eBay fraudsters sentenced to jail

1. eBay fraudsters sentenced to jail

Three Romanians who conned eBay customers out of thousands of pounds have been sentenced to a total of eight years' imprisonment.

For more on this:
- read full story from BBC News, Oct 28 2005


2. Cingular Accelerates Its Pace To Improve Data Network Quality

Cingular's moving into high gear in its drive to catch up with rivals in wireless data speed, revenue and coverage. Boosting data speeds has been one of the carrier's big challenges since buying AT&T Wireless a year ago.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 28 2005


3. Sprint Nextel to Launch High-Speed Network

Sprint Nextel Corp. is poised for a full-scale launch of its high-speed wireless network, a service that will include the first over-the-air music download store in the United States. The newly merged cell phone company was planning a series of major announcements for Monday morning.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 28 2005


4. Qualcomm says allegations "meritless"

Wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc said on Friday that reported complaints that six technology firms made against it to the European Communications are "meritless."

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 28 2005


5. Rootkit-Wom Hitting AOL's IM Network

FaceTime Security Labs today identified a new threat circulating through AOL's (Quote, Chart) Instant Messenger (AIM) network: a worm that leaves behind a nasty surprise for unsuspecting chatters.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Oct 28 2005


6. Anti-Spyware definitions finalised

The Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC), an alliance of software companies, security firms and consumer groups, finalised its definitions of spyware on Thursday.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Oct 28 2005


7. Microsoft threatens to withdraw Windows in S.Korea

Microsoft Corp. has threatened to withdraw its Windows software from South Korea if the country's antitrust agency orders it to unbundle its Instant Messenger and Media Player from the operating system

For more on this:
- read full story from reuters.com, Oct 28 2005


8. IBM signs up Neterion for server networking

IBM plans to begin selling Ethernet adapters from Neterion on Monday, the most significant partner thus far for a start-up whose products transfer data at 10 gigabits per second.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET news.com, Oct 30 2005


9. Yahoo Cozies Up to Bloggers

Yahoo announced a new feature for its My Web 2.0 "social search engine" on Friday that's meant to appeal to bloggers and Web site publishers.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Oct 28 2005