Kasperksy Admits Antivirus Flaw

1. Kasperksy Admits Antivirus Flaw

Following several weeks of speculation over a potentially serious flaw in its antivirus software, Kaspersky Labs has acknowledged the problem and said it plans to release a patch today.

For more on Kasperksy:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Oct 5 2005


2. £27m carrot dangling for Scots broadband

Broadband providers are being invited to tender for a £27m contract to provide high speed net access to the south of Scotland.

The public sector-funded project - with a majority of the cash coming from the Scottish Executive - is looking to wire-up schools, libraries and council offices with broadband services of at least 8 meg.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Oct 5 2005


3. FaceTime Debuts Next Generation IM Security System

FaceTime Communications, the Foster City, Calif. IM management vendor, has unveiled its Day Zero Defense System for preventing worms and spyware downloads over enterprise and public instant messaging networks.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Oct 5 2005


4. Zantaz Unveils Next Version Of Its Discovery System

Information retention and discovery management vendor ZANTAZ, Inc., Pleasanton, CA, has released version 4.2 of its Enterprise Archive Solution (EAS).

For more on Zantaz:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Oct 5 2005


5. Network feud leads to Net blackout

Two major Internet backbone companies are feuding, potentially cutting off significant swaths of the Internet for some of each other's customers.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET news.com, Oct 5 2005


6. AOL boosts anti-phishing protection

America Online, the online division of Time Warner Inc., on Wednesday said it plans to step up protections against the illegal gathering of subscribers' sensitive data through fraudulent Web sites.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 5 2005


7. Government Cracks Down on Spyware Operation

Government regulators are trying to shut down a company they say secretly downloaded spyware onto the computers of unwitting Internet users, rendering them helpless to a flood of pop-up ads, computer crashes and other annoyances.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 5 2005


8. Internet Carried On Power Lines

The Washington area is a major hub for technology that transmits high-speed Internet connections over power lines, and yesterday the city of Manassas celebrated becoming one of the first communities in which the service is commercially available.

For more on this:
- read full story from washingtonpost.com, Oct 5 2005


9. TI shows VoCable gateway platform

Texas Instruments is showing a Voice over Cable (VoCable) gateway platform which combines voice, data, and WiFi in a single design. The TNETC731's reference design supports all the PacketCable 1.5 requirements, including primary line VoIP. The design is based on TI's Puma-3 DOCSIS chip, and it integrates a 460x cable modem SoC, voice DSP with the 1350A 802.11b/g silicon, and AP driver.

For more on the TNETC371:
- see TI's reference design (pdf)