Tim Gray

Antivirus vendor Trend Micro Tuesday said it acquired Internet filter maker Kelkea in an effort to fortify its security technology base. The move immediately beefs up the outfit’s spam credentials and moves it closer to tackling increasing phishing and pharming scams, which it has plans to address later this year. “The reason for this acquisition […]

Chinese bloggers are likely choosing their words a little more carefully this week after another American Internet behemoth gave in to Beijing’s restrictions regarding certain politically sensitive words. Microsoft agreed abide by censors banning the words “freedom” and “democracy” on its Chinese internet portal, MSN China, as well as other potentially politically charged subjects such […]

Anti-virus maker F-Secure warned mobile phone users about a slippery new trojan disguising itself as an antivirus application. Although the worm, dubbed Skulls.L, is similar to the Skulls.C trojan, writers have added a new wrinkle that differentiates it from previous variants: It’s advertised with a name used for F-Secure’s Mobile Anti-Virus installation package. “The trojan […]

Nokia announced it has partnered with Apple to use open source software to create a Web browser for smartphones using its Series 60 mobile phone software platform. The Finnish telecom made the announcement Monday at its Nokia Connection Conference 2005 in Helsinki. “Nokia is excited to enrich Series 60 with optimized mobile Web browsing,” Pertti […]

The Korean language Mozilla Web site was hacked and defaced this week, prompting calls from some corners of the open source community to gain control of the independent site. The job was likely the work of the notorious Simiens Crew, a Brazil-based outfit, and while the main page was not affected, other pages were replaced […]

British anti-virus firm Sophos says hackers are slamming computers around the world with a Trojan virus by sending e-mails claiming Michael Jackson has tried to kill himself. The massive spam campaign preys on people’s curiosity with the “King of Pop” and the huge interest recently generated with his on-going child abuse trial. The e-mail, with […]

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid from Lexmark International to hear its case against a printer chip maker it claims violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The printer vendor asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, that allowed Static Control […]

The audio and video search engine unit of America Online has reeled in deals with several content providers, angling for position in the heated race to build the best video search engine. The media conglomerate’s audio and video search engine Singingfish, which was acquired by Time Warner in 2003, inked deals with 13 new partners, […]

America Online announced Wednesday it will use advertising from the online Yellow Pages of SBC Communications and BellSouth to increase its local search presence around the country. Yellowpages.com, a joint venture between SBC and BellSouth that includes SBC’s Smartpages.com and BellSouth’s RealPages.com, will now be listed on AOL. AOL says local search continues to be […]

Yahoo has taken a novel approach to undercutting auction rival eBay’s business: It’s eliminated fees for customers using its U.S.-based auction Web site. The search giant said this week it is waiving listing fees, which cost sellers between 5 cents and 75 cents per listing. It also erased transaction fees of 2 percent of the […]

It appears the Mozilla foundation must deal with another round of fixes to its popular browsers after a security firm pointed out that they are susceptible to a seven-year-old vulnerability that could let attackers spoof Web sites. Danish security firm Secunia says both Mozilla 1.7.x and Firefox 1.x are susceptible to a frame injection flaw, […]

Microsoft said Monday it is closer to ending its fight with the antitrust division of the European Union after submitting proposals to comply with demands for server interoperability. The concessions to the European Commission (EC) include an agreement to implement server interoperability measures on a worldwide basis that would have Microsoft share information with rival […]