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Malware Writers Exploit Skype Hype

Skype's popularity rose to a whole new level when eBay purchased the VoIP provider last month. Now, the free Internet telephony service has become the victim of a spoof campaign designed to infect users with an IRCbot Trojan ...

Nintendo, McDonald’s Serve Up WiFi Video Game Access

Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun are some of what you'd expect from a trip to McDonald's. Now, fast food diners can also expect to play some of their favorite video games at the leading burger chain's restaurants ...

OSDL Launches Mobile Linux Initiative

The Open Source Development Labs yesterday said it has formed a new working group focused on accelerating the adoption of Linux in the rapidly-growing mobile market ...

Inform Targets Online News Readers With Search Technology

Inform Technologies today announced a Web site that lets online news consumers navigate through multiple news Web sites in one location. Inform.com went live today in a beta version ...

Red Hat Launches Performance-Based Security Certification

Red Hat this past week announced the availability of a new security certification for IT professionals: Red Hat Certified Security Specialist (RHCSS) ...

Mandriva, Canonical Release Linux Distribution Upgrades

Linux lovers can rejoice this week as two new distributions of the open-source platform make their way to the market ...

Palm TX Goes Multimedia With WiFi Capabilities

Palm yesterday unveiled a new PDA with built-in WiFi and -- rock n' roll. Palm is working with Alliance Group Entertainment to provide multimedia content on Palm handhelds, mobile managers and smartphones ...

Skype Dials Linksys for VoIP Cordless Phone

Skype has been making some new friends since it was acquired by eBay last month. The VoIP provider's latest announcement taps Cisco Systems' Linksys division ...

The Future of E-Mail Archiving

The past two years have seen several high-profile corporate scandals that illustrate the dramatic consequences of e-mail misuse -- and those are just the ones that have made headlines ...

IBM, Novell Announce Blade Chassis Subscription Model

IBM and Novell partnered this week to offer customers a single subscription option for servers running SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 in the IBM BladeCenter chassis ...

Microsoft to Offer Subsidies for Small Businesses

In a move to attract more small business customers, Microsoft is launching a subsidy program to allow this growing business demographic to receivecredits toward consulting services when they purchase Microsoft software ...

New Consortium Formed to Push 802.11n Standard

WiFi may see more rapid advancement, thanks to a new coalition determined to accelerate the IEEE 802.11n standard development process ...

Google Rolls Out RSS Reader

Google unveiled its latest beta product offering at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco last week. The Google Reader is a Web-based RSS reader designed for the search engine's registered users ...

IBM Drops Patent Claims Against SCO

In a move to speed up the outcome of an ongoing legal dispute, IBM on Friday agreed to drop its patent infringement claims against the SCO Group ...

VeriSign to Combine With Weblogs.com

It's party time in blogland. So say analysts in the wake of two successive blog-related acquisitions this week. First, AOL said it would acquire Weblogs, Inc. yesterday. Today, Verisign said it has purchased Weblogs.com ...

Check Point Acquires Sourcefire in $225 Million Deal

In the latest in a long string of mergers and acquisitions in the security segment, Check Point Software Technologies yesterday said it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sourcefire for about US$225 million in cash and stock ...

AOL Moves Into Blogosphere With Weblogs Acquisition

AOL has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Weblogs, Inc ...

Firms Come Together to Fight Phishing Attacks

America Online this week announced new initiatives aimed at protecting its 20 million Internet service subscribers from phishing attacks. As a result, AOL said it is blocking roughly 8 million phishing attempts against its members each day ...

AOL Makes Move on Blogosphere With Weblogs Acquisition

AOL today signed a definitive agreement to acquire Weblogs, Inc ...

Dell Dimension Ships With Blank Hard Drive

Dell yesterday began peddling its latest PC without an operating system. The computer is designed for consumers who plan to install open-source software instead of commercial tools and platforms ...

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