Tim Gray

Yahoo will provide users of its free Web e-mail service 1 gigabyte of storage, four times its current offering, equaling the storage capacity of rival Google’s popular Gmail, said Andy Spillane, vice president of Yahoo Mail. “We know that people are using their Yahoo Mail accounts to send and store more attachments, photos and important […]

Newspaper publishing powerhouses Gannett, Knight Ridder, and Tribune Company today announced they have jointly acquired a 75 percent interest in Topix.net, an online news aggregator that launched a little more than a year ago. Although financial terms were not disclosed, the three publishing giants each took a 25 percent stake in the Palo Alto, Calif.-based […]

British mobile phone software maker Symbian has agreed to license synchronization software from longtime rival Microsoft in an attempt to increase its number of enterprise customers. The London-based company said the agreement will allow users of smartphones that run on its operating system, an estimated 20 million devices, to wirelessly receive e-mail through network computers […]

Colleges and universities around the country will likely be guarding their computer networks a little closer from now on, after several institutions’ systems were hacked this month. Officials at California State University, Chico, announced that that they were the latest victims of hackers who had broke into a housing and food service computer system that […]

With seemingly more CEOs crunching numbers in the courtroom than in the boardroom, and as a wave of legislation controlling corporate affairs rolls on, there is no shortage of reasons for high-profile corporate titans to be tossing and turning in their sleep. “We are moving from a period of corporate Watergate and we are cleaning […]

Online photo management company Flickr has been snapped up by search and online media giant Yahoo , the company said. The Flickr service allows users to upload digital photos from computers and camera phones, organize photo albums and attach photos to blogs. Yahoo’s acquisition of the site and its operator, Vancouver-based Ludicorp Research and Development, […]

When it comes to the work at the IRS, most employees are trained not to give it away for free. And they tend to do a good job — except when it comes to their computer passwords and login information, according to a government report released this week. More than one-third of IRS employees and […]

A Louisiana man who launched an e-mail virus that reprogrammed some computers to dial the 911 emergency phone number has been sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay $27,000 in restitution to Microsoft , authorities said. A U.S. federal judge sentenced David Jeansonne, 44, to six months in prison and another six […]

Although Opera Software claims only a small share of the huge browser market, it is making big moves with new features in an effort to win over potential converts. The Oslo-based company announced Wednesday that its latest browser will be the first to include “scalable vector graphics”, called SVG, capable of reducing or enlarging Web […]

Instant messaging has revolutionized the way colleagues communicate, but increasing regulations and a growing number of security breaches in the medium have businesses concerned about how much sensitive information might be getting into the wrong hands. With corporate interest in enterprise IM peaking, mostly because IM increases productivity and reduces communication costs, moves to secure […]

UPDATED: NEW YORK — Former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers was found guilty today on charges he ordered the telecom’s finances inflated to cover massive losses. Ebbers, 63, was accused of orchestrating an $11 billion fraud that led to WorldCom’s collapse and the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. He was charged with conspiracy, securities fraud and […]

Online auction giant eBay continued its efforts to reduce the impact of e-waste on the environment today. The company announced that it has expanded its Rethink Initiative to include leading companies and organizations involved in the wireless telecommunications industry. Launched earlier this year, the initiative, which links technology companies with government agencies, environmental groups and […]