Sean Michael Kerner

Developers now have a choice to use the open source Python language for mobile application development on Nokia Series 60 phones, the Finnish company announced. The Python for Series 60 software packages from Nokia include a Python installer (SIS), example scripts and additional libraries, as well as an extensive documentation set. Nokia’s Python package allows […]

Microsoft said it is is investigating a report from Alexander Anisimov of the Russian security firm Positive Technologies that details how to bypass Windows XP SP2 heap protection to create an attack vector for a buffer overflow attack. According to Positive Technologies’ security scanning product MaxPatrol, it initially notified Microsoft of the bypass on Dec. […]

Open source CRM vendor SugarCRM hopes its new offering, which comes in professional and open source flavors, is even sweeter than its predecessors. Sugar Open Source Edition 2.5 expands the CRM interface to include Web portal tools, according to the company, while Sugar Professional Edition includes integration with wireless devices in addition to new Web […]

The Windows version of popular open source database MySQL is apparently under attack by a malicious bot , according to an advisory issued Thursday by the SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC). The SANS-ISC advisory also said the binary file that carries the bot is detectable via most updated anti-virus scanners and that strong password policies […]

If you’ve got an understanding of free and open source software licensing, project management skills and experience with Sourceforge.net, Google may be looking for you. The search engine giant has posted a position on the popular Craigslist site for an open source program manager. The posting comes in the same week that Google hired Mozilla […]

The Bagle worm is rearing its head again, back for another crack at the unprotected masses. Security firms such as McAfee, Sophos, Symantec, F-secure, PandaLabs, TrendMicro and Kaspersky Labs are all reporting on the emergence of new Bagle virus variants that are proliferating in the wild. There are likely two different variants that are new, […]

A week after Cisco reported a vulnerability in its Internetwork Operating System (IOS) Software Embedded Call Processing Solutions, the company has, thrice again, been hit. A trio of potential Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerabilities has been reported in the IOS that involves issues with the way it handles Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) packet processing, IPv6 and […]

Internet users infected with a virus may not feel particularly brilliant, but a new worm reported by PandaLabs will actually tell them they’re not. The W32/Cisum.A worm displays the message “YOU ARE AN IDIOT” while repeating an MP3 with the same phrase every five seconds. Beyond audibly berating its victims, the Cisum worm also targets […]

The bugzilla bug reporting and tracking system on the Mozilla development site mozdev.org was vandalized yesterday. Mozdev is a community site for Mozilla developers to create and host applications and various add-ons to the Mozilla source code. Mozilla contributor Henrik Gemal reported the activity on his blog. “A couple of hours ago bugzilla mails started […]

Internet service provider EarthLink today announced a joint venture deal with South Korean mobile operator SK Telecom . The $440 million dollar agreement will market a number of different wireless data and voice services in the United States. SK-EarthLink will be a non-facilities-based U.S. mobile virtual network operator. Each partner will have a 50 percent […]

UPDATED: BitTorrent-based services are picking up steam this year, thanks to hosted torrent services from a number of vendors and the new eXeem P2P torrent-based application. EXeem is a new P2P entity that utilizes the torrent protocol for its service, which was launched on Friday with its 0.20 public beta. The same people who used […]

Blogging giant Six Apart has released a new version of its Movable Type software and a plug-in for earlier versions, urging all users to update as soon as possible. The new version plugs a recently discovered exploit that could allow a malicious user to send e-mail via Movable Type to any number of arbitrary users. […]