New IM Phishing Attack Unleashed On Yahoo

1. New IM Phishing Attack Unleashed On Yahoo

Users of Yahoo's instant messaging service are being warned of a new phishing attack which sends IM users a message telling them their account will be blocked unless they respond to a terms of service violation.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Nov 10 2005


2. Phishers Tempt Users With Bogus Google Prize

Scammers baiting their fraud hook with the promise of a $400 windfall from Google are actually only after credit card accounts, a security company has warned.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Nov 9 2005


3. New Windows Trojan causes confusion

Trend Micro on Wednesday reported the discovery of a Trojan horse that it said attacked Windows users through an image rendering flaw in Windows, a day after Microsoft provided a fix for the bug. But it isn't so sure anymore.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET News.com, Nov 10 2005


4. Yahoo Pulls Out of America Online Talks

Yahoo Inc. has pulled out of discussions over buying a stake in America Online Inc., leaving Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. as the leading potential suitors.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Nov 10 2005


5. Microsoft settles anti-trust suit for 30 million dollars

US software giant Microsoft has sealed a 30 million dollar deal with South Korean Internet portal Daum Communications to settle an anti-trust suit and put the two firms in a new partnership.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Nov 10 2005


6. Researchers: Skype, VoIP Are Hot And Risky

Research from VeriSign (Quote, Chart) and Info-Tech Research Group said security risks surrounding increasingly-popular Internet phone software could put networks at risk and should be addressed.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Nov 10 2005


7. Google Personalization Out of The Gate

Google flipped the switch on Google Personalized Search on Thursday, turning it on for all users when they create a new Google account. Personalized Search learns from a searcher's previous queries and clicks, attempting to improve results by guessing at ambiguities.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Nov 10 2005


8. Is E-Mail Becoming the New Snail Mail?

The instant message appears to be catching up to e-mail as the favored way to communicate using the Internet, suggests a new survey conducted by America Online.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Nov 10 2005


9. Microsoft Will Apply ICE to VOIP

Microsoft Corp. is embracing the latest supposed elixir for a problem holding back Internet telephony. The software giant, with the help of networking hardware kingpin Cisco Systems Inc., intends to add ICE (Interactive Connectivity Establishment) programming to many Microsoft software releases starting in 2006, said Russell Bennett, a Microsoft program manager.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Nov 10 2005

1. Titus Labs Debuts E-mail Policy Management Suite

Policy management software developer Titus Labs Inc. today unveiled a suite of tools for policy, compliance and messaging security management in large enterprises.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Nov 9 2005


2. IBM Unveils Single-Point Tool For Creating Blogs, Wikis

IBM has demonstrated a group of software products and services called the Public Image Monitoring Solution (PIMS) cobbled together to corral the explosion of Web data generated by e-mails, blogs, wikis, jams, news feeds, consumer review sites and articles published daily. PIMS was designed with Nstein Technologies and Factiva.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Nov 8 2005


3. Phishing Scam Lured Users with Bogus Google Site

An online scam offering the lure of free money through a bogus Google Web site has been uncovered by security company Websense, which reported that the site was shut down about 30 hours after it was first discovered on Monday.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Nov 9 2005


4. VOIP No Longer for the Underdog

Internet telephony was once for underdog firms able to muster up a few hundred thousand dollars in investments. But that's not the case anymore, and perhaps federal regulations have played a large role.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Nov 9 2005


5. Alibaba.com re-launches Yahoo China

Alibaba.com, which acquired the China business of Yahoo in October, re-launched Yahoo China with a new home page and business model focused on search on Wednesday.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET News.com, Nov 9 2005


6. AOL, MSN Cut Deals With News Providers

America Online Inc. and Microsoft Corp. yesterday announced separate deals with news organizations to add new video features to their Web services, developments that underscore how more mainstream media channels are going online.

For more on this:
- read full story from washingtonposts.com, Nov 10 2005


7. SBC To Yahoo!: Phone Home

It's a standard path in Web-to-wireless convergence: Media portal approaches wireless carrier, media portal leases wireless capacity from carrier, media portal becomes its own wireless company.

For more on this:
- read full story from forbes.com, Nov 9 2005


8. Google Puts Search On Sale

The search giant is trying to drum up business for its corporate search products by offering a $3,000 search appliance, known as a Google Mini, free to companies that switch to Google's search network.

