Ed Sutherland

When thinking of HP computers, the first image might not be blasting space aliens. But that impression may change with the company’s acquisition of high-end game PC maker VoodooPC. The acquisition, financial details of which were not disclosed, will inject some creative life into HP’s mainstream consumer computing business, Stephen Baker of NPD Group told […]

May the lawsuits begin. While Hewlett-Packard executives spent Thursday explaining to Congress its role in a leak probe gone out of control, Verizon Wireless was in court suing unnamed data brokers it said were involved in the scandal. The lawsuit, filed in New Jersey federal court, charges 20 unnamed defendants — identified only as Jane […]

Software giant Microsoft is investigating yet another zero-day flaw attacking its Office suite of applications. The attacks target a vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, Microsoft PowerPoint 2002, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 for Mac and Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 v.X for Mac, according to a company spokesman. Craig Schmugar, virus researcher with McAfee Avert […]

UPDATED: Ann Baskins, Hewlett-Packard’s general counsel, has resigned and will not testify before a Congressional committee investigating techniques used during an internal leak probe. The resignation increases the ranks of ex-HP executives slated to testify before Congress about their role in what the computer maker’s CEO Mark Hurd termed a “rogue operation” that included snooping […]

Five new names were added to the witness list for Thursday’s House hearing on the HP leak probe. The government-issued subpoenas request the appearance of Charles Kelly of Villa Rica, Ga.; Cassandra Selvage of Dade City, Fla.; Darren Brost of Austin, Texas; Valerie Preston of Cooper City, Fla.; and Bryan Wagner of Littleton, Colo., according […]

More than 50,000 General Electric former and current employees face the risk of identity theft after learning a laptop computer containing personal data was stolen earlier this month. “The laptop was stolen from a locked hotel room, we believe it was a random criminal act,” Russell Wilkerson, a GE spokesperson, told internetnews.com. Wilkerson said “evidence […]

Cisco plans to bring the camera into the boardroom with Cisco Digital Media System, a collection of hardware and software for companies to broadcast business-quality audio and video to customers, clients and employees. The $130,000 system includes a digital encoder, media manager and portal with guide, play lists and search. Windows Media Player, RealPlayer and […]

UPDATED: Microsoft released a patch for a VML flaw being exploited. The out-of-cycle security bulletin was released “in response to malicious and criminal attacks on computer users that were recently discovered,” according to a spokesperson. After Russian hackers used an underground toolkit last week to compromise host providers and 45 networks, security companies still see […]

Forget about worms and headline-grabbing mass attacks. Hackers are getting personal by targeting your home computer and online finances. According to a new status report from security vendor Symantec , home users are the target of 86 percent of attacks. Financial services ranked second, the target of 84 percent of phishing attempts in the first […]

During the Senate Watergate hearings, the question “What did he know and when did he know it?” became a mantra surrounding Richard Nixon’s bungled attempt to spy on his political opponents. Now, more than 30 years later, the answer to that same question could determine the fate of HP CEO Mark Hurd. At a news […]

UPDATED: As HP readies for a make-or-break news conference later today, Congressional investigators requested that HP CEO Mark Hurd testify before a U.S. House committee. The House Energy and Commerce committee accepted Thursday night Hurd’s offer to testify Sept. 28 to explain his involvement in a scandal over how an HP internal investigation obtained private […]

With Microsoft set to launch Vista in November to corporate customers, Symantec and Adobe are lobbying European regulators to act against the software giant. Next week, two Symantec executives head to Brussels to brief journalists on security features found in Vista. Symantec earlier this year asked for an injunction to stop sales of Vista due […]