Hurricane Katrina is bringing out the worst in people on the net as well as on the streets of New Orleans. Spam emails purporting to offer links to news about Katrina are been used to tempt potential victims onto a site hosting Trojan malware.
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When a disaster of the magnitude of Hurricane Katrina strikes, people are eager to donate food, clothing or other goods to meet the needs of storm victims and help the affected families begin to replace what they have lost.
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Johansen breaks encryption coding in Microsoft’s Windows Media Player
Jon Lech Johansen, better known as DVD Jon, the teenager who cracked DVD encryption security, has managed to break the encryption coding in Microsoft’s Windows...
If you’re one of the tens of millions of Yahoo users asked to upgrade your instant-messaging software this week, be on your toes: The update can open the door to unwanted PC houseguests–and setting changes–by default....
A present for the ‘holiday season’
Rumour has it the official release date has already been decided for Windows Vista – and you can expect it to be ready in time to make an appearance late next year.
According to a report...
Apple has dropped a 30-day trial offer for its Mac Mini after less than 12 hours.
The promotion–“Mac Mini Test Drive”–offered a 30-day money-back guarantee, and was available only through Apple’s online store....
Creative Labs has instituted a partial product recall after discovering that it accidentally shipped approximately 3,700 MP3 players contaminated with a Windows virus. Filesystems of affected 5GB Zen Neeons players contain a file infected...
Stay on top of news, weather, and e-mail with the next step in the evolution in screen savers. With the MSN Screen Saver (Beta), you can display your photos, click news headlines, check the local weather, display your friends photos and...
Microsoft has acquired San Francisco based Teleo, a developer of VoIP, PSTN termination and click to call functionality.
The deal accelerates Microsoft’s VoIP capabilities and sets the stage for a fall showdown in the VoIP over IM...
Google is expanding its lucrative Internet advertising network into the print world in a bold attempt to capture traditional ad dollars.
The search king, which makes 99 percent of its revenue from Internet ads, is quietly testing the waters...
Have you ever tried to edit your text documents with the tabbed interface? Use NotePad SX!
NotePad SX is a fast, stable, user-friendly, tabbed plain text editor
NotePad SX is not only the great looking replacement and upgrade of standard...
A Connecticut man faces up to 10 years imprisonment after pleading guilty to selling illicit copies of Windows source code. William P. Genovese, 28, of Meridan in Connecticut, this week confessed to unlawfully distributing stolen Windows...