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Microsoft and everyone else in the PC world knew that hackers would be working hard to find the cracks in the latest Windows XP software upgrade, intended mostly to bolster security. But it is security researchers and their work that has caused the greatest headache for Microsoft so far as it rolls out Service Pack 2 (SP2) to consumers and corporate users...

The battle for processor speed supremacy is only part of the equation in a successful computer chip, but the Alpha line -- passed on from Digital Equipment to Compaq to HP -- was built on the premise that speed was the key ...

Viruses and spam -- and the techniques used to create, disguise and distribute both -- are converging into a single threat in which the two computer disruptions depend on one another in a sort of symbiotic manner, according to security experts ...

Some people are anxious to download and install the Service Pack 2 (SP2) update to the Microsoft XP operating system, but just as many others seem wary of the 80-MB security-focused package and foresee possible problems with it ...

A Minnesota teenager accused of downloading the Blaster computer worm code, modifying it and releasing the damaging and debilitating variant on the Internet last year pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court this week to infecting computers. ...

A Web services specification moved closer to World Wide Web Consortium(W3C) standard status this week as Microsoft, IBM, BEA, SAP and SunMicrosystems submitted the latest version of the WS-Addressing spec ...

Computer viruses and variants have been known to reemergeafter a lull in activity, but the latest case, the Bagle.aq virus, highlights continued security problems. Many users are unaware that they are acting as a relay for malicious code, spam and more. ...

After extensive investment, testing and delay, Microsoft has made itsService Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP available and is urging corporate andconsumer users to update the operating system, which has been bombardedby Explorer browser and other vulnerabilities ...

Organizers of the CeBit America computer industry trade show announced thatthey have canceled the June 2005 event because of declining attendance ...

IBM has announced it is contributing its Java-based Cloudscape database software to the open-source community via the Apache Software Foundation, which will inspect the code and establish it as an open-source Java database to be called "Derby." ...

Microsoft has broken its monthly cycle of security updates to plug a fewholes in its Internet Explorer browser, including the Download.Jectscripting weakness that caused a widespread, Web-based attack scarein June. ...

As U.S. elections draw near, computer science experts and e-voting critics are making dire predictions about the outcome if paperless, closed-code touch-screen machines are used by Americans casting their ballots. ...

Reports of rising numbers of IT jobs in foreign markets might mean Northern California's Silicon Valley is no longer the biggest tech employer, but analysts are quick to point out that Silicon Valley is different, providing the most diverse and robust mix of jobs and a higher level of talent. ...

Two independent groups seeking to win a private, US$10 million space-travel contest known as the X Prize have announced they are closer to actually meeting the terms for the prize, with back-to-back, manned flights planned for the fall ...

Telecom and cable giants are moving quickly to keep up with innovations and opportunities surrounding Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), one of the latest technology trends to draw aggressive strategies from companies such as AT&T and Verizon. ...

Sun Microsystems is carrying out its promise to provide Opteron-powered products for volume markets. The Santa Clara, California-based company said its expanded Solaris x86 combined with AMD's Opteron processor would be offered in new Sun workstations and Sun Fire V20z servers, which are priced to move, according to Yankee Group senior analyst Dana Gardner.

An Indianapolis bail bondsman is looking to cash in on the JohnKerry-John Edwards Democratic presidential ticket by selling hiswww.kerryedwards.com site to the highest bidder, with a starting priceof US$150,000. ...

Security experts are praising the international bust of a Russian Internet extortion ring, but they also warn that cyber strong-arm schemes -- which use viruses, worms, trojans and the threat of denial of service (DoS) attacks -- are increasing and spreading to different targets, including e-commerce and financial transaction sites ...

Two of the world's largest computer and software companies have been sued by UK-based BTG International for patent infringement over Web-enabled software update and other technologies. ...

The WiFi Alliance, a global nonprofit organizatin made up of 200 member companies that support the IEEE 802.11, or WiFi, wireless standard, has announced a new, more stringent policy on interoperability for products to obtain its WiFi certification ...