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2006-10-26T15:49:00.000+05:00

Kaspersky Lab Products Build 6.0.1.406 Beta

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2006-10-26T15:38:00.000+05:00

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Download : Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Win32, en-us

2005-05-17T01:49:00.000+05:00

Pentium 4 loophole could let in hackers

Intel is acting to calm fears that technology in its Pentium 4 processors will enable hackers to steal passwords by reading "footprints" in the cache.

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2005-05-17T01:46:00.000+05:00

IBM's Tivoli tackles IT processes

In a move that reflects an industry-wide focus on improving day-to-day IT operations, IBM is developing a systems management product line designed to make companies' technology staffs more effective.

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2005-05-17T01:44:00.000+05:00

Kiss your old SSN goodbye

Politicians are starting to realize that permitting data brokers like Acxiom and ChoicePoint to buy and sell your Social Security number like a raffle ticket may not be that wise after all.

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2005-05-17T01:38:00.002+05:00

Raza Micro jumps into Ethernet-everywhere craze

Raza Microelectronics, one of the companies founded by a former president of Advanced Micro Devices, has come out with a new communications chip meant to expand the reach of Ethernet.

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2005-05-17T01:38:00.001+05:00

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2005-05-17T01:35:00.000+05:00

60 companies want to wire up the Tube

More than 60 companies have applied to wire up London's underground network for mobile phone and other whizzy digital services. London Underground (LU) has been so overwhelmed by the response from technology companies it has extend the deadline for companies looking to make a pitch.

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2005-05-17T01:33:00.000+05:00

Name your SMS heroes and zeroes

Nominations are invited to name and shame the best and the worse players in the global messaging industry.

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2005-05-17T01:31:00.000+05:00

easyMobile.com takes aim at easymobile

Stelios Haji-Ioannou is threatening legal action against a Welsh business unless it ditches its name.

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2005-05-17T01:27:00.000+05:00

Sober infected PCs spew right-wing 'hate spam'

Virus writers turned PCs infected with the Sober-P worm into relay stations for right-wing propaganda using backdoor access into compromised machines to load malicious code.

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2005-05-17T01:25:00.000+05:00

UK workers in IM flirt, gossip, bitchfest

The increasing use of Instant Messaging (IM) in the workplace is exposing UK companies to fresh security and legal threats, a study out Monday claims. One in six (16 per cent) of 2,000 UK consumers quizzed in a YouGov survey admitted using IM at work to send or receive sensitive company information or documents. A quarter of respondents (25 per cent) used IM to gossip about work colleagues - twice as many men than women use IM for this purpose. Four in five (80 per cent) of 18-29 year olds use IM to chat to friends and family whilst at work.

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2005-05-17T01:20:00.000+05:00

Fortinet disputes Trend Micro patent ruling

A judge has ruled in favour of Trend Micro in a patent infringement lawsuit against rival security appliance vendor Fortinet. An International Trade Commission judge made a preliminary ruling last week finding that Fortinet has infringed Trend Micro's patent covering server-based antivirus technology (US patent 5,623,600). As a result, the judge has recommended that the ITC issue an order prohibiting Fortinet from importing FortiGate antivirus firewall products into the US along with a cease-and-desist order to stop Fortinet from infringing the patent in the US.

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2005-05-17T01:18:00.000+05:00

Microsoft Anti-Virus?

Comment Microsoft's announcement that it will enter the AV market next year, with initial trials starting next week, could be a sign of many things to come, says SecurityFocus's Kelly Martin.

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2005-05-17T01:11:00.000+05:00

Test your own software code for infringement

Software houses can check whether the code they develop has copied even just one snippet of code from any of 38 million open source files, using a new product that relies on source code 'fingerprinting' to reduce the risk of getting sued.

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2005-05-14T17:26:00.000+05:00

SCi shareholders approve Eidos bid

At its annual shareholders meeting today, Carmageddon-publisher SCi approved the purchase of British publisher Eidos Interactive. The planned purchase comes after months of speculation, competing bids, and bitter words between companies seeking to scoop up the publisher of the Tomb Raider series.

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2005-05-14T17:23:00.000+05:00

Microsoft announces the Xbox 360, confirms worldwide 2005 launch

Last week at the Avalon nightclub in Los Angeles, MTV taped "The Next-Generation Xbox Revealed," the special television event that marked the first official naming and unveiling of Microsoft's next-generation console.

