AOL Pushes Its AIM

1. AOL Pushes Its AIM

AOL wants more presence and presence partners
The instant messaging pioneer America Online hopes to get bloggers, pod casters, and small businesses to embed its presence into their offerings.

For more on AOL:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Oct 6 2005


2. New Sober Slams Users, Quickly Slumps

A new version of the two-year-old Sober worm stormed the Internet late Wednesday and early Thursday, causing anti-virus vendors to issue the loudest alerts since the August appearance of Zobot.

For more on this worm:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Oct 6 2005


3. Microsoft, Time Warner resume AOL-MSN talks-WSJ

Time Warner Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have restarted discussions about forming an alliance of their Internet units, America Online and MSN, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the situation.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 7 2005


4. Blackout shows Net's fragility

Since early Wednesday, Phil Bradham, the network engineer at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, has been cut off from the parts of the Internet he needs the most.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET news.com, Oct 6 2005


5. AOL confirms Weblogs buyout

AOL has confirmed it is to acquire blog network outfit Weblogs, Inc as part of a plan to keep subscribers and advertisers locked into its content.
Financial details were not disclosed although earlier reports claim the US internet giant was prepared to shell out $25m for the company.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Oct 6 2005

6. US ISP sues for defamation

US-based Eagle Broadband Inc has filed a defamation lawsuit against 25 unnamed net users for allegedly posting misleading information about the company.

For more on this law sue:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Oct 6 2005


7. A Real Remedy for Phishers

Last week California became the first state to enact a law specifically addressing phishing. Phishing, for those of you who have been away from the internet for the past few years, is when an attacker sends you an e-mail falsely claiming to be a legitimate business in order to trick you into giving away your account info -- passwords, mostly. When this is done by hacking DNS, it's called pharming.

For more on this:
- read full story from wired news, Oct 6 2005


8. Spyware Purveyor in Cross Hairs

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 wired news, Oct 5 2005

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)

UK online ads 'set to top £1bn'

1. UK online ads 'set to top £1bn'

The value of online advertising in the UK could top £1bn this year for the first time, an industry study has said.
Revenues from online adverts rose 62%, on a like-for-like basis, to £490m in the first half of 2005, outstripping growth in overall advertising of 3%.

For more on UK online ads:
- read full story from BBC News, Oct 4 2005


2. Solving VoIP's Outstanding Issues

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is an outstanding technology when it works. But whenever the power goes off or the broadband connection runs out of steam, an enterprise's voice links can come to a crashing halt. Moreover, placing emergency 911 calls using VoIP continues to be a nagging concern. What can I.T. managers do to overcome VoIP's outstanding issues?

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 4 2005


3. NewsGator acquires NetNewsWire

RSS platform company NewsGator Technologies on Tuesday announced the acquisition of popular Macintosh RSS reader NetNewsWire. Brent Simmons, the developer behind NetNewsWire, has also accepted a position at NewsGator.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 4 2005


4. Gordano Upgrades Security Features In Messaging Suite

Gordano Ltd., a U.K. developer of Web-based enterprise messaging products today brought out a new version of its Gordano Messaging Suite with new security features said to protect all points of access to the messaging server.

For more on Gordano:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Oct 4 2005


5. Yahoo Inc. Acquires Upcoming.org

Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) has acquired Upcoming.org, an online event planning site that's expected to infuse the Internet powerhouse with more content about local communities.

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


6. eBay fraudster to repay £70k

A convicted eBay fraudster has been ordered to cough up £70,000 or face an extra two years behinds bars. Surrey-based key cutter and engraver Simon Hurley flogged counterfeit merchandise via the popular auction website. Investigators reckon that between March and December 2003 he flogged some 6,000 items pocketting almost £105,000.
For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.com, Oct 4 2005


7. Sun, Google to Push Java, Toolbar

Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy has pushed his company's vision of the network as the computer for many years. Now Google is onboard.

For more on this:
- read full story from theinternetnews.com, Oct 4 2005


8. NTL seals $6bn Telewest takeover

Britain's biggest cable company NTL is to take over rival operator Telewest for about $6bn (£3.4bn). The deal will create the UK's dominant cable TV company, enabling it to compete more effectively with market leading pay-TV broadcaster BSkyB.

For more on NTL:
- read full story from BBC News, Oct 3 2005

Zimbra Breaks Out Collaboration Suite

1. Zimbra Breaks Out Collaboration Suite

Zimbra is betting that the world is ready for a feature-rich e-mail that costs less than Microsoft Exchange Server or Lotus Domino.

