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'Neglect' of Bletchley condemned

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:15:00 EST

More than 100 academics have signed a letter to The Times saying the code-cracking centre and crucible of the UK computer industry deserves better.

'Fake Facebook profile' victim awarded Â£22,000

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:00:00 EST

A man who sued a former school friend for creating a fake profile on the social networking site has won his libel case.

DNS exploit code is in the wild

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:00:00 EST

As of Wednesday, an exploit code allowing someone to attack the domain name system (DNS) was available in various places on the Internet.

Embarq provides more details on Web tracking test

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:45:00 EST

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Embarq Corp. has revealed more details about its exploration of a program that tracked Internet subscribers' Web-surfing habits for advertising purposes, telling Congress that it performed the test on 26,000 customers in a Kansas t

Sources: Google Video soured company on long-form video

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:30:00 EST

As Google begins to make inroads in Hollywood, YouTube's parent company remains focused on short-form content, according to studio executives.

Ramius Named One of Ten Canadian Web 2.0 Companies to Watch

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:15:00 EST

OTTAWA, ONTARIO - Ramius(R) Corporation, a leading provider of social networking and online community software services, today announced it has been named as one of IDC's "10 Canadian Web 2.0 Companies to Watch" (IDC #CA2TIW8).

Tomoye Named One of 10 Web 2.0 Companies to Watch

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:45:00 EST

Ottawa, ON â�� Tomoye today announced that it has been named one of "10 Web 2.0 Companies to Watch" by leading IT market research and advisory firm, IDC. The new study (IDC #CA2TIW8) released this week profiles companies that I

Drizzle Project Plans a Stripped-Down MySQL

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EST

The open source MySQL database began life as a lightweight alternative to big, resource-hungry database management systems, such as Oracle or Sybase. Over the years, however, users have clamored for more and more features, causing MySQL's codebase to

Yahoo's new Zimbra Desktop puts all your e-mail in order

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:15:00 EST

SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo is expanding its popular e-mail service to the desktop in a bid to help consumers manage their e-mail accounts when they aren't online.

Britain agrees plan to tackle online music piracy

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:00:00 EST

LONDON - Britain's music and film industries launched a fight back against online piracy on Thursday, persuading the six biggest Internet providers to send warning letters to those suspected of illegal file-sharing.

Facebook to help some programmers, punish others

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:45:00 EST

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc. is introducing more tools to help the software applications fueling the online hangout's popularity and is promising to intensify its efforts to weed out programs that violate its rules for protecting users' privacy

Bell's internet throttling is like reading people's mail, ISPs say

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:30:00 EST

The CRTC will decide in September whether Bell Canada is breaking telecommunications law by throttling internet speeds. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press)Bell Canada Inc.'s slowing of internet speeds is the equivalent of the post office opening people

Google launches Wikipedia rival Knol

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:15:00 EST

Google's Wikipedia competitor, Knol, was opened to the public on Wednesday morning.

Microsoft Windows chief jumps ship for Juniper

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:15:00 EST

Kevin Johnson, Microsoft's online and Windows chief and a key figure in the company's failed Yahoo takeover effort, is leaving the company to become chief executive at Juniper Networks, Microsoft confirmed on Wednesday.

UK officials going snoop crazy

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST

Officials made more than 500,000 requests to snoop on private phone and Internet information in the United Kingdom last year.

Asia powers home with fiber deployment

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:00 EST

KUALA LUMPUR--Asian countries continue to surpass Europe and North America in the adoption of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) technology, according to a new global ranking study by the FTTH Councils of Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America.

Rascom Turns Up Data Capacity by Four Times Using Nortel Optical Solution

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:30:00 EST

ST. PETERSBURG/MOSCOW â�� Rascom unlocks the multi-terabit capacity of their long haul optical network with Nortel's* [NYSE/TSX: NT] 40G Adaptive Optical Engine, allowing them to offer services at higher speeds and improved performance. Thi

City University Prepares to Meet the Demands of the Hyperconnected Youth with Nortel Solution

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:15:00 EST

LONDON â�� With its data network already at full capacity, City University, one of the UK's most prestigious universities, knew it was unable to meet the demands of its hyperconnected students who wanted to be connected, anywhere, all the

Apple struggles to win fans in China

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST

Yang Weiguo, a 20-year-old university student in Beijing, is a committed Apple fan. Given the American company's limited presence in China, that is no small achievement. In April, for instance, Yang bought a new Macbook through MacX.cn, a fan site fo

Click fraud harder to detect, but rate stays flat

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST

Click fraud, in which advertisers have to pay for bogus clicks on text ads, dropped only a smidgen to 16.2 percent of clicks in the second quarter from 16.1 percent in the first, according to new data from Click Forensics, a company that monitors such act

Nokia, Qualcomm settle patent dispute

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST

Nokia, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, and chipmaker Qualcomm announced Wednesday that they had entered into a new licensing agreement that settled all patent litigation between the two companies.

XM-Sirius merger heads to home stretch

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST

After more than a year of kicking the tires on a proposed merger between XM Satellite Radio Holdings and Sirius Satellite Radio, the Federal Communications Commission has reached a tentative deal with the companies, according to a report in The Wall Stree

iPhone vulnerable to phishing attacks

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST

Security researcher Aviv Raff said on Wednesday that the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications are prone to URL spoofing and could allow phishing attacks against iPhone users.

Blogspot.com cited as the No. 1 host for malware

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST

According to a report out Wednesday, antivirus vendor Sophos says it detects one Web page with malicious content every 5 seconds--a trend that is up 300 percent from 2007.

Spammers on phishing trip crash Carleton's e-mail system

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST

One student tricked into taking the bait was all cybercriminals needed to bring Carleton University's e-mail system to a halt with a malicious phishing attack earlier this week.