For more on this:
- read full story from forbes.com, Nov 9 2005


9. IP phones help 'Top Gun' mogul get to 'Action!'

Not to burst your bubble, but according to Jerry Bruckheimer, it's not likely, at least at his company. The producer, whose name has led the credits on a string of blockbusters from "Top Gun" to "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl," says the new Cisco Systems (Profile, Products, Articles) Inc. IP (Internet Protocol) communications system at his company works just fine, thank you.

For more on this:
- read full story from infoWorld, Nov 7 2005

Outblaze Launches New Anti-Spam Email Service

1. Outblaze Launches New Anti-Spam Email Service
Hong Kong's Outblaze has launched "Sentry Perimeter," an advanced anti-spam and virus service to a wider consumer market.
Previously, it was only available as a stand-alone offering for ISPs and enterprises.

For more on this:
- read full story from chinatechnews.com, Nov 8 2005


2. Vietnam opens satellite broadband gateway
Vietnam opened its first satellite-linked ground station on Wednesday to help bring telephone and Internet services to each village by the end of this year, officials said.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Nov 9 2005


3. GroupWise Gets Push E-Mail
Novell's GroupWise enterprise messaging system is getting push e-mail service, the company announced Tuesday.
Novell said it will use technology from Intellisync to deliver GroupWise e-mail and personal information to mobile devices.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline, Nov 8 2005


4. Fortiva Enhances E-mail Archiving Suite
Managed e-mail archiving services provider Fortiva Inc., San Diego, today released several enhancements to its Fortiva Suite, including improved integration with Microsoft's Active Directory and Outlook, the ability to import PST files and establish internal controls for e-mail.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline, Nov 7 2005


5. US company hopes to block Skype in China
Verso Technologies Inc., of Atlanta, Georgia, hopes to soon win a contract to block Chinese Internet users from using eBay Inc.'s Skype VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) software, the company said Monday.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Nov 8 2005


6. Google phishing scam promises a $400 windfall
Fraudsters are using a promise of a $400 prize from Google as bait in a new phishing scam aimed at stealing credit card data, a security experts has warned.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET News.com, Nov 8 2005


7. In case of emergency, VoIP users can send smoke signals
Voice over IP, or VoIP, promises to bring cheap phone calls to the digitally connected - but it's also opening up a new and unexpected fissure in the digital divide.

For more on this:
- read full story from channelregister.co.uk, Nov 8 2005


8. E-Mail Security Vendors Riding High
Ferris Research last month painted an attractive picture of the e-mail security sector. The San Francisco-based research house, which focuses on messaging and collaboration, said in a report that the market for e-mail security products and services will grow from $3.7 billion this year to $5.5 billion by 2010.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Nov 7 2005


9. MessageLabs Sets Sights on IM
Managed e-mail security services provider MessageLabs Ltd. is acquiring enterprise instant messaging vendor Omnipod Inc. to expand its security services beyond e-mail and Web filtering.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Nov 7 2005


10. Easynet ISP cranks broadband to 22 meg
UK Online - the broadband ISP owned by LLU operator Easynet - has cranked up the speed of its broadband service to 22 meg. From today, punters living in urban areas and connected to a BT exchange unbundled by Easynet can now tap into the ISP's ADSL2+ network.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Nov 9 2005

In Depth: Wireless Voice-Over-IP

1. In Depth: Wireless Voice-Over-IP

Sales of VoWLAN phones averaged about 100,000 to 150,000 units in 2004, according to research organizations Infonetics and Synergy Research Group, and far fewer dual-mode phones were sold. Unit sales projections for 2009 come in at around 17 million for pure VoWLAN phones, with predictions for dual-mode handset sales ranging from 30 million to 100 million.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Nov 4 2005


2. Spyware, IM Security Targeted

CheckPoint Software Technologies Ltd. is adding integrated anti-spyware and Instant Message security functions to Release 6.5 of its Integrity end point security suite. Integrity is used with the client platforms based on ZoneAlarm software. The initial Windows platform will be followed by Novell Linux desktop versions.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Nov 7 2005


3. Report: 'Yahoo Phone' On The Way

Both Google and Yahoo are working overtime to extend their services to mobile devices and Yahoo is preparing to release a special cell phone to access those services, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Nov 7 2005


4. Anti-Spyware Becomes Windows Defender

Microsoft's anti-spyware application is getting a new name and a new delivery channel. Windows AntiSpyware, which has been in beta since January, is now called Windows Defender. The application will also be part of the upcoming Windows Vista OS.