The Network Edition of Zimbra Collaboration Suite offers robust multi-tenancy capabilities so that resellers and ISPs can host multiple clients on pooled server or servers safely and securely, said Scott Dietzen , president and CTO of the San Mateo, Calif. company.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Oct 3 2005


2. ILumin Extends ILM Beyond E-Mail and IM

iLumin Software Services, Inc., Reston, VA, today brought out a new File System Manager module for its Assentor suite of information lifecycle management utilities for e-mail and instant messaging.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Oct 3 2005


3. Mirapoint Adds Enterprise Web Client To Message Server Appliance

Mirapoint, Sunnyvale, Calif., today unveiled a Corporate Edition web client available with its Message Server appliance, providing collaboration and secure communications from desktop or mobile users.

For more on Mirapoint:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Oct 3 2005


4. Yahoo backs digital library plan

Yahoo is taking on Google with its own digital archive of books, audio and video.
As part of the Open Content Alliance, Yahoo will help digitise 18,000 works of American literature plus material from national and European archives.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 3 2005


5. China shuts three Internet websites in new crackdown

China has shut down three popular Internet websites as part of a new drive to keep out content seen as anti-government and potentially inciting unrest, human rights groups said.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 4 2005


6. Google to make San Francisco wireless hub

US search behemoth Google said it had offered to blanket the city of San Francisco with a wireless network that would allow residents to log on to the Internet free of charge.

The revolutionary bid to turn the West Coast city into a high-tech wireless hub would mark a major departure from its core business as an Internet search engine and shake up the world of Internet providers.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 3 2005


7. Lycos, Yahoo Pushing to Put Media Online

Major Internet sites are vying to become more like traditional media companies, setting up online clearinghouses for books, television, music and more in a bid to lure viewers.

For more on this:
- read full story from Washington Post Online, Oct 4 2005


8. Skype Sticks With GIPS

Voice over IP (define) heavy-hitter Skype has signed a four-year contract extension with voice-processing specialist Global IP Sound (GIPS).

GIPS has provided support for Skype on the desktop since 2003 and will continue to do so. In addition, the San Francisco-based company will help bring a pre-installed version of Skype to manufacturers of Wi-Fi-enabled (define) handsets.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Oct 3 2005

Google's free NYC WiFi hotspot

1. Google's free NYC WiFi hotspot

According to rumors circulating the Internet, Google has at least one free WiFi hotspot in New York City. The reports claim that Google sponsors a WiFi hotspot in Bryant Park.

For more on Google's unconfirmed WiFi plans:
- take a look at this blog entry from CNET


2. Legal action for 757 file sharers

Legal action has been taken against 757 people in the US accused of using file-sharing networks to illegally share music online. It brings the total number of online copyright infringement cases brought by the US music industry to 14,800.

For more on this legal action:
- read full story from BBC News, Sept 30 2005


3. US rejects changes to net control

The US has rejected calls by European Union (EU) officials to give control of the net over to a more representative United Nations (UN) body.
Wrangling over who should essentially be the net police, managing domain names and net traffic routing fairly, has been going on for some time.

For more on this:
- read full story from BBC News, Sept 30 2005


4. New worm spoofs Google, Yahoo and MSN sites

Security experts have discovered a malicious program aimed at tricking users into clicking on phony search results on fake Google, Yahoo and MSN sites.

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


5. Baidu Facing the Music Over MP3 Function

Like thousands of tech-savvy young Chinese, Samuel Ying regularly checks in at Baidu.com to top-up his music collection from its links to more than 4 million MP3 files.

For more on Baidu:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 2 2005


6. NetSky-P tops moribund malware chart

September marked a quiet month on the malware front with virus levels at a yearly low and the long-running NetSky-P worm stuck at the top of virus nuisance charts.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Sept 30 2005


7. Skype's Next Phase

Skype's Lenn Pryor sits down with ExtremeVOIP to discuss the company's integration plans, Skype as a development platform, and how Skype will migrate from the PC and to the mobile phone.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Sept 30 2005


8. Phishers Use Photos for Catch

A phishing scam is hooking Yahoo (Quote, Chart) users by stealing their user names and passwords when they log into what looks like an area of the Yahoo site, according to a security firm.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Sept 30 2005