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2005-05-14T17:21:00.000+05:00

Mizuguchi, Okamoto drop game details at Japanese 360 launch

TOKYO--While Microsoft was airing its MTV special featuring the Xbox 360 in North America, the company was also holding a special preview presentation in Japan. That event, hosted by Microsoft Japan, took place at the Virgin Cinema in Tokyo, the same location that Square Enix used for its Final Fantasy XII announcement last November.

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2005-05-14T17:18:00.000+05:00

Revolution confirmed for 2006; will play DVDs

Speaking to GameSpot several weeks ago about the imminent launch of the Xbox 360, Robbie Bach, Microsoft's chief Xbox officer and senior vice president, weighed in on the next-console race. He said he largely saw the next several years as a two-party conflict between Microsoft and Sony.

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2005-05-14T17:11:00.000+05:00

Microsoft slams UK open-source study

An eagerly-awaited report into the use of open source software in the UK education sector was published on Friday, and contained evidence that schools could significantly cut their IT spending by moving to non-proprietary software.

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2005-05-14T17:09:00.000+05:00

Xbox 360 demos running on Macs

The nifty clips of video games supporting Microsoft's new Xbox 360 console are running on Apple machines, Microsoft confirmed on Friday.

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2005-05-14T17:04:00.000+05:00

MS punts all-in-one security and backup service

Microsoft is to deliver an all-in-one PC health check service targeted at consumers. Windows OneCare will offer performance tuning, PC maintenance, backup and security functions via a consumer subscription service.

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2005-05-14T17:02:00.000+05:00

F5 picks up Watchfire's app firewall biz

F5 Networks has acquired the web application firewall business of security firm Watchfire for an undisclosed sum. The two firms said that they would work together to migrate AppShield customers to F5's TrafficShield application firewall product, a technology F5 acquired when it bought MagniFire WebSystems last year.

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2005-05-14T17:00:00.000+05:00

I know what you downloaded from Freenet

Exclusive The Freenet Project has been around since 2000. It was designed as a stealthy P2P network (some have called it a "darknet") that distributes its content so broadly that it's impossible to censor.

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2005-05-14T16:58:00.000+05:00

Google puts the brake on Web Accelerator

Google has disabled downloads of its Web Accelerator software less than a week after introducing the service. The suspension follows reports that the software was caching sensitive content, such as user control panels to online forums.

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2005-05-14T16:56:00.000+05:00

Firefox loses its shine

The Mozilla Foundation's Firefox web browser has made security a major part of its marketing, but a spate of vulnerabilities found over the last nine months had sullied that message.

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2005-05-14T16:54:00.000+05:00

Resto & pub webcams expose us to pervs, snoops

An astonishing number of restaurants and pubs have installed webcams to observe patrons and beam their images across the internet without their knowledge, The Register has accidentally discovered.

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2005-05-13T06:36:00.000+05:00

Poachers turn over Microsoft Gatekeeper security test

Microsoft last week pulled the plug on an online security competition after it emerged that system flaws enabled entrants to manipulate their scores.

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2005-05-13T06:35:00.000+05:00

Massachusetts fires legal broadside at spam gang

Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly obtained an emergency court order on Wednesday shutting down dozens of websites allegedly operated by a sophisticated ring of Boston area spammers. The group are allegedly behind millions of unsolicited, deceptive email messages touting unapproved counterfeit drugs, pirated software, and pornography that have plagued email users for months.

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2005-05-13T06:33:00.000+05:00

Apple fixes critical iTunes bug

Music fans were this week urged to update their iTunes software following the discovery of a serious security bug that creates a means for hackers to take over vulnerable systems.

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2005-05-13T06:31:00.000+05:00

UK.gov warns over VPN crypto flaw

Firms using IPsec VPNs for remote access could be vulnerable to hacker attack because of cryptographic weaknesses in key sub-protocols, a UK government UNIRAS alert warns.

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2005-05-13T06:30:00.000+05:00

Nvidia to launch G70 'at Computex'

Nvidia's next-generation G70 graphics chip will be unveiled next month at Computex in Taipei, Taiwanese motherboard maker moles have claimed.

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2005-05-13T06:29:00.000+05:00

419ers invade Skype chat

Nigerian 419 stories are like London buses - you wait ages for one and then a whole rack of 'em turn up at once. And indeed the following has just rolled in from reader Paul Garnett, who received a very tempting offer via Skype chat:

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2005-05-12T02:03:00.000+05:00

Analysts see growth in industry revs

NPD Funworld is slated to release game sales stats for the month of April after the markets close on Thursday, and in anticipation of those stats, two analysts are predicting solid gains.

