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Kaspersky Lab’s Malaysian Web Site Hacked
Russian security company Kaspersky Lab's Web site for Malaysia was defaced on Saturday along with one of its online shopping…News
Georgia President’s Web Site Falls Under DDOS Attack
The Web site for the president of Georgia was knocked offline by a distributed denial -of-service attack over the weekend.News
CherryPal Mini-desktop Consumes 2 Watts of Power
CherryPal announced a $249 mini-desktop that uses only 2 watts of power at maximum usage.News
Intel Atom for Netbooks Costs 52% More Than Desktop Version
The netbook version of Intel's Atom microprocessor costs 52 percent more than the desktop versionNews
Apple Opens First Store in China
Over 400 Apple enthusiasts lined up Saturday morning to be among the first customers at the opening of China's first Apple…News
Ex-Microsoft Manager Gets 22 Months for Fraud
A former Microsoft employee has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for a scam involving the company's domain names.News
Yahoo Uses Home Page to Lobby Against Icahn
Yahoo has placed a button on its home page that links to a page that lobbies shareholders to vote against Carl Icahn's…News
Going Up: Slow Progress on ‘space Elevator’
Conference speakers discuss the concept of a "space elevator" that would take passengers into space.News
Merger Talks Between MTN and Reliance Fail
South Africa's MTN and India's Reliance Communications have dropped merger talks.News
Major Investor to Back Yahoo Board
Large Yahoo investor Legg Mason will back Yahoo's board in a proxy fight with Carl Icahn.News
New Worm Transcodes MP3s to Try to Infect PCs
A new variety of malicious software could pose a danger to those who download music files on peer-to-peer networks.News
AOL a Less Challenging Buy Than Yahoo for Microsoft
A deal to buy AOL may prove easier for Microsoft as it efforts to purchase Yahoo have soured.News
US Air Force Lets Web 2.0 Flourish Behind Walls
The U.S. Air Force is using Web 2.0 technologies to better support its missions despite wariness about security.Glenn Fleishman on Hardware
Solid State Drives Accelerate into Market
Solid state drives are about to make solid improvements in price, performance, and power usage.News
Anthropology’s Technology-driven Renaissance
Anthropologists are a vital tool in developing mobile phones for the third world.News
IT Administrator Pleads Not Guilty to Network Tampering
Terry Childs, the IT administrator accused of locking up San Francisco's computer network, pleads not guilty to computer…News
EU to Crack Down on Bogus Online Ringtone Sellers
An EU investigation of bogus online ringtone sellers finds 80 percent of 558 sites are suspicious.News
Lawmakers Call on NebuAd to Change Privacy Notification
US lawmakers question NebuAd's CEO about the company's Web-tracking service.News
Losses Likely to Rise From Latest Romanian Crime Ring
Losses from a Romanian cybercrime ring that was broken up on Tuesday could reach into the millions of euros.News
Is the Desktop PC Making a Comeback?
There are signs the desktop PC may be enjoying a resurgence.News
Google Tweaks Gmail to Stop Auto-adding Contacts
Google is rolling out a change this week to Gmail that will give users more control over their contacts list.News
Hands on With Acer’s Aspire One Netbook
The story "Hands on with Acer's Aspire one netbook," posted to the wire Monday, has been changed on the wire to clarify the…News
Industry Heavyweights Line-up Behind Sony’s TransferJet
14 of the biggest names in consumer electronics said they would work with Sony on its short-range, high-speed "TransferJet"…News
Apple Shows off First China Store, Divulges Retail Plans
Apple offered a sneak peak of its first Apple Store in China Thursday, located in Beijing's Sanlitun entertainment district.News
Apple Now Third Largest PC Vendor in the US, Survey Says
Apple has toppled Acer to become the third largest PC vendor in the U.S., according to a survey from Gartner.News
Facebook Bug Leaks Members’ Birthday Data
Facebook accidentally exposed the birth dates of its 80 million members over the weekend.News
Romainian Authorities Arrest Cybercrime Suspects
More than 20 cybercrime suspects are arrested in Romania.News
Data Can Leak From Partially Encrypted Disks
Researchers warn that Word and Google Desktop make encrypted information visible on partially encrypted hard drives.News
Spammer Gets 30 Months for Inundating AOL
A 27-year-old man was sentenced to 30 months in prison Tuesday for blasting AOL subscribers with spam over a four-month…News
Business Objects Users Angry Over SAP Support Transition
Business Objects customers are ticked off over what they're calling a botched migration to SAP's support system.News
Google Offers Android Updates Only to Contest Winners
A Google worker accidentally sent an SDK update, meant only for winners of a developers' contest, to all Android developers.News
Ericsson Tests Enhanced Mobile Broadband
Ericsson and 3 Italia have tested HSPA Evolution, offering a download bandwidth of up to 14.4M bps and a maximum uplink speed…News
SAP Customers Forced to Move to Pricier Support
SAP is set to force all customers to use its more costly enterprise support service.News
Sweden’s Snooping Law Faces European Court Challenge
The debate over its snooping law continues to rage in Sweden. Centrum för rättvisa has lodged a complaint with the European…News
Microsoft Updates Servers With Latest Search Features
Microsoft released three bundles of fixes and new features for its server products on Wednesday.News
Woman Fired Over Death Threat Sent From Work E-mail
An employee of 1-800-Flowers.com has been fired after an e-mailed death threat was linked to her account.News
What Does It Take to Get a PC With XP?
Our reporter tried to buy a computer with Windows XP preinstalled on it from the United States' nine biggest PC makers. His findings: You can get one, but be prepared to fib.News
IT Admin Locks up San Francisco’s Network
A network administrator has allegedly locked up a multimillion-dollar computer system for the city of San Francisco that…News
Zoho Gets Big Partner Win for Its SaaS Business Apps
SaaS groupware provider Zoho announced a sizable partnership win with Swisscom on Tuesday.Glenn Fleishman on Hardware
Lenovo Offers Oops Insurance
Smaller businesses may benefit from Lenovo's new package of next-business day warranty repair, accidental laptop damage coverage, and Internet backups.News
Mauritius Negotiates With AMD for Low-cost PCs
The Mauritian government is in negotiations with AMD to bring down the price of computers.News
Lycos Offers OpenSocial Web-publishing Tool
Lycos has released a new Web-publishing tool that allows users to create Web sites that take advantage of social networks.Neil McAllister on Software
Norton 2009 to Speed Up Malware Screening
Symantec has built more than 300 speed and performance enhancements into its forthcoming security products, now in public beta.News
Weight-loss Supplement Dealer Settles Spam Charges
Marketers of 'bogus' weight-loss supplements settle spam charges brought by the U.S. FTC.News
Viacom Allows YouTube to Conceal User Names in Court Case
Google will be allowed to conceal the identities of YouTube users in a logging database that a court ordered it to hand over…News
Researchers Trace Structure of Cybercrime Gangs
The chain-of-command of a cybercrime gang is not unlike the Mafia, an evolution that shows how online crime is becoming a…News