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Article | 26/09/2007 WabiSabi Labi aims to be more than an eBay for zero-days

WabiSabi Labi, a Swiss start-up that caused a stir with the creation of an eBay-like marketplace for software vulnerabilities, plans to offer an intru...

Article | 26/09/2007 Critical vulnerability found in Ask.com toolbar

A vulnerability in Ask.com's toolbar for Internet Explorer could allow an attacker to take control of a person's computer, according to security advis...

Article | 26/09/2007 Researchers say AIM vulnerable to worm attack

A critical flaw in the way that the AOL's instant messaging client displays Web-based graphics could be exploited by criminals to create a self-copyin...

Article | 26/09/2007 iPhone hacks void warranty, Apple says

Less than a week after CEO Steve Jobs said that Apple would fight hacks that unlocked the iPhone, the company said any modification, unlocks included,...

Article | 26/09/2007 Single-chip 802.11n promises cheap fast Wi-Fi

Broadcom has put 802.11n wireless networking fast Wi-Fi on a single chip, which could make fast Wi-Fi cheaper in the New Year.

Article | 26/09/2007 Motorola to demo small office WiMax gear

Motorola said it will demonstrate a desktop WiMax device focused on consumers and small office users at WiMax World in Chicago this week . The device ...

Article | 26/09/2007 Motorola WiMax chip aims at new device market

The groundwork is being laid for a risky experiment in consumer electronics as manufacturers prepare for US carriers Sprint Nextel and Clearwire's Xoh...

Article | 26/09/2007 AOL co-founder launches online credit card company

AOL co-founder Steve Case and other financial and technology industry leaders have launched a new online credit card company they say will transform t...

Article | 26/09/2007 Laszlo Webtop links Web 2.0 and VOIP

Laszlo Systems this week unveiled an enhanced version of Laszlo Webtop, which the company refers to as "The Web 2.0 Desktop." The company also is part...

Article | 26/09/2007 Pirate Bay hopes for action by Swedish police

Swedish police are expected to decide later this week whether a criminal case is warranted against 10 major music and movie companies over their alleg...

Article | 26/09/2007 IBM upgrades kiosk technology for both consumers and IT

An interactive kiosk with arms and legs would be a robot by another name, and that may be the long-term direction the technology takes as market leade...

Article | 26/09/2007 Amazon launches music download store

Amazon.com has launched a public beta of Amazon MP3, a digital music store that offers digital rights management-free music downloads, allowing users ...

Article | 26/09/2007 'Fraudster' posts confidential eBay member data on forum

Someone used an eBay discussion forum on Tuesday to post confidential information about eBay users along with what may be their credit card numbers.

Article | 25/09/2007 Vodafone marks GPS launch with free mapping and navigation

Vodafone has launched its own GPS service - Vodafone Compass - and marked it by offering 12 months free GPS mapping for customers who sign up before D...

Article | 25/09/2007 Check Point touts Skype blocking technology

Check Point Software has beefed up its enterprise security gateways, in an effort to protect corporate networks against the risks associated with IM a...

Article | 25/09/2007 Telstra, NAB and Visa team up to turn phones into piggy banks

Soon you may be able to pay for your shopping with your mobile phone, thanks to some new technology being trialed in a joint venture from Telstra, NAB...

Article | 25/09/2007 New activist tool: Cyber sit-ins

Dan Lohrmann, Michigan's chief information security officer, found out about the cyber sit-in from a reporter. It was Tuesday, May 15, 2007, and a gro...

Article | 25/09/2007 Symantec issues bogus warning of Internet meltdown

Symantec's early-warning system gave its enterprise customers a brief scare late Friday when it erroneously sent an alert that said an Internet-crippl...

Article | 25/09/2007 China jails Panda worm writer for four years

The 25-year-old programmer who unleashed the Panda worm almost a year ago in China was sentenced Monday to four years in prison, a news service report...

Article | 25/09/2007 NY blasts Facebook over sexual predators, subpoenas docs

Facebook's safety controls and procedures are deficient and fail to properly protect minors from adult sexual predators in the company's social-networ...