Tim Gray

Security firm PandaLabs says a worm that spoofs Google is wending its way through the Internet via P2P networks. Some downloaders hoping to snare free Star Wars games are unwittingly finding themselves installing the worm, P2Load.A, that spreads on P2P networks using the file-sharing programs Shareaza and Imesh, according to PandaLabs. The worm copies itself […]

San Francisco police have arrested a man after recovering a stolen laptop that held personal data of nearly 100,000 University of California, Berkeley students and applicants. The computer, containing the information of 98,000 people, was swiped March 11 when the thief entered a restricted area of the Graduate Division office, which was momentarily unoccupied, according […]

The world’s largest software maker Microsoft and media titan Time Warner are exploring the possibility of merging the MSN Internet portal with the America Online unit of Time Warner, according to a source familiar with the talks. Redmond, which is said to have initiated the talks earlier this year, is interested in buying a big […]

A Massachusetts teenager who hacked his way into the mobile phone of Paris Hilton and posted her celebrity pal’s contact information online has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to 11 months in a juvenile detention facility. The teen cracker, whose status as a minor prevented courts from releasing his name, pleaded guilty to nine counts […]

Time Warner and Microsoft are reportedly in advanced talks over Redmond buying a big stake in the media company’s America Online unit. The New York Post, citing two unnamed sources familiar with the negotiations, said the companies are close to an agreement that would have Microsoft acquire a large stake of AOL, with the idea […]

Before the ink could dry on Internet auction giant eBay’s $2.6 billion deal to acquire VoIP titan Skype this week, industry analysts were delivering mixed reviews on the move. “It is a higher premium they paid in relation to the benefit,” Vamsi M. Sistla, director of broadband and digital media for New York-based ABI Research, […]

The Chinese government is preparing to block access to Skype’s popular Internet telephone service that has been undercutting the country’s telecom business, according to the Shanghai Daily online newspaper. China Telecom, the nation’s largest fixed-line phone carrier, is already blocking access to service in the southern province of Shenzhen, but is expected to expand the […]

Internet auction giant eBay is reportedly in talks to acquire Internet telephony company Skype for $2 billion to $3 billion, according to a published report. However, spokesmen from both companies declined to comment on the Wall Street Journal report, saying their respective companies do not comment on “rumors.” The report cited as its source “people […]

Security software vendor McAfee extended its managed security services this week with an offering of carrier-grade products. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm announced the program, dubbed McAfee Clean Pipes, as part of an initiative to provide McAfee technology to Internet Service Providers (ISP) to help offer data and infrastructure security services to customers. The initiatives […]

IBM today unveiled a major upgrade to its flagship platform with the launch of Lotus Notes and Domino 7 in an attempt to capitalize on a growing demand for collaboration tools, the company said. The latest version of the platform, Lotus Domino 7, includes new features and tools designed to improve productivity for IT administrators […]

UPDATED: Microsoft and Google are scheduled to square off in a Seattle courtroom today over an increasingly heated dispute regarding Google’s hiring of a Microsoft vice president who was under contract with Redmond at the time. The battle for Kai-Fu Lee, a former vice president with the software giant, underlines a growing animosity between the […]

Communications solutions firm Adomo has rolled out a platform designed as a universal voice messaging system that integrates with Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory, the company said. The Adomo Voice Messaging for Exchange combines a growing list of telephony components, including Voice over IP technologies, smartphones and PDAs, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company said. Andrew Feit, […]