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Tuesday, June 21, 2005

China's Tom Online Signs Distribution Deal, Yahoo.com, 20 June 2005

“Tom Online Inc. will be the sole wireless distributor for Warner Brothers in China — offering the U.S. movie studio's games and animation to Chinese cell-phone users. Tom Online's Web portal will now include an official Warner Brothers Studios site, and the two companies will work together to create and distribute Warner products in advanced wireless formats.”

Full Story at http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050620/ap_on_hi_te/china_tom_online



Tom Online Reaches China Deal With Warner Bros., WSJ.com, 21 June 2005

“Chinese wireless-Internet company Tom Online Inc., seeking to diversify its revenue stream and beef up its content offerings, said it signed an exclusive deal with the online arm of Warner Bros. to distribute the Hollywood movie studio's Web content to China's vast base of mobile-phone users. Financial terms weren't disclosed. Through the deal, Tom Online, based in Beijing, hopes to give its 60 million wireless users access to services such as ring tones, animation and online games involving Warner Bros. movies and cartoon characters”

Full Story at
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111927024799164041,00.html?mod=technology_main_whats_news




CA Aims to Help SMBs Protect, Secure and Migrate, internetnews.com, 20 June 2005

“The products incorporate several of the company's well-regarded software programs. eTrust Antivirus is designed to help you eliminate virus infections, facilitate administration and automate virus signature updates. BrightStor
ARCserve handles the backup and data restore functions, while eTrust PestPatrol
Anti-Spyware is on board to find and remove spyware, adware and other forms of malware.”

Full Story at http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3513846




CA Introduces Attractively Priced Protection Suites for Small and Medium Business, CA.com, 20 June 2005

“Computer Associates International, Inc. introduced five attractively priced Protection Suites that meet security, storage and data migration needs of small and medium businesses (SMBs) and provide simplified technology acquisition, deployment and ownership. Offered in 17 languages, CA's Protection Suites incorporate award-winning antivirus and anti-spyware technology, state-of-the-art automated data backup and restore functions, and advanced system migration technology that reduces the total cost of ownership of PCs.”

Full Story at http://www3.ca.com/press/PressRelease.aspx?CID=70535



Hackers score big by thinking small, experts say, Reuters, 20 June 2005

“MessageLabs has seen a 150 percent increase in attacks that only target one or two companies. There are a number of reasons behind the shift. Playful hackers looking for kicks could write viruses that plagued companies and computers around the world but brought them no financial return. They have been elbowed aside by organized criminals, often based in Eastern Europe, who are motivated by profit and willing to launch a sustained, sophisticated assault. Targeted attacks have another key advantage: they are usually small enough to stay off the radar of Internet security firms that are looking for broader attacks. That gives the high-tech criminals the time to research a company thoroughly before trying to penetrate it.”

Full Story at http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=8843109&src=rss/technologyNews



Hackers score big by thinking small, experts say, eWeek.com, 20 June 2005

““MessageLabs has seen a 150 percent increase in attacks that only target one or two companies. There are a number of reasons behind the shift. Playful hackers looking for kicks could write viruses that plagued companies and computers around the world but brought them no financial return. They have been elbowed aside by organized criminals, often based in Eastern Europe, who are motivated by profit and willing to launch a sustained, sophisticated assault. Targeted attacks have another key advantage: they are usually small enough to stay off the radar of Internet security firms that are looking for broader attacks. That gives the high-tech criminals the time to research a company thoroughly before trying to penetrate it.”

Full story at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1829860,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594



MasterCard: 40M Credit Card Accounts Exposed, internetnews.com, 20 Jun. 05

“Exposed data included holder names, banks and account numbers. No Social Security numbers, birth dates or other personal information were stored on the accounts. Mastercard spokesperson Jessica Antle said 68,000 Mastercard account numbers were especially at risk because they were in a file found to have been exported from CardSystems' database.”

Full Story at http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3513866

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