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2005-05-12T02:00:00.000+05:00

Report: Revolution coming in mid-2006

Less than a week after an MTV listing revealed that the Xbox 360 will ship in November, another outside party has apparently pegged the release window of a rival next-generation console.

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2005-05-12T01:58:00.000+05:00

Kojima working on new game

While it hasn't been too long since Konami's release of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, its director, Hideo Kojima, is already busy at work. According to the latest issue of Famitsu, Kojima is working on a new game. No information, including the game's platform, is known at this time, but the article intimates that details will be revealed next week, most likely during the Electronic Entertainment Expo.

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2005-05-12T01:53:00.000+05:00

Microsoft releases Windows Mobile 5.0

Microsoft has launched the latest edition of Windows for mobile devices, with improvements to attract service providers eager to customize devices.

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2005-05-12T01:51:00.000+05:00

U.S. IT leadership in trouble?

The hearing, to be conducted Thursday by the House Science Committee, will focus on the state of research funding for information technology. Such funding, and the innovation it spurs, is vital to the U.S. economy and national defense.

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2005-05-12T01:50:00.000+05:00

Mobile operators fight DRM corner

The GSM Association tried a dangerous game of bluff this week in an attempt to gain concessions from the licensing authority that claims to hold the essential patents for the Digital Rights Management system favored by mobile operators everywhere.

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2005-05-12T01:46:00.000+05:00

Toshiba unveils 45GB HD DVD

Toshiba yesterday introduced a higher capacity version of its HD DVD blue-laser disc format to meet the challenge posed by rival optical storage system, Blu-ray Disc (BD).

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2005-05-12T01:43:00.000+05:00

Yahoo! fudges video search

This week there is news that Yahoo! has joined the hunt for the video search engine, but like all those before it, not counting Google, which we have yet to see operate, as it is only just collecting content right now, it is a bit of a fudge.

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2005-05-12T01:40:00.000+05:00

Microsoft issues solitary patch

Microsoft's patch Tuesday brought just one security update yesterday, a fix for a script injection vulnerability rated by Microsoft as "important". The vulnerability in the Web view component of Windows Explorer (MS05-24) affects Windows 2000, Win 98 and Me users1 but Win XP punters are off the hook. The solitary security bulletin this month compares to eight patches - five critical - in April. Then again, Microsoft has other projects on the go this month.

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2005-05-12T01:37:00.000+05:00

VXers make a monkey out of gullible surfers

Social engineering tricks by virus writers took a strange twist this week after hackers bundled malicious code with pictures of a famous dead albino gorilla. The Wurmark-K email worm displays a picture of Snowflake (AKA Copito de Nieve), an inmate of Barcelona Zoo until his death in November 2003, as it goes about its job of infecting Windows machines.

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2005-05-12T01:36:00.000+05:00

Microsoft fortifies monthly patches with interim advisories

Microsoft opened up a new line of communication to its customers on Tuesday, pledging to provide more authoritative information about incidents involving, and changes to, the company's products that could affect customers' security.

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2005-05-12T01:34:00.000+05:00

Telewest punters 'unaffected' by spam blacklist

Telewest's internet punters appear to be unaffected by Telewest's recent naming and shaming by anti-spam organisation SPEW.

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2005-05-12T01:31:00.000+05:00

2005-05-12T01:30:00.000+05:00

No 'sorry' from Love Bug author

Five years ago, a new "supervirus" hit the headlines. It had the two successful - but evil - elements: destructive virus coding coupled to an enticing title and the simple fact that it arrived from someone the recipient knew. The combination was virus dynamite.

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2005-05-12T01:28:00.000+05:00

DoD hacker jailed for 21 months

A US hacker convicted of infecting Department of Defense with a computer worm was last week sentenced to 21 months imprisonment.

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2005-05-12T01:24:00.000+05:00

Google launches mini search-in-a-box

Google has launched the Google Mini, a scaled-down version of its enterprise search appliance, to the UK. The small, blue box is designed to provide a search function for the intranets or public websites of small to medium businesses.

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2005-05-11T00:26:00.000+05:00

Trend Micro boosts anti-spyware defences with Intermute buy

Anti-virus specialist Trend Micro is buying InterMute, the US anti-spyware firm, for about $15m.

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2005-05-10T19:57:00.000+05:00

OS makers: Security is job No. 1

Look beyond the bells and whistles, and make sure the security's tough.

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2005-05-10T19:55:00.000+05:00

900,000 ISP customers blacklisted

More than 900,000 customers of U.K. Internet service provider Telewest have been blacklisted by one of the most powerful antispam groups on the Web.

