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The Security Space Web Server Survey is a survey of Web server software usage on the Internet broken down by 90 domains. Security Space estimates that even though there are almost 20 million Web sites, nearly 90 percent are “orphans” to which no other sites link. Security Space’s Web server survey counts only those servers […]

By Ryan Naraine and Jim Wagner Microsoft on Tuesday issued three security bulletins in order to fix vulnerabilities in its ISA Server 2000, Exchange Server 2003 and Windows products as part of its once-a-month schedule for patches. But it also had to delay issuing a patch for a flaw in the Internet Explorer (IE) browser, […]

By Sean Michael Kerner VeriSign has successfully managed the root DNS directory for .com and .net for years, serving over 10 billion lookups per day — and navigating its way through recent controversy over privacy concerns. Now, the company is looking to leverage its work in the Internet development even further. It was awarded a […]

Sean Michael Kerner Symbol Technologies introduced a payment transaction terminal Monday that complies with Visa International’s new encryption requirements. Visa Online PIN security requirements support a new, higher grade of transaction security and is scheduled to take full effect in 2005. The new Symbol PD 8500 is Windows CE .NET-based and is a signature-capture and […]

By Sean Michael Kerner Another day, another virus. Unsuspecting Internet users were greeted Friday with an e-mail message purportedly from windowsupdate@microsoft.com to update their computers. The message has the subject line: Windows XP Service Pack 1 (Express) – Critical Update. Problem is, the message isn’t from Microsoft and the patch is actually a back door […]

By Ryan Naraine Mega-portal Yahoo is getting closer to adding a Rich Site Summary aggregator to its My Yahoo service, a move that could provide a major boost to the XML format for content syndication. A beta of the Yahoo RSS aggregator appeared — and subsequently disappeared — from the personalized ‘My Yahoo’ service late […]

Sean Michael Kerner Japan-based Miracle Linux is teaming up with China’s Red Flag to form a Linux development environment called ‘Asianux’ that has far reaching implications for the open-source operating system in both Japan and China. “By collaborating with each other, the two leading Linux vendors can share technology to build a Linux standard to […]

The Netcraft Web Server Survey is a survey of Web server software usage on the Internet. Netcraft received responses to its January 2004 survey from 46,067,743 sites. This is 87,631 more sites than responded in December. Although it represents yet another peak in the number of responses received, the four top-four players, Apache, Microsoft, SunONE, […]

By Sean Michael Kerner Broadband provider Covad Communications plans to increase its coverage to nearly 50 million homes and businesses in a 2004 network expansion announced today. This move comes days after the company said that in 2003 they grew subscriber lines in service by 36 percent to more than 517,000. “Broadband demand in this […]

By Sean Michael Kerner IBM’s on-demand strategy initiative got a major boost with the announcement of a ten-year IT outsourcing contract with retailer Target Corp. . Financial terms of the pact were not released. “Our long-term relationship with IBM has given Target the kind of IT flexibility that enables us to execute our strategies with […]

By Sean Michael Kerner Following a trend by foreign administrations, the Israeli government this week suspended its acquisitions of new computer software from Microsoft . Price issues and the U.S. company’s refusal to sell individual programs from its standard software package are cited as the main reason behind the switch, according Associated Press reports. Instead, […]

The 2003 holiday shopping season proved to be a boon for online retailers with shoppers spending $13 billion just between Nov. 1 and Dec. 12 alone. Online shoppers spent $2.95 billion during the second week in December, an increase of 48 percent from 2002, according to a report from Goldman, Sachs & Co., Harris Interactive., […]