Windows 2000 bug starts virus war, BBC News, August 18, 2005

“A war has broken out between hackers behind viruses that exploit a recently discovered loophole in Windows 2000. The viruses written by the competing hacker groups are fighting it out for supremacy on infected machines.”

Full story at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4162124.stm


Survey: Microsoft bears some blame for worms, CNET News, August 18, 2005

“One-third of business users blame Microsoft for the recent worm outbreak, despite the company’s security efforts, according to a poll.”

Full story at: http://news.com.com/Survey+Microsoft+bears+some+blame+for+worms/2100-7349_3-5838512.html?part=rss&tag=5838512&subj=news


Microsoft Releases Zotob Cleaning Tool, Messaging Pipeline, August 18, 2005

“Microsoft rushed out a new version of its Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool as one response to a bot worm attack that began earlier this week.”

Full story at: http://www.messagingpipeline.com/news/169400477;jsessionid=W2UVGQ1EF5EYKQSNDBCCKHSCJUMEKJVN


Ex-AOL man jailed for email scam, BBC News, August 18, 2005

“A former AOL employee has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for selling members’ details to spammers. American Jason Smather, 25, said he turned into a ‘cyberspace outlaw’ after selling the database of 92 million screen names and email addresses.”

Full story at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4162320.stm


Yahoo Shoots Down VoIP Speculation, InternetNews, August 17, 2005

“Officials at Internet portal giant Yahoo are denying a report that it will launch a VoIP service in the next two weeks. In a search report issued this week, Safa Rashtchy, an analyst with Piper Jaffray, said the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company was likely to launch a service similar to the popular Skype application.”

Full story at: http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3528066


Google plans to sell $4B of stock, eWeek, August 18, 2005

“Internet search company Google Inc. on Thursday filed with regulators to sell up to 14.16 million shares of class A common stock, which would be worth $4.04 billion based on last night's closing prices.”

Full story at: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1849655,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594


Slice of Pi: New Google Mystery Centers on $4 Billion Share Sale, AsiaWallStreetJournal, August 19, 2005

“Google yesterday said it plans to sell 14.2 million shares of stock, an offering valued at more than $4 billion, in a surprise move that immediately touched off widespread speculation about the Web-search giant’s strategy.”

Full story at: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB112436235632816530,00.html?mod=technology_main_whats_news
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Google Releases Blogger for Microsoft Word, Microsoft Watch, August 18, 2005

“Users of the free web log service, Blogger, now can publish directly from inside Microsoft Word. Google announced earlier this week the release of Blogger for Word, a free add-in, dowloadable from the Web, that allows users of the Web log service Blogger to post directly to their sites from Microsoft Word.”

Full story at: http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1849747,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535


Onetel looks to the future with Openwave IP voicemail, OpenWave Press Release, August 16, 2005

“Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the leading provider of open software products and services for the communications industry, today announced that Onetel, one of the UK's leading communications companies, has selected Openwave's voice messaging solution as its new IP-based next generation voicemail system.”

Full story at: http://www.openwave.com/us/news_room/press_releases/2005/20050816_opwv_onetel_0816.htm