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One prominent computer hacker has been sentenced and a suspected hacker was indicted in the past week, both of them saying their cyber exploits were designed to point out security deficiencies. ...

Those who get caught stealing personal identity information to committheft or fraud -- whether by sifting through trash or posting bogus Websites on the Internet to trick users into divulging data -- will befacing more time in jail thanks to a new federal law ...

In an effort to tailor their various instant messaging (IM) services for better use by enterprise and remove the interoperability issues that have precluded a bigger business embrace of the real-time communication, Microsoft, America Online and Yahoo today announced connectivity among the competing services using Microsoft's Live Communications Server 2005 (LCS)...

Microsoft has released its monthly round of patches, including two patches for critical vulnerabilities and one that patches a hole that could become the basis of a widespread computer worm attack. At the same time as the patch release, a Danish company announced additional security holes in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, which has been beaten by a string of vulnerabilities and attacks in recent weeks...

Microsoft immediately rejected Japanese antitrust regulators' call Tuesday to retroactively nullify its contract provisions that limit the legal recourse of PC manufacturers in Japan to which it licenses its Windows operating system ...

Building on an existing relationship and trying to capitalize on a growing business-conferencing market that is becoming more integrated with both telecommunications and the world of information technology, Microsoft and British telecom giant BT announced a global deal on Monday ...

Pointing to the growing number of movie downloaders worldwide, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is complaining that the practice is harming the movie industry significantly. ...

Budget issues, authority and a more international approach highlight the agenda for an upcoming meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in Malaysia later this month. ...

Following issues such as world hunger and global warming, the rising volume of unwanted e-mail is now among the problems that are being dealt with on an international level as officials with the United Nations and International Telecommunications Union (ITU) called spam "an epidemic" at a conference in Geneva, Switzerland this week. ...

A U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling involving an ISP's ability to scan and use the content of customer e-mails equates to "free rein to invade the privacy of users" for ISPs, according to privacy advocates ...

Microsoft has hit the news once again by invoking its next major update to Windows XP -- called Service Pack 2 (SP2) -- in response to the significant security risks that have emerged over the past couple weeks. This time, the company has gone beyond its vague time-frame for releasing SP2 "later this summer." Microsoft product manager Tony Goodhew told attendees of the TechEd 2004 conference in Amsterdam that SP2 will ship within the next two months -- guaranteed...

In the second ruling to limit the legal ammunition of Canadian copyright holders looking to sue file-sharers and hold ISPs accountable for peer-to-peer (P2P) piracy, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that ISPs are not subject to royalty fees ...

In one of the last settlements with states that sued it over antitrust allegations, Microsoft settled with Arizona, agreeing to US$104.6 million in vouchers for the state's consumers, who will each get up to $15 for purchasing Microsoft's operating system or applications ...

Security advisories and reports typically include preventive measures that computer users can take to avoid malicious Internet attacks, but one piece of advice is on the rise: Use a Web browser other than Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Security experts themselves have indicated that their own use of Mozilla, Netscape or Opera -- some of the most popular alternative Web browsers -- suggests that non-Microsoft browsers are more safe than IE...

Known to some in the space community as "the last battlestar," the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft this week is on the verge of finishing its 2.2-billion-mile trip to Saturn as it prepares to get closer to the ringed planet than any other craft in history ...

Microsoft chief software architect Bill Gates claimed this week that his company has made great security strides, responding quickly enough to the increasing threat of attackers who are now using automated techniques to strike more quickly at exposed Windows systems ...

Fujitsu and Microsoft have announced a collaborative agreement to develop Fujitsu's next-generation, Itanium-based server, which will be optimized for Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 and next-gen Longhorn server. ...

Computer and Internet security experts were closely watching the development of a mysterious outbreak that appears to have used a new tactic against an old vulnerability to infect thousands, possibly millions, of Web servers, Internet sites and Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser users ...

While event organizers have called it a postponement and vowed to bring it back stronger and better in 2005, the cancellation of the Comdex IT trade show in Las Vegas this November marks the official end to an era ...

A Utah District Court judge has put a hold on a state law that targets spyware -- quiet computer programs that can creep onto people's computers as they navigate the Internet and download seemingly innocuous applications that then track their online behavior ...