Ryan Naraine

After almost a year of beta testing, Microsoft’s Windows XP overhaul is finally ready for public consumption. The oft-delayed Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) will be released in early August as a free download optimized for both broadband and dial-up customers, a company executive confirmed. “At this point, it looks like RC2 will be […]

In a move aimed at beefing up its product offerings to large health care organizations, WebMD Corp. plans to shell out $160 million in cash to acquire software firm ViPS, Inc. WebMD runs a Web-based information portal alongside a business that hawks services to connect physicians, hospitals, pharmacies and insurance providers. The ViPS deal would […]

Microsoft may have won the browser wars, but the recent emergence of a malicious, sophisticated enemy could start pushing users away from Internet Explorer (IE). Last week’s multi-stage malware attack confirmed what we already knew. Malicious hackers are one step ahead of the guys in charge of software security. And, if Redmond is to keep […]

The Apache Software Foundation has rolled out a patch for versions of its popular Apache HTTP Server to fix a potentially serious security flaw. The buffer overflow flaw affects Apache httpd versions 1.3.26, 1.3.27, 1.3.28, 1.3.29 and 1.3.31, which were configured to act as proxy servers. Apache httpd 2.0 and other versions of Apache httpd […]

Microsoft overhauled OneNote 2003, adding real-time document sharing and SharePoint integration to its popular note-taking application. The software giant released a preview version of OneNote 2003 SP1, adding a slew of tweaks that suggest the product will be marketed to corporate clients. Microsoft Group Program Manager Chris Pratley, who announced the service pack on his […]

The U.S. government’s Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is warning Web surfers to stop using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) browser. On the heels of last week’s sophisticated malware attack that targeted a known IE flaw, US-CERT updated an earlier advisory to recommend the use of alternative browsers because of “significant vulnerabilities” in technologies embedded in […]

A Russian Web site that was being used to distribute malware programs as part of a sophisticated attack against Microsoft IIS 5.0 servers has been taken offline by law enforcement officials. Microsoft announced over the weekend that law enforcement officials, working in tandem with ISPs, shut down the malicious Web site to thwart the spread […]

The SANS Internet Storm Center, which tracks malicious Internet activity, reported that a large number of popular Web sites were compromised earlier this week to distribute malicious code that targets a known bug in Microsoft Internet Explorer. “The attacker uploaded a small file with JavaScript to infected Web sites, and altered the web server configuration […]

UPDATED: America Online sent a strong signal about the health of the targeted online ad marketing sector on Thursday with a $435 million all-cash deal to acquire Baltimore-based Advertising.com. The deal, AOL’s biggest acquisition since its merger with Time Warner, signals a trend among big media companies to buy into online marketing services in order […]

Enterprise customers still running Windows NT 4.0 after the expiration of support for security updates have the option of paying for special custom support beyond the product lifecycle, Microsoft said on Wednesday. After first announcing an agreement with banking consortium BITS on parameters for what was described as “specialized support” for Windows NT 4.0, the […]

Online auction giant eBay is in an expansion mode on the acquisition front and with software developers as well. On the day it announced plans to shell out $50 million to acquire Baazee.com, Inc., a Web marketplace based in India, eBay will open up its heralded Web Services platform for the first time to members […]

A pair of security flaws found in the Internet Systems Consortium’s (ISC) implementation of the DHCP protocol could leave users at risk of denial-of-service or code execution attacks, experts warned Tuesday. According to an alert from the U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT), the vulnerabilities were discovered in ISC DHCP versions 3.0.1rc12 and 3.0.1rc13, the […]