Ryan Naraine

Looking to add key security features to its new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) product, Microsoft has inked a deal with Network Associates to marry a customer help-desk system into its CRM software. Microsoft CRM, which targets midmarket enterprise customers, will now be integrated with Network Associates’ Magic Solutions HelpDesk IQ, a single-software system gives help-desk […]

Microsoft Wednesday warned of a serious security flaw in the script engine of all versions of Windows that can be exploited to take control of vulnerable systems. The software maker issued its eighth security alert on Wednesday with a “critical” rating on a flaw that exists in the way by which the Windows Script Engine […]

With eyes fixed on winning developer adoption for its Web services platform, Sun Microsystems on Wednesday introduced the Sun ONE Web Services Platform Developer Edition, a package of software and tools needed to build Web services applications. Sun will formally unveil the integrated developer environment at a midday press conference where a massive price cut […]

Just weeks after training its anti-piracy guns on universities nationwide, the Recording Industry Association of America’s (RIAA) war against the file-sharing networks has spread to Fortune 500 companies. Attorneys for the RIAA have sent a letter to about 300 U.S. companies, warning they could face “significant legal damages” because their networks were being used to […]

The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT/CC) on Monday issued an advisory for a buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft IIS 5.0 running on Microsoft Windows 2000, warning sysadmins that an exploit is already circulating. Microsoft issued a “critical” rating on the flaw and issued a patch while warning that the vulnerability may allow a remote attacker […]

A 20-year old student at the University of Texas of Austin has turned himself into authorities and is now facing federal charges for the massive break-in that exposed personal data of approximately 55,200 individuals. Christopher Andrew Phillips, a computer science major, was charged with “unauthorized access to a protected computer and using a means of […]

NEW ORLEANS — Research in Motion , used the CTIA Wireless 2003 spotlight on Monday to formally unveil its ‘BlackBerry Connect’ licensing program and immediately announced deals to open its wireless e-mail gateway to the Symbian and Microsoft operating systems. RIM also scored a deal with Taiwan-based High Tech Computer (HTC), a leading OEM for […]

Mega-portal Yahoo hit the ground running Monday with details of its Yahoo Platinum fee-based video subscription service, a $9.95 a month offering that will feature live streams of the marquee NCAA ‘March Madness’ college basketball tournament. Yahoo Platinum, the first direct threat to RealNetworks’ dominance of the online market for video subscriptions, will be also […]

Business software maker PeopleSoft used the CeBIT spotlight in Germany Friday to lift the wraps off the latest version of its enterprise portal, an upgrade that highlights real-time collaboration capabilities and instant messaging alliances IBM, Microsoft and Yahoo. PeopleSoft’s Enterprise Portal 8.8 has been fitted with a new Resource Finder tool that will integrate business […]

Atlanta-based access provider EarthLink plans to sell Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone service to its broadband customers, a flat-rate $39.99 per month service that could threaten traditional phone companies. EarthLink, which is struggling in the race against AOL and MSN, will use technology from New Jersey-based Vonage to provide the SIP network-based Internet phone service, […]

Alternative Web browser firm Opera has rushed out a new version to plug “extremely critical” security flaws that lets intruders load and execute malicious code on vulnerable machines. For the second time in as many months, Norway-based Opera Software was forced to push out a new version of its Opera 7 browser because of issues […]

“Wow! Holy Cow, that was a large airburst, filling the sky.” That outburst more than a decade ago from CNN reporter John Holliman and the blow-by-blow coverage of the first Gulf War helped put Ted Turner’s 24-hour cable television outlet on the world map. Now, with another Gulf War on the horizon, Disney-owned ABCNews.com is […]