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Continuing a stream of activity surrounding newer, simpler security for remote access to corporate networks, Cisco announced it would support Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology in its widely used VPN 3000 Series concentrators ...

Virus writers reportedly are talking tough about Microsoft's bounty offered in exchange for information leading to the arrest and conviction of major malware authors, downplaying its effectiveness and calling it just a publicity stunt ...

In a technology-industry version of the battle of the bands, Apple has come out swinging against a reborn, legitimate Napster, boasting that the iTunes Music Store has sold five times the number of songs Napster did in the challenger's first week of business ...

A research paper posted online warns of holes in the latest WiFi (or 802.11) wireless cryptography protocol and outlines how WiFi Protected Access (WPA) can be compromised using a traditional network assault known as a dictionary attack. ...

Microsoft this week released the first patch -- described as "critical" by the Redmond, Washington-based software company -- for its new Office 2003 software suite. The patch addresses a problem with use of previous Office versions ...

Promoted as a way to foster digital television but derided as a halfhearted antipiracy measure that caters mainly to Hollywood, a new mechanism known as the "broadcast flag" has been adopted by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC will require the copy-control measure to be built into all digital television-capable devices by July 1, 2005...

Chip giant Intel claims to have cleared a major hurdle in the quest to maintain power and heat efficiency in computer chips by discovering a process to shrink the transistors on the chip smaller and smaller to atomic levels. ...

After initiating its pursuit of Microsoft in 1998 to stand with the U.S. Department of Justice and more than eight other states, which all eventually settled with the software company, Massachusetts is still seeking tougher sanctions ...

In what is being viewed as the maturation of both the company and the Linux operating system, Red Hat has announced it will no longer produce or support its free, consumer version of Linux ...

Intel lost its Xbox contract as Microsoft and IBM announced a collaborative technology agreement for the silicon of the next-generation gaming platform, making Big Blue the semiconductor provider for all three major gaming consoles, including Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo's GameCube ...

Claiming that its "education and enforcement campaign" involving more than 1,500 subpoenas and nearly 350 lawsuits is working, the Recording Industry Association of America has continued suing music file traders accused of copyright violation ...

Buzz about Microsoft seeking to partner with or purchase search-superstar Google startled Internet users this week. However, despite rumors to the contrary, Microsoft might wind up using its own technology to compete against Google and other major Internet vendors, such as Yahoo and Amazon ...

Cable giant Comcast increased the amount of attention directed toward broadband Internet services this week by announcing it had picked up nearly a half-million high-speed Internet customers in the last quarter -- a 39 percent gain from last year's third quarter ...

After a slight slip of the tongue associated with disclosure of its plans and program for speech-command software, Microsoft has confirmed it will release the new software for Pocket PC handhelds and phones on Monday ...

Virginia Tech's decision to build a supercomputer out of 1,100 Apple Power Mac G5s -- a true break from the architecture of traditional, mainframe supercomputers -- allowed the university to cut its costs in half. According to researchers, the supercomputer represents a new model for ultra high-end computing in science and research ...

Hoping to steer its next-generation Windows operating system -- code-named Longhorn -- into the developer community, Microsoft has released previews of the software ...

Napster has carried its famous name into the legitimate music download arena, officially launching Napster 2.0 and challenging a sea of Windows competitors, including Apple's sweet-sounding iTunes service that sold 1 million songs to Windows users in its first three days of operation ...

University of California Berkeley researchers report that the amount of new information stored on paper, film, optical and magnetic media has doubled in the last three years to five exabytes -- or 5 million terabytes ...

By responding to IBM counterclaims against it and arguing that the General Public License (GPL) that covers Linux is not enforceable and in fact violates the U.S. Constitution, Lindon, Utah-based SCO has put itself in a tough position, intellectual property and software lawyers told TechNewsWorld ...

Folding spam and spyware filtering into its desktop security software, Trend Micro has updated its PC-cillin Internet Security 2004 package to ward off the Internet's other evils in addition to computer viruses and worms ...