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Internet criminals to step up "cyberwar" in 2007

no@spam.com (Reuters Technology News) — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

LONDON - Computer hackers will open a new front in the multi-billion pound "cyberwar" in 2007, targeting mobile phones, instant messaging and community Web sites such as MySpace, security experts predict.As people grow wise to email scams, criminal gangs will find new ways to commit online fraud, sell fake goods or steal corporate secrets.

"The attacks are becoming more sophisticated," said Dave Rand of Internet security firm Trend Micro. "It's all about making money. And they're making a lot of it," he told Reuters.

Ericsson, Intel To Partner on Mobile Broadband

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

STOCKHOLM - Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson will work with computer chip giant Intel on applications for mobile computers that will increase their attractiveness in the market, Ericsson said on Friday.

Ericsson said the joint effort with Intel would aim to enhance the appeal of mobile broadband and multimedia for consumers and corporations.

Online will drive '07 newspaper ad growth: report

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

NEW YORK - Advertising spending at U.S. newspapers will rise 1.2 percent in 2007, driven by gains in internet advertising that won't overcome flat sales in print editions, an industry group said on Friday.

Total ad spending at U.S. newspapers likely will be about $50.1 billion, slightly higher than in 2006, the Newspaper Association of America said.

Microsoft launches Vista version of Windows

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

NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp. launched Windows Vista for businesses on Thursday, unveiling the first major upgrade of its dominant operating system in five years and predicting that over 200 million people will run new Windows, Office or PC server software by the end of 2007.

Vista upgrades the operating system used on more than 90 percent of the world's computers and features translucent windows to make it easier to view items on the desktop, an improved search system, and improved reliability and security.

Microsoft to face challenge over Linux licenses

no@spam.com (Reuters Technology News) — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

BRUSSELS - Linux are preparing to counter a recent Microsoft Corp. deal which established for the first time the principle of paying the software giant to use Linux.

Microsoft signed a deal with Novell Inc., one of the providers of Linux, in which Novell paid a lump sum in return for a guarantee that Microsoft would not sue Novell's clients for what it calls a violation of its own patents in the Linux program.

Microsoft says Office unfazed by Google threat

no@spam.com (Reuters Technology News) — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

SEATTLE - One of the two new heads of Microsoft Corp.'s Office software team downplayed the threat from Google Inc.'s Web-based word processing and spreadsheet applications, saying they are unlikely to appeal to corporate customers.

Antoine Leblond, who became co-leader of the Office group in June, said Google was the latest in a long line of challengers to the Office software suite, which includes Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, Outlook e-mail and PowerPoint presentations.

Scientist thinks invisibility possible in future

no@spam.com (Reuters Technology News) — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT

LONDON - It's unlikely to occur by swallowing a pill or donning a special cloak, but invisibility could be possible in the not too distant future, according to research published on Monday.

Harry Potter accomplished it with his magic cloak. H.G. Wells' Invisible Man swallowed a substance that made him transparent.

Microsoft ready to do the robot

no@spam.com (Reuters Technology News) — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Maybe it's the robotic dog resting in the corner or the R2-D2 "Star Wars" droid on the floor, but Tandy Trower's office is not a typical workstation found on the Microsoft campus.

Trower heads the Microsoft Robotics Group, a nine-person operation with the modest trappings of a start-up company but grand ambitions befitting a $44 billion software giant.

Net2Phone sues Skype for patent infringement

no@spam.com (Reuters Technology News) — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

NEW YORK� - Net2Phone, the Internet telephone unit of IDT Corp.has filed a lawsuit against eBay Inc.'s Skype Internet telephone unit, accusing the unit of infringing a Net2Phone patent.�
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Swedish Security Police probe suspected Web attacks

no@spam.com (Reuters Technology News) — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

STOCKHOLM - Sweden's domestic intelligence agency said it would probe why the government's Web site crashed on Sunday amid reports hackers had sought revenge for a crackdown on alleged online piracy.

The government Web site went off line in the early hours of Sunday. The Internet home page of the national police crashed in similar fashion on Thursday.
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