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2005-05-10T19:53:00.000+05:00

Is Siemens phone biz Korea bound?

A report in Korea Economic Daily says that Pantech "has received a proposal" to buy the mobile division of Siemens. Is it for sale? - yes, according to most observers. But why won't anybody buy it?

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2005-05-10T19:51:00.000+05:00

Epson P-2000 Multimedia Storage Viewer

Review The P-2000 looks like a pure indulgence when you take it from the box and turn it on for the first time. The 3.8in display is simply sublime. Looking a bit like a bloated PDA, the P-2000 contains a 40GB disk within its finely built, 14.7 x 8.4 x 3.1cm, 415g form, writes Doug Harman.

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2005-05-10T19:49:00.000+05:00

Apple updates iTunes

Apple has extended the reach of its iTunes Music Store to four more European countries and posted a new version of its iTunes jukebox software, the Mac maker said yesterday.

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2005-05-10T19:47:00.000+05:00

Apple iTunes sales sail past 400m

Apple's online iTunes Music Store (ITMS) has sold more than 400m downloads.

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2005-05-10T19:46:00.000+05:00

Toshiba slams Blu-ray/ HD DVD convergence claims

Claims that moves to unify the two key competing HD video disc formats are progressing to a successful conclusion are "unfounded and erroneous", Toshiba said today.

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2005-05-10T19:45:00.000+05:00

AMD steals Q1 market share from Intel

The first three months of the year showed the usual minor adjustments to the world's x86-chip makers' market shares.

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2005-05-10T19:43:00.000+05:00

Symantec false alert floors Macs

A false positive in Norton AntiVirus (NAV) for Macintosh left many Apple fans fearful that their machines had become infected with a Trojan last week. The glitch - triggered by a rogue virus definition update - left Mac users running various versions of NAV for Mac under the false impression that their swap files were infected with malware called "Hacktool.Underhand". The bogus warnings were frequently accompanied by system crashes on machines running Mac OS X.

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2005-05-10T19:40:00.000+05:00

Car virus myth debunked

Rumours that the Bluetooth systems of cars are at risk from infection from mobile phone viruses have been debunked.

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2005-05-10T08:14:00.000+05:00

Microsoft Xbox 360 Specifications Leak

Days before Microsoft is due to air a special event on MTV across the world, specifications for the next generation Xbox have been posted in full online. Amongst the details leaked is word of two Xbox live services, a silver free service and a gold paid service.

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2005-05-09T20:32:00.000+05:00

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ dual-core CPU

Review AMD announced the dual-core Athlon 64 X2 on 22 April. The chip won't ship until June, when it will be formally launched. Until then, all we have to go on is the pre-release technical preview kit AMD has been hawking of late, writes Leo Waldock.

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2005-05-09T20:30:00.000+05:00

Intel confirms 64-bit P4 5xx desktop launch

Intel has confirmed that it is updating its Pentium 4 5xx family this quarter, adding support for 64-bit addressing and processing. The new chips will not ship until 10 June.

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2005-05-09T20:29:00.000+05:00

AMD desktops 'to go Socket M2 H2 2006'

AMD is to transition allits desktop processors to Socket M2 in H2 2006, following the upcoming connectivity system's introduction next year.

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2005-05-09T20:28:00.000+05:00

Cisco tightens grip on WLAN standards

Cisco, Intel and BT have announced a joint initiative focused on wireless security. In particular, they aim to ensure that equipment supports the new WPA2 standard – the brand name for the 802.11i specification – from the outset. They aim to boost confidence in wireless security, but the alliance can also be seen as an attempt by a few giants to sew up the most lucrative part of the Wi-Fi market under the guise of secure platforms.

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2005-05-09T20:26:00.000+05:00

RIM takes Blackberry harvest to 3m users

Research In Motion's Blackberry service now has more than 3m subscribers.

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2005-05-09T20:25:00.000+05:00

Easymobile denies it's a 'flop'

EasyMobile has rejected reports that the discount mobile telephone outfit is a flop. When it launched in March it claimed to have sparked a "mobile war" in the UK amid claims that this new cut price approach would shake-up the sector.

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2005-05-09T20:22:00.000+05:00

Live CD paradise

Whether you need to sniff for wireless networks or carry Nessus, Nmap and the Metasploit Framework with you in your pocket, there's a security-based Live CD out there for you.

