ACA assesses phone bill issues
The Australian Communications Authority is proposing new telco industry practices, designed to help people receiving unexpectedly high phone bills. More...

Microsoft fesses up to 19 vulnerabilities
Microsoft this week released its largest group of security patches in nearly a year as it posted 12 security bulletins encompassing 19 vulnerabilities, 14 of which it marked "Critical," its highest warning. More...

Insiders, not hackers, main cause of data breaches: survey
Most network security breaches are caused by insiders, rather than by hackers, viruses, or worms, according to a new study released by the think tank Ponemon Institute. More...

PalmSource, TI launch 'Cobalt' smartphone designs
PalmSource and Texas Instruments said this week that they have developed two smartphone reference designs based on the advanced Cobalt version of the Palm OS. More...

MIMO squabble heats up
The squabble among Wi-Fi vendors about the true meaning of Multiple Input/Multiple Output technology heated up this week with a claim by Datacomm Research that some vendors are misusing the term. More...

Sales, profits surge at Business Objects
Business Objects became the latest business intelligence software maker to post financial results that outstripped street expectations, swinging into the black with its fourth-quarter results. More...