for next week

Microsoft slated seven security updates for release early next week that target vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Word a...

Article | 4/10/2007 eBay: Phishers getting better organized, using Linux

When it comes to launching online attacks, criminals are getting more organized and branching out from the Windows operating system, eBay's security c...

Article | 4/10/2007 Malicious code infects Chinese security site

The Web site of one of China's Internet security organizations has been laced with malicious code.

Article | 4/10/2007 E-mail security, compliance upgraded in Google Apps

Google's acquisition of e-mail security vendor Postini is paying off for Google Apps enterprise users, who are gaining access to extra security and co...

Article | 4/10/2007 Broadband Guarantee broadens

The Federal Government yesterday announced a further seven broadband providers have been approved under the $163 million Australian Broadband Guarante...

Article | 3/10/2007 Adobe eyes real-time collaboration with new services

Adobe Systems is preparing two hosted services that will allow developers to add real-time collaboration capabilities, including voice over IP, to RIA...

Article | 3/10/2007 New fiber puts light on straight and narrow

Corning Cabling Systems in New York is claiming to have cured one of the biggest problems with fiber optic cabling, namely the loss of signal when the...

Article | 3/10/2007 Oracle highlights Enterprise 2.0 efforts

Oracle staff have cited collaborative potential for Enterprise 2.0 and cast the company's WebCenter platform as its product offering in this space.