Ryan Naraine

Amazon.com is looking less and less like an online bookseller these days. The Seattle-based e-commerce player announced on Monday its entry into the lucrative sporting goods space, launching a beta storefront to hawk products in a range of categories — from archery to basketball to cricket to skateboarding. Amazon.com said its new sporting goods store […]

A new mass-mailing virus masquerading as a security patch from Microsoft is on the loose and anti-virus experts say it has the ability to steal account information and e-mail server details from infected systems. The W32.Swen.A@mm or W32.Gibe.B@mm (Swen/Gibe) virus couldn’t have come at a worst time for Microsoft and computer users in general — […]

Freeloaders accessing Microsoft’s Hotmail from cell phones or wireless devices will have to start paying an annual $19.99 fee to connect to the service. The free access to MSN Hotmail on wireless devices will expire on December 3 and replaced with a new fee-based MSN Mobile service offering Web access, calendar, wireless alerts, MSN instant […]

NEW YORK — With just a week to go before the worldwide release of its Windows compatible AMD Athlon 64 desktop processor, AMD chief executive Dr. Hector Ruiz took to the TECHXNY stage to preach the 64-bit gospel, arguing that the removal of “disruptive costs” of technology migration will spur innovation in the IT industry. […]

The CERT Coordination Center has issued a security alert for a buffer management vulnerability in versions of the OpenBSD Project’s popular OpenSSH network connectivity tool. The security hole, which affects all versions of OpenSSH prior to 3.7, could cause a denial-of-service condition and may also allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, CERT/CC warned. Systems […]

NEW YORK – Handheld device maker Palm has used the spotlight of this year’s TECHXNY to roll out a slew of PDA accessories, including a wireless infrared keyboard, a multifunction stylus and a plug-and-play, 1.3 megapixel camera card. The company said the first Palm-branded wireless keyboard would be battery operated and would offer full-sized keys. […]

With cybersecurity issues dominating the headlines, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the creation of a new unit serve as a coordination point for prevention, protection and response to Internet attacks. The new US-CERT unit is part of a partnership with Carnegie Mellon University’s CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC). The DHS said private-sector security vendors […]

Holtsville, New York-based Symbol Technologies has won a crucial patent infringement ruling against rival Proxim over technologies used in Proxim’s Open Air, 802.11 and 802.11b products. A federal court jury in Wilmington, Delaware ordered Proxim to pay royalties of 6 percent on past sales of infringing products from 1995 to present. Symbol Technologies estimates the […]

Microsoft Windows may be dominating the headlines for security-related breaches but the open-source Linux server operating system remains the biggest target of overt intruder attacks, according to a study by U.K.-based Mi2g. Mi2g, which provides digital risk management research, said 67 percent of all successful overt digital attacks was done against the Linux OS, which […]

Has Apple’s successful implementation of digital rights management (DRM) technology in the iTunes storefront forced Microsoft into a digital media strategy shift? After making a point that advanced features within the Windows Media 9 Series digital media platform would only be available on its flagship Windows platform, Microsoft did a sudden about-turn this week, announcing […]

Microsoft on Wednesday warned of three newly discovered vulnerabilities in its RPCSS service that could let an attacker run harmful code on affected systems. The secur ity alert carries a ‘critical’ rating. Microsoft issued a patch for the latest buffer overrun flaw, noting that the fix supersedes one issued last month for the RPC DCOM […]

In what amounts to a major blow to the electronic publishing sector, New York-based online bookseller BarnesandNoble.com announced it would stop selling e-books because of poor sales and limited technology. BarnesandNoble.com, the online arm of the bookseller giant, made the surprising announcement in an e-mail to customers which urged that purchases be downloaded before December […]