For more on this:
- read full story from theinternetnews.com, Nov 7 2005


5. AOL preps LLU broadband launch

AOL could be about to unveil its own broadband service in the UK by investing in local loop unbundling (LLU), The Register has learned. The ISP - which has more than a million broadband users - has just kicked off a small trial in London to test its broadband service. It's also just placed its first orders with BT to unbundle exchanges.

For more on this:
- read full story on theregister.co.uk, Nov 8 2005


6. Skype explains why security evaluation omitted bug reports

The recent emergence of two sets of serious security vulnerabilities in Skype, the popular VoIP communications software app, couldn't have come at a worse time for the firm. Disclosure of the security flaws came days after the publication of a security evaluation of the Skype that wrote about its security model in glowing terms.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Nov 7 2005


7. Internet phone customers may get cut off-coalition

Roughly 750,000 of the estimated 2.5 million Internet telephone customers may have service turned off because providers cannot offer enhanced 911 service, according to a survey on Monday by Voice On the Net Coalition.

For more on this:
- read full story from reuters.com, Nov 7 2005


8. Google introduces ad-services referral program

With a new referral program, Google has launched an effort to expand its business of serving up ads on other people's Web sites. The program, which Google introduced Friday, is aimed at Web sites that participate in its AdSense network.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET News.com, Nov 7 2005

BlueTie and Entelegen announce partnership to bring the best in on-demand business-class email and collaboration to the United Kingdom

1. BlueTie and Entelegen announce partnership to bring the best in on-demand business-class email and collaboration to the United Kingdom

BlueTie, a leading developer of business and carrier-class email and collaboration software, and Entelegen, Europe's leading provider of outsourced services for sales effectiveness, today announced an agreement which will see the opening of a BlueTie sales office in the United Kingdom in January 2006. At the same time, BlueTie will launch a version of its on-demand email service specifically for UK business customers.

For more on this:
- read full story from bluetie.com, Nov 1 2005


2. Navy Goes On Email Defensive

The Navy is no longer allowing sailors access to commercial E-mail services because they pose a security risk to its networks. The decision, which affects services provided by America Online, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and others, applies to military and civilian personnel on ships or ashore in the United States and overseas.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Nov 7 2005


3. This 'Live' Space for Rent

Keyword marketing juggernaut Google (Quote, Chart) is mum on whether the ads it places in Gmail users' missives are clicked. Now, Microsoft (Quote, Chart) is taking the game to the next level with Windows Live and Office Live.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Nov 4 2005


4. Google Desktop Out of Beta With More

Google brought its free Google Desktop product out of beta on Thursday and offered additional features. At the same time, it kicked off an affiliate marketing program aimed at increasing its reach.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Nov 4 2005


5. Yahoo, Google to launch new wireless services

Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) and Google Inc. are set to roll out new wireless services, taking advantage of advanced networks and cellphones to provide features similar to those available on computers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

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


6. Yahoo plans to connect services with TiVo

In a move that further blurs the lines of television and the Internet, Yahoo and TiVo have partnered to schedule downloads to TiVo boxes from any Internet connection.

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


7. Microsoft launches database program

Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, launched on Sunday its corporate database software program aimed at taking market share from Oracle Corp.

For more on this:
- read full story from reuters.com, Nov 7 2005


8. Microsoft Introduces Web Services, Competing With Google and Yahoo

Microsoft introduced on Tuesday two new advertising-supported Web services, Windows Live and Office Live, as a direct response to the formidable challenges posed by its major competitors, Google and Yahoo.

For more on this:
- read full story from The New York Times, Nov 2 2005


9. Santa Cruz Networks adds video to Google Talk

Santa Cruz Networks announced an update to its Festoon video plug-in software so that users of Google's instant messaging service can see who they're talking to, the startup said in a release Friday.

For more on this:
- read full story from infoworld.com, Nov 4 2005