Andy Patrizio

You’ve come a long way, baby. Mozilla has arrived in a big way, with the 200 millionth download of the Firefox browser on Monday, less than two years after Firefox made its debut. It’s also seen its first serious malware  exploit. An exploit named Infostealer.Snifula first came to the attention of virus detection labs late […]

As the Black Hat conference descends upon Las Vegas this week, internetnews.com presents a series of articles addressing security issues past and present. If ever there were a growth industry in technology, it’s the antivirus/anti-spyware market. Market research firm Gartner Group said the industry grew 13.6 percent in 2005, with revenue totaling $4 billion, with the […]

Sometimes, it’s possible to be too popular, especially when it comes to big beta downloads. That helps explain why Microsoft will charge $1.50 for anyone wishing to download Office 2007 beta 2, starting this Wednesday. The company said the buck-fifty is a way to make up for the costs of bandwidth. The fee change is […]

Apple needs to disconnect iTunes from its lock-in with the iPod, because it has the potential to go far beyond just Apple’s portable music player, said a market research firm. That’s the conclusion of Vamsi Sistla, research director for broadband and multimedia, at ABI Research. While Apple has not said it will go in this […]

UPDATED: Ray Ozzie made his first major appearance in the role of Chief Software Architect of Microsoft before the company’s annual financial analyst meeting. His speech centered around software as a service, but perhaps more notable was who wasn’t at the day-long meeting: the man he replaced, Bill Gates. CEO Steve Ballmer said Gates was […]

UPDATED:When Microsoft launches its Zune music and gaming device, it may also merge it with two of the Web’s most popular ways of enjoying new music. The speculation goes something like this: The entertainment device would combine music services like iTunes and the social networking aspects of sites like MySpace in order to help users […]

Web site defacement pranks are nothing new, just ask the webmasters for the MPAA and RIAA. Usually there are motives to the hacks. The MPAA and RIAA typically get hacked for their strong-arm tactics in dealing with piracy on the Internet. The latest involves a hack on Netscape.com by fans of the community-driven news aggregator […]

Sony Electronics has developed an unfortunate reputation for developing amazing technologies and then dropping the ball when it came time to actually sell it. Normally, the consumer electronics giant fouls up one product at a time (Betamax, MiniDisc). But now it seems like Sony could drop the ball on several big initiatives. In May, the […]

In one fell swoop Advanced Micro Devices has transformed itself from a microprocessor company into a broad-based technology firm that will be a major player in mobile computing, handheld devices and digital television. The $5.4 billion deal for ATI, the subject of rumor for more than a month, was approved over the weekend. AMD will […]

Microsoft has finally acknowledged one of the worst-kept secrets in the tech market in recent weeks: it is entering the handheld entertainment market with a device dubbed Zune, a music player and gaming device. Gadget sites like Engadget and Gizmodo have been having a field day speculating on the Zune player. It’s long been suspected […]

Reporter’s Notebook: I was terribly reluctant to make Windows Genuine Advantage the whipping boy of a second column in a row, but in this case, it threw the first punch, and I’m not much for turning the other cheek. Some obnoxious spyware called TrustIn Bar managed to get on my computer, although my antivirus program, […]

Microsoft is feeling a bit more optimistic about the forthcoming fiscal year, although it still has to deal with some serious financial drains in the form of its online efforts and XBox 360 console. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, the company saw revenue of $44.28 billion, an 11 percent increase over the […]