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Vista Exploit Surfaces on Russian Hacker Site

no@spam.com (eWEEK News) — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

Proof-of-concept exploit code for a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting all versions of Windows—including Vista—has been posted on a Russian hacker forum, forcing Microsoft to activate its emergency response process.

Skype to Launch Web TV Service

no@spam.com (eWEEK News) — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

LONDON—A broadband television service developed by the founders of Internet calling programme Skype is expected to be launched next year, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

Some 6,000 individuals were already testing the service, which was named The Venice Project, the newspaper said.

Internet Gangs Hire Students for Cyber-crime

no@spam.com (eWEEK News) — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

LONDON — Organized gangs have adopted "KGB-style" tactics to hire high-flying computer students to commit Internet crime, a report said on Friday.

Criminals are targeting universities, computer clubs and online forums to find undergraduates, according to Internet security firm McAfee.

LiveOffice Offers 'Sale' on E-Mail Compliance Package

no@spam.com (eWEEK News) — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

Message archiving and compliance provider LiveOffice revealed Dec. 1 that it will offer what is in effect "sale pricing" through Dec. 29 for its e-mail compliance package to organizations preparing for the new amendments to the FRCP (Federal Rules of Civil Procedure), which go into effect Dec. 1.

The new amendments apply to any organization—commercial or nonprofit—that has the potential to be involved in litigation in the U.S. Federal Court System.

Reaction to ICANN-VeriSign Deal Mixed

no@spam.com (eWEEK News) — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

News of the U.S. Department of Commerce's approval Nov. 30 of the deal between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and VeriSign was met with both jubilation and disdain by those in the computer industry.

The deal will allow the agreement between ICANN, the non-profit company that oversees the Internet's technical infrastructure, and VeriSign to go forward, and gives VeriSign control over the dot-com top level domain until 2012.

Outlook 2007: VOIP

no@spam.com (eWEEK News) — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

Particularly for small businesses, 2006 brought forth an explosion of choice in the voice over IP market, as a flood of companies introduced IP PBX services and appliances, particularly from networking companies targeted toward the low end of the market and startups building and developing upon the recent advances in open source telephony software.

As with all things, eWEEK Labs expects to see a corresponding retraction in the market, likely towards the end of 2007.

Outlook 2007: Linux and Open Source

no@spam.com (eWEEK News) — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

Next year will be a big one for Linux, with new platforms and opportunities in the data center.

In the year to come, we expect to see Linux maintain its torrid development pace, with major new enterprise releases from Red Hat, which is set to ship Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 in January, and Novell, which will also ship an update to its Open Enterprise Server early next year.

New Mobile Phones to Use Text-to-Speech Engine

no@spam.com (eWEEK News) — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

The Pantech Group, the second largest mobile phone company in South Korea, has agreed to use Nuance Communications' RealSpeak Mobile SF to power its PG-6200, PG-8000 and PG-3700 mobile phones in multiple languages, including Russian, English and Mandarin.

RealSpeak is a text-to-speech engine designed to accurately convert text into clear, synthesized speech, delivering high-quality readings of SMS and e-mail messages.

iRobot to Release New Development Software

no@spam.com (eWEEK News) — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

Robot maker iRobot will release a new open development environment at the company's annual Payload Developers Conference in Arlington, Va., Dec. 5-6.

Microsoft, Gemalto Team on Digital Security

no@spam.com (eWEEK News) — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

Gemalto, a digital security provider, and Microsoft announced Nov. 29 that Windows Vista will support Gemalto .Net security devices.

With Gemalto .Net devices, enterprises will be able to change user name and password-based security options by using Gemalto smart cards and tokens.