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Firefox use in Europe nears 25 percent

Firefox use in Europe nears 25 percent

Market share nearly double that in some countries.
Iain Thomson Apr 18 2007 2:59PM Software
Microsoft and Adobe square off in Web 2.0 battle

Microsoft and Adobe square off in Web 2.0 battle

Competing players and rich internet apps.
Shaun Nichols Apr 18 2007 2:52PM Software
Surge in severe child abuse images online

Surge in severe child abuse images online

The number of images depicting extreme child abuse has quadrupled over the past three years, according to the latest figures from the UK's internet watchdog.
Fiona Raisbeck Apr 18 2007 9:59AM Security
Major flaw found in Wi-Fi Linux

Major flaw found in Wi-Fi Linux

Researcher held back news until patch was released.
Iain Thomson Apr 17 2007 2:46PM Security
Former CA CEO to pay US$800mn in fraud restitution to investors

Former CA CEO to pay US$800mn in fraud restitution to investors

Embattled former CA CEO Sanjay Kumar, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison after bogusly inflating the company's stock price to meet Wall Street's expectations, has agreed to pay about US$800 million to victims he helped defraud.
Dan Kaplan Apr 17 2007 6:51AM Security
US military puts router in space

US military puts router in space

The US military is to trial putting internet routers into orbit in an experiment that could have important implications for civilian applications.
Iain Thomson Apr 16 2007 2:51PM Oddware
EU domain in top 10 after one year

EU domain in top 10 after one year

The number of websites using a .eu domain name has pushed the web suffix into the top 10 after just one year of availability.
Matt Chapman Apr 16 2007 1:28PM Software
Microsoft closes in on Vista BIOS crack

Microsoft closes in on Vista BIOS crack

Emulating a special OEM BIOS marker offers way to bypass Vista's anti-piracy.
Tom Sanders Apr 13 2007 1:37PM Security
Flaw in Windows can be exploited with malicious HLP files

Flaw in Windows can be exploited with malicious HLP files

Researchers have reported a new Microsoft vulnerability in Windows Help (HLP) files, coinciding with this week's Patch Tuesday release.
Frank Washkuch Apr 13 2007 9:42AM Security
Encryption is the last defense for data in a digital world

Encryption is the last defense for data in a digital world

We used to live in an analog world. We played records, radio stations had static interference, we flattened out dollar bills to work in vending machines and we anguished over hanging chads. Sure, everything was converted into bits and bytes in the end, but the world we interacted with was a physical one.
Richard Moulds, Apr 12 2007 4:12PM Security
Microsoft closes in on Vista BIOS crack

Microsoft closes in on Vista BIOS crack

Emulating a special OEM BIOS marker offers way to bypass Vista's anti-piracy.
Tom Sanders Apr 12 2007 3:27PM Security
Reprieve for Hynix in chip price case

Reprieve for Hynix in chip price case

Sun and Unisys must provide more evidence.
Simon Burns Apr 11 2007 12:35PM Hardware
Lost: Disk with personal information of 2.9 million US residents

Lost: Disk with personal information of 2.9 million US residents

Georgia health officials reported today that a vendor working with the Georgia Department of Community Health is missing a disk containing the names, birth dates and Social Security numbers of 2.9 million Georgia health services recipients.
Ericka Chickowski Apr 11 2007 10:03AM Security
Experts: Microsoft should consider change in patching process

Experts: Microsoft should consider change in patching process

Several security experts criticised Microsoft this week for not releasing a fix earlier for the Windows ANI flaw, calling for the company to reassess the way it handles critical patches.
Ericka Chickowski Apr 10 2007 10:29AM Security
Unknown number of victims in Hortica Insurance backup tape loss

Unknown number of victims in Hortica Insurance backup tape loss

An unknown number of clients of the Florists' Mutual Insurance Company had their personal information lost when a locked shipping case containing magnetic backup tapes was misplaced in transit.
Frank Washkuch Apr 10 2007 9:54AM Security
Xbox 360 ad banned in the UK

Xbox 360 ad banned in the UK

Microsoft advert slapped for 'glamorising street racing'.
Staff Writers Apr 5 2007 2:46PM Hardware
Microsoft notches up map technology to compete with Google

Microsoft notches up map technology to compete with Google

Update delivers Firefox support for 3D building images.
Tom Sanders Apr 4 2007 12:21PM Software
Pentagon hacker could face 60 years in prison after extradition to US

Pentagon hacker could face 60 years in prison after extradition to US

Gary McKinnon, accused of hacking into Pentagon and NASA networks, has lost his fight against extradition to the United States in front of the British High Court.
Fiona Raisbeck Apr 4 2007 10:29AM Security
Microsoft releases early .ANI fix

Microsoft releases early .ANI fix

Microsoft has released an out-of-cycle fix - one week before its scheduled Patch Tuesday release - for numerous vulnerabilities in Graphics Device Interface (GDI) that could allow remote code execution.
Frank Washkuch Apr 4 2007 9:48AM Security
Exploit code released for vulnerability in CA software

Exploit code released for vulnerability in CA software

Hackers have released exploit code for a vulnerability in CA storage software, the US Computer Emergency Response Team (US-Cert) has warned.
Fiona Raisbeck Apr 3 2007 10:09AM Security

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