Net attackers deploy new weapon

Net attackers deploy new weapon

Security researchers are warning about a new variety of unusually powerful Internet attacks that can overwhelm popular websites and disrupt e-mails by exploiting the computers that help manage global Internet traffic.

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-read full story from SCMP.com, March 16 2006


Gates: Microsoft ‘committed to bridging digital divide’

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates sketched out a vision for the future in which a mobile phone will become a “digital wallet”, able to receive e-mail and even scan business cards, while computers and TVs will merge.

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High costs stall AT&T mainland expansion

AT&T will still invest part of its global US$8.5 billion investment budget in China, but says the country's slow progress in opening up its telecommunications sector has made the company unwilling to enter the basic services segment.

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New World Mobile sinks into the red

New World Mobile Holdings, the mobile unit of New World Development that is due to merge with CSL, sank into the red in the first half to December as it posted a net loss of $2.72 million amid shrinking revenue.

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-read full story from SCMP.com, March 14 2005


Computer Researchers Warn of Net Attacks

Security researchers are warning about a new variety of unusually powerful Internet attacks that can overwhelm popular Web sites and disrupt e-mails by exploiting the computers that help manage global Internet traffic.

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-read full story from Yahoo! News, March 15 2006
Troubled Livedoor seeks saviour in broadcaster Usen
Japan's Livedoor is to team up with Internet service provider Usen in a business alliance, as part of its efforts to stay afloat after being indicted for financial fraud.

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Google voted best internet brand

Google is the UK's favourite online brand, a survey has found. The internet search giant came top of a poll conducted by market research group YouGov on behalf of global branding experts The Superbrand Organisation.

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-read full story from BBC News, March 15 2006


Profit at China Mobile to rise 20pc

China Mobile is expected to post a 20.3 per cent increase in net profit to 50.53 billion yuan for last year but market watchers are more likely to be interested in how the company is shaping up for the launch of 3G when it announces its results on Thursday.

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Searching for the net's big thing

Searching for the net's big thing
You may not know it, but every time you search on Google, the company makes 12 cents in revenue. That may not sound like much but it all adds up when you realise that Americans alone did more than 2.7 billion searches via Google in January 2006, according to figures gathered by Nielsen/NetRatings
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- read full story from BBC News, March 13 2006


Not Everyone Is Happy With Windows Live OneCare

An update late last week for Microsoft's OneCare security service has apparently given some users fits, including an industry analyst who called the glitches "unacceptable."

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- read full story from messagingpipline.com, March 13 2006


Amazon provides storage for developers

The S3 service, aimed at software d runs on top of the storage infrastructure on which Amazon runs its own Web sites and offers 99.99 percent availability.

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- read full story from Infoworld.com, March 14 2006


Court likely to rule Google must give up data

Google will likely have to turn over search-engine usage records to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) following a hearing Tuesday in which the judge indicated he will probably order the company to comply with a government subpoena, according to published reports.

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- read full story from infoworld.com, March 14 2006

Microsoft asks for public antitrust hearing
Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it has asked for a public hearing to present arguments that it is complying with the European Commission's 2004 antitrust ruling. The Commission, however, has so far denied the request.
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- read full story from infoworld.com, March 14 2006
New Met blogging rules spark anger
Many organisations are now having to consider how they deal with employees who blog about their work, and one of the most recent to take up the challenge is the Metropolitan Police.

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- read full story from BBC News, March 14 2006


Judge to Order Google to Turn Over Records

Google Inc.'s legal showdown with the Bush administration over the right to protect the privacy of its audience and trade secrets appears to be tilting in the Internet search engine's favor, even though a federal judge has signaled he will order the company to turn over some records to the government.

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- read full story from Yahoo! News, March 15 2006

Sony to Delay Release of PlayStation 3

Sony will put off the release of its much awaited PlayStation 3 console until November from its planned spring debut because of delays in finalizing its next-generation optical disc technology, the company said Wednesday.

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- read full story from Yahoo! News, March 15 2006

Clever Phishers Dodge Spoofed Site Shutdowns

Clever Phishers Dodge Spoofed Site Shutdowns

Fraudsters are using a new technique to keep their spoofed Web sites up and running even as authorities pull the plug, a security expert said this week. According to RSA Security's Naftali Bennett, the senior vice president of its Cyota anti-fraud division, some phishers have started using a tactic called "smart site redirection" to stay a step ahead of the law.

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- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, March 10 2006

Lighthouse Unveils Open Source Message Archiving Software

Stamford, CT, has brought out an open source electronic message archiving program to aid in regulatory compliance and legal discovery. The new E-Trail Digital Archive software captures e-mail, instant messages, faxes and other unstructured data using one of three methods: real-time capture, batch capture or backfilling from archive media in any format. In all cases the product uses single instance storage on the message as well as each attachment.

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- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, March 10 2006

Clearwell And HP Provide Energy Company With E-mail Archiving And Discovery

E-mail discovery vendor Clearwell Systems Inc. said it has partnered with Hewlett-Packard to integrate its Clearwell Email Intelligence Platform with the HP Reference Information Storage System (RISS) for a Fortune 200 energy company.

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- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, March 10 2006

Feds suggest 21-day deadline for Google subpoena
The U.S. Justice Department has set a suggested deadline for Google to hand over information about its users' search habits: 21 days. In court documents submitted Thursday to U.S. District Judge James Ware in San Jose, Calif., federal prosecutors said they need a prompt response because of the compressed schedule of the case. They're asking Ware to set a 21-day deadline that would begin as soon as he makes a decision.
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- read full story from ZDNet Technology News, March 10 2006
Free toolbar to sniff out spam
Web surfers can already download browser plug-ins like the Netcraft toolbar or SiteAdviser, which evaluate the trustworthiness of the Web sites they visit, but the CipherTrust TrustedSource Toolbar is the first such product designed for e-mail clients, according to the Atlanta-based company.
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- read full story from Infoworld.com, March 10 2006
Google Nets Web-Based Word Processor
Any doubts concerning whether Google is serious about challenging Microsoft's Office word processing software can be quelled. The search giant this week purchased Silicon Valley startup Upstartle, which makes Writely, a collaborative word processor that runs in a Web browser.
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- read full story from internetnews.com, March 10 2006
Spam Rises Again: 73 Percent Of All E-Mail
After several months of slipping spam rates, junk mail rebounded during February, message filtering company Postini said Tuesday. According to Postini's data, spam grew by two percent over the previous month

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- read full story from messagingpipline.com, March 9 2006


Cloudmark's New Fingerprinting Detects E-mail Viruses
Messaging security vendor Cloudmark Inc. today unveiled a new anti-virus fingerprinting algorithm said to disassemble executable code to generate fingerprints that identify new worms and virus strains in real time.
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- read full story from messagingpipline.com, March 13 2006