Ryan Naraine

Microsoft has formally filed an appeal of the European Union’s $613 million antitrust ruling, arguing that the EU decision undermined innovation and was not in the best interest of consumers. As expected, the software giant filed its brief in the European Court of First Instance in Brussels with an accompanying argument that the ruling imposed […]

Merrill Lynch’s technology research analyst Steven Milunovich is urging Hewlett-Packard to split into two divisions, arguing that separation makes sense — whether computer margins recover or not. In a research report distributed ahead of Tuesday’s HP analyst meeting, Milunovich recommended the company be split by product segments into printers and computers or by market into […]

Online auction giant eBay is the latest e-commerce player to embrace the RSS content syndication format to stay in touch with customers. On the heels of similar support for RSS (Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary) from Amazon.com and Yahoo , eBay has now rolled out two RSS feeds. They are designed to shuttle […]

A three-headed worm with a potentially dangerous payload has started spreading rapidly, prompting a warning from security experts that a malicious attacker could load and launch files on infected machines. Russian anti-virus experts Kaspersky Labs has intercepted the Plexus.A worm infecting machines in three ways simultaneously: via e-mail attachments, on peer-to-peer networks and through the […]

E-commerce superstore Amazon.com has caught the blogging bug. Looking to take advantage of the blogging craze, the Seattle-based firm has launched a beta of Plogs, or personalized blogs, to shuttle links of recommended products and relevant shopping information to users. Some Amazon.com shoppers were greeted with the Plog, which is powered by the site’s ability […]

Alternative Web browser firm Opera Software has rushed out a fix for a security vulnerability that could allow an attacker to fool the Opera browser into showing a fake address in its address bar. The flaw, which was discovered by Israel-based security consultants GreyMagic, could lead to “phishing” attacks where URLs are spoofed to trick […]

Microsoft’s two-headed Janus DRM technology is ready for prime time and the software giant has wasted no time integrating it into a revamped version of its flagship Windows Media Player (WMP). Janus, which marries Windows Media DRM for Portable Devices and Windows Media DRM for Network Devices, is a key addition to the new WMP […]

If you manage a Web site that uses ActiveX controls, file downloads, pop-up windows or the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (MSJVM), chances are you will need to tweak your code to deal with the new security features in Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). As part of preparations for the final release of the service […]

A security bypass flaw in a popular wireless broadband router shipped by Cisco’s Linksys unit could give malicious hackers administrative access to vulnerable devices, researchers warned on Wednesday. Independent technology consultant Alan W. Rateliff discovered the flaw during a client installation of a Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Broadband Router. After reporting the vulnerability to Linksys, Rateliff […]

With eyes fixed on the red-hot application security market, Seattle-based F5 Networks will shell out $29 million in cash to acquire firewall specialist MagniFire WebSystems and fold it into a newly created security business unit. F5 Networks, which markets server appliances to handle load balancing, said the new business unit will handle research and development, […]

Security researchers have discovered a heap overflow vulnerability in Concurrent Versions System (CVS), the source code maintenance system used to power open-source software development projects. An alert from the U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) said the flaw could allow a remote attacker to launch malicious code on a vulnerable system. Secunia has tagged the […]

SAN DIEGO — Microsoft plans to spend about $300 million to support the launch of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (XP SP2), company officials said. The security-centric XP update, which enjoyed top billing at this week’s TechEd conference, will be available as a “critical” download via Microsoft’s Windows Update feature and will ship with all […]