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2005-05-09T20:20:00.000+05:00

Blair spam hack attack hits UK

Virus writers are using claims that Tony Blair's email address has been hacked as a ruse to trick punters into visiting sites hosting malware. The false claim was made in a series of spam messages sent out on 6 May, the day after a UK general election that resulted in Blair's Labour party return to office for a record third term.

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2005-05-09T20:19:00.000+05:00

Firefox exploit targets zero day vulns

Security researchers have discovered two unpatched vulnerabilities in Firefox, the popular alternative web browser. The security bugs affect even the latest version of Firefox (version 1.0.3) and create a means for attackers to seize control of vulnerable systems using cross-site scripting attacks.

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2005-05-09T20:18:00.000+05:00

MailFrontier expands into Europe

MailFrontier - the US email filtering software and appliance firm - opened its first European offices in London and Brussels on Monday as part of its expansion plans. Industry veteran Vanessa Wade has been appointed as general manager for MailFrontier's EMEA operations.

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2005-05-09T20:16:00.000+05:00

PalmOne hails the 'Mobile Manager'

PalmOne today responded to mounting speculation that it is preparing a fourth family of handheld products. It is to launch a "new category" of mobile-computing products this month - called the "Mobile Manager".

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2005-05-09T20:15:00.000+05:00

Google DNS glitch sparks hacking fears
A Domain Name System (DNS) glitch left many surfers unable to reach Google for a short time on Saturday (7 May). The SNAFU also left Google services such as Gmail and AdSense unavailable for around 15 minutes between 2345 and 0000 (BST) on Saturday night. "It was not a hacking or a security issue," Google spokesman David Krane told AP.

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2005-05-07T15:40:00.000+05:00

Google speed bump draws scorn

Google has raised privacy and security hackles once again, this time by developing an application that accelerates Web surfing but can also delete pages or serve up password-protected content.

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2005-05-07T15:35:00.000+05:00

Sober worm makes a comeback

The Sober.P worm is still spreading fast and made up almost 5 percent of all e-mail traffic on Friday morning, according to a U.K. antivirus company.

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2005-05-07T01:22:00.000+05:00

Amazon.com leaks PalmOne LifeDrive info

All the speculation surrounding PalmOne's much-rumoured LifeDrive aka Tungsten X aka LifeDrive (again) has achieved a level of legitimacy: the product as appeared on Amazon.com.

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2005-05-07T01:19:00.000+05:00

One mobile phone for every European by 2007

Mobile penetration in Western Europe is expected to exceed 100 per cent by 2007, according to a new forecast issued by the research firm Analysys.

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2005-05-07T01:17:00.000+05:00

Can IBM's Euro problems continue?

On the surface, it might seem ironic that IBM, which has spent untold millions promoting its business transformation consulting services, could not transform its own business fast enough to avoid its present dire circumstances.

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2005-05-07T01:16:00.000+05:00

Intel: 65nm output to surpass 90nm production Q3 06

Intel's first 65nm microprocessors are due to ship at the end of this year, with volume shipments taking place in Q1 2006. However, the company revealed yesterday it expects 65nm output numbers to surpass those of 90nm parts as quickly as Q3 2006.

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2005-05-07T01:14:00.000+05:00

McAfee charts course for turnaround
Anti-virus firm McAfee has reported a drop in first-quarter earnings despite increased turnover. For the quarter ending 31 March 2005, McAfee reported net income of $35.9m on revenues of $236m, compared to profits of $58m on a turnover of $219m in same period last year.

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2005-05-07T01:12:00.000+05:00

Genome may be future step for virus writers

Advances in genetic circuits may mean that virologists will have to look at the mechanics of Internet worms for a model of future threats.

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2005-05-07T01:10:00.000+05:00

Americans are pants at password security

Americans are just as blasé about password security as the Brits, according to a new survey. Two out three three people (180 of 272) approached in a downtown San Francisco street by researchers were happy to provide their password in exchange for a coffee gift card. Of those respondents that declined offering their actual password, 51 provided a clue about their password in exchange for a $3 Starbucks gift voucher.

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2005-05-06T01:22:00.000+05:00

Full Spectrum Warrior reenlisting

When it was released last year, Full Spectrum Warrior didn't get quite the rapt critical reception many expected. That said, it has proven popular enough for THQ and developer Pandemic Studios to pound out a sequel. Today, the publisher and developer announced they will simultaneously release Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers this "winter" for the PC, Xbox, and PlayStation 2.

