Sean Michael Kerner

A new phishing attack has been launched against Yahoo Messenger users, according to security firms Akonix and IMlogic. For now, the scheme appears to be limited to the Yahoo’s IM network. The attack starts with an IM message from a user’s buddy list. The message directs the users to a site where they log in […]

Microsoft Internet Explorer developer Dave Massy responded to a Mozilla Foundation claim that Firefox will “always” be more secure. On a blog post today, Massy referenced reported comments made by Mozilla Foundation chair Mitchell Baker two days ago. “Mitchell Baker, president and chief lizard wrangler of the Mozilla Foundation, is quoted as saying Mozilla is […]

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) released Apache Cocoon 2.1.7, which includes improvements to the open source Web development framework’s speed and ease of use. The Cocoon Project is currently one of the largest Java Based projects in production at the ASF. Apache Cocoon is an XML-based publishing framework, whose modular approach of component pipelines allows […]

Users of the multi-protocol Trillian instant messaging client may be at risk from a security flaw, according to security research and software development firm LogicLibrary. News of the flaw comes as a new report is released claiming that most enterprises are unprepared to manage Instant Messaging threats. Pittsburg-based LogicLibrary said it discovered an unpatched buffer […]

Time Warner’s AOL division debuted a new online travel service called PinpointTravel.com today. At its core, PinpointTravel.com is a search engine for travel, querying multiple airlines and travel providers. After returning the search results users are directed to book directly from the travel supplier or agent listed on the PinpointTravel.com site. Kayak Software, a company […]

Novell’s BrainShare event in Salt Lake City got under way today with product announcements that illustrate Novell’s intention to further integrate Linux into its ecosystem, with an offering for SMBs, a new version of its ZenWorks management suite, enhancements to GroupWise and a new ISV certification program. The Novell Linux Small Business Suite, which targets […]

Fewer Americans spend time online now compared to the same time last year, prompting calls by one research firm to make the Web more “stimulating.” Newly published results from Nielsen//NetRatings’ NetView audience measurement panel shows that the number of monthly user sessions in the United States declined by two percent in February 2005 when compared […]

The head of Microsoft’s tools division said Friday that support for its Visual Basic 6 toolset would not be ending, addressing what had been a growing concern among some in the developer community. “Support is, however, transitioning, consistent with the roadmap that we disclosed in 2002,” said Eric Rudder, senior vice president of the server […]

The nascent market of podcasting got a boost this week with the latest release of iPodder 2.0. The new version of the popular podcasting client sports a slicker look among its long list of feature improvements, which developers argue is proof positive that podcasting technology is now mature and ready to be taken seriously. Podcasting, […]

The KDE Foundation released version 3.4 of its open source desktop operating environment yesterday, which includes features that satisfy accessibility groups and more than 6,500 bug fixes. Since the version 3.3 release in August, more than 80,000 contributions were made to the project, which translates into “several million lines of code and documentation added or […]

NEW ORLEANS — What’s the next big thing in wireless? What else? It’s still convergence, according to attendees at this week’s CTIA 2005 conference here. Officials from Texas Instruments (TI), Philips, Fujitsu Network Communications, the Wi-Fi Alliance, Flarion Technologies and Freescale Semiconductor touted the holy grail of convergence, highlighting a number of next-generation technologies, such […]

The latest stats released this week from research firm Netcraft illustrate that Red Hat’s community-based Fedora Core Linux is the fastest-growing Linux distribution in use on Web servers. But Red Hat distros continue to own the majority of the Linux Web server market. According to Netcraft, from September 2004 to March 2005, Fedora Core was […]