Tim Gray

IM security solutions provider Akonix Systems said its research team tracked 22 new attacks on Peer-to-Peer networks in October, a 19 percent increase over September. The attacks on networks such as eDonkey and Kazaa came at the same time the Akonix Security Center tracked a decrease in attacks on Instant Messaging networks during the same […]

Google plans to resume scanning copyrighted library books into its search engine today after temporarily shelving the project because of copyright concerns. Google’s Print Library Project, which was announced in December and halted in August because of widespread objections from publishers and authors, will start cataloging again. Adam Smith, senior business product manager for Google […]

Retailers looking forward to a green Christmas this year will see a lot more action online, with predictions of sale increases up to 25 percent over last year, hitting a record high of $18 billion. Forrester Research said simple addition will account for the online increase: 2.5 million new households are expected to begin shopping […]

Steve Case, a co-founder of AOL and an architect of the AOL-Time Warner deal, announced Monday his resignation from the Time Warner board of directors. Case said in a statement he was leaving to devote more time to his new company, Revolution. “Leaving Time Warner’s Board will give me a greater opportunity to grow Revolution, […]

FaceTime Security Labs today identified a new threat circulating through AOL’s Instant Messenger (AIM) network: a worm that leaves behind a nasty surprise for unsuspecting chatters. Dubbed W32/Sdbot-ADD, the worm is being passed through instant messages within AOL chat rooms. FaceTime said it spreads when users clink on a message reading, “HILARIOUS!!!” or “See thing!!!” […]

Microsoft says it may be forced to withdraw its Windows software from the South Korean market if the country’s antitrust agency orders it to unbundle its instant-messaging application and media player from the operating system. South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has reportedly been investigating charges that Microsoft has breached antitrust laws by bundling streaming […]

From making traffic flow more freely with EZ-Pass to tracking Americans abroad, RFID technology is speeding up the world we live in. Now the technology is making it easier to buy a pack of smokes or a quart of milk, as Chase Bank U.S.A., a division of JPMorgan Chase, today rolled out RFID Chase “contactless” […]

Americans holding U.S. passports issued after October 2006 will carry embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) chips inside the documents, according to the U.S. State Department. The State Department announced the final regulations this week and will begin a pilot program in December, issuing passports to government employees who use official or diplomatic passports. The documents […]

America Online has rolled out a national advertising campaign dubbed “I AM” for its updated AIM service. The campaign, created by New York-based ad agency ATTIK, highlights AOL’s next-generation AIM service called “AIM Triton” and is geared to create a buzz among the collegiate set. The company is pushing the upgrade of the ubiquitous instant […]

Time Warner Cable and NBC Universal Cable (NBCU) announced they renewed a deal today allowing Time Warner customers to restart television shows already in progress. The service, which allows programs chosen from among NBC, USA, CNBC, MSNBC, Bravo and SCI-FI to “start over,” will be launched later this year. The deal signals Time Warner’s growing […]

Now that Federal regulators will require banks to toughen security for Internet users through authentication, companies are searching for solutions that will ease the transition towards compliance. The new security standards for online banking, established in a report published earlier this month by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), says banks need to use […]

The Firefox browser has surpassed 100 million downloads less than a month before it celebrates its first birthday, according to the Mozilla Foundation. The foundation, which was created in 2003 with seed money from America Online’s Netscape division, launched in November 2004 and has attributed the growing popularity of the open-source browser, to a community […]