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2005-05-06T01:19:00.000+05:00

EverQuest II expands

Sony Online Entertainment announced a one-two punch of expanded content for EverQuest II. The PC massively multiplayer online role-playing game is the sequel to the still-popular EverQuest, which helped establish the MMORPG genre.

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2005-05-06T01:15:00.000+05:00

Revenge of the Sith now in stores

As elder Jedi Yoda would say: "Shipped Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith has." The latest game based on the sci-fi phenomenon is now in stores for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, and DS. LucasArts is publishing the console editions, and French game studio Ubisoft developed and published the portable versions. A mobile version was released last month, and a PSP version is slated to be released later this year. Revenge of the Sith is rated T for Teen and retails for $49.99.

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2005-05-06T01:09:00.000+05:00

Chip sales to keep rising, Intel says

Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, on Thursday forecast 2005 sales to grow 10 percent or more.

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2005-05-06T01:07:00.000+05:00

Cable telephony speaks up

Cable operator Cablevision says its Optimum Voice phone service is attracting customers at a record rate, another sign that the cable industry is becoming a force in the U.S. phone market.

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2005-05-06T01:03:00.000+05:00

Hong Kong scouts gain IP proficiency badge

Contest No group cares more about nurturing the moral fibers of Hong Kong youth than the Motion Picture Association (MPA). That much is obvious after the Hollywood trade group announced a deal with the Honk Kong Scout Association to kick off "the world's first Scout merit badge program focused on respect for and protection of intellectual property."

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2005-05-06T01:01:00.000+05:00

Maxtor narrows loss

Hard drive maker Maxtor's losing streak continued into Q1 FY2005. For the three months to 2 April 2005, the company recorded revenue of $1.07bn, up 3.9 per cent from Q4 FY2004's $1.03bn and 4.9 per cent up on the year-ago quarter's $1.02bn.

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2005-05-06T00:59:00.000+05:00

Intel partner sues... Intel (and AMD too)

Intel and AMD were this week both accused of patent infringement, joining VIA in the list of chip makers claimed to have used without permission technology owned by Acacia Research.

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2005-05-06T00:56:00.000+05:00

GSM Association rejects revised phone DRM rates

Revised DRM licensing terms offered by the MPEG Licensing Authority (LA) remain "unacceptable", the mobile phone networks' club said yesterday.

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2005-05-06T00:54:00.000+05:00

AMD dual-core 1xx Opterons 'to go Socket 939'

AMD's upcoming dual-core Opteron 1xx chips for one-way servers and workstations will use the chip maker's Socket 939 interconnect rather than the more usual Socket 940 system.

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2005-05-06T00:51:00.000+05:00

ATI 512MB Radeon X800 XL

Review ATI launched its first consumer 512MB graphics board this week, and we've been evaluating it for the past few days. Nvidia announced a 512MB part not so long ago, with a 6800 Ultra variant based on the Quadro FX 4400 hardware they've had in the professional space for a wee while. ATI's new product has no immediate pro-level pairing, and with Nvidia looking like it will bring a 512MB 6800 GT to the table soon, we're beginning to see the arrival of true half-a-gig consumer products.

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2005-05-06T00:48:00.000+05:00

Spring into PHP with El Reg

Site offer So...you've been asked to pitch in on a PHP project... starting now. Or maybe one's on the horizon. Or maybe you need to get real PHP skills onto your résumé. You've done web stuff. Maybe used other scripting languages. Now you want to get productive with PHP, fast.

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2005-05-06T00:46:00.000+05:00

Users untouched by mobile viruses despite hype

The mobile phone virus threat is been wildly over-hyped, according to a support firm which says calls about infections by mobile malware are almost unknown.

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2005-05-06T00:43:00.000+05:00

Apple mega-patch fixes 19 flaws

Apple this week posted security updates to fix 19 security vulnerabilities in its Mac OS X operating system. Both client and server versions of a widely used version of its software - Mac OS X v10.3.9 - need patching.

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2005-05-06T00:40:00.000+05:00

CD Wow! enters download biz

CD Wow!, the UK online music retailer is to start selling digital music downloads, courtesy of distributor Loudeye, the pair announced today.

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2005-05-04T23:42:00.000+05:00

U.S. military security defeated by copy and paste

Experts are warning people to be careful with electronic documents that contain sensitive data after a breach in which classified U.S. military information thought to be hidden in a PDF document was uncovered.

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2005-05-04T23:41:00.000+05:00

Microsoft licensing push shifts to start-ups

Although Microsoft has focused much of its intellectual-property licensing effort on larger companies, the software maker is starting to see the benefits of working with start-ups too.

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