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Microsoft-tested browser prosecution snares tech giants

Randy Knobloch — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:26:00 GMT

Tiny Eolas Technologies is taking tech giants and major customers to court claiming they infringed its patents for working with online interactive content. Eolas has filed suit against Adobe Systems, Apple, Google, Sun Microsystems, YouTube, Blockbuster...(read more)

Google results flog millions of compromised webpages

Randy Knobloch — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:52:00 GMT

Two ongoing scams are tricking Google and other search engines into prominently displaying millions of compromised webpages that attempt to hijack end users' computers or steal their credit card numbers, researchers said. http://www.theregister.co...(read more)

Microsoft protests $290m Word judgment

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:27:00 GMT

A federal judge fundamentally misinterpreted a patent asserted against Microsoft Word, an error that should require a $290m infringement penalty to be overturned, attorneys for the software giant argued Wednesday. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09...(read more)

Conficker botnet remains dormant - for now

Randy Knobloch — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:04:00 GMT

Conficker changed the way parts of the botnet communicated overnight, but little else of note has happened so far. The malware is far from an April Fool's joke, but it's obviously a long way from the Skynet botnet, as depicted in Terminator 3...(read more)

Goo-Hoo! faces EU anti-trust probe

Randy Knobloch — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:21:00 GMT

The European Union's Competition Commission is investigating the proposed search advertising tie-up between Google and Yahoo!. "In mid-July, we decided to open a preliminary investigation on our own initiative into potential effects of the Google...(read more)

China's nonstop music machine

Randy Knobloch — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:48:00 GMT

Baidu versus business http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/13/baidu_investigation/...(read more)

Google goes after 3 billion with super satellite

Randy Knobloch — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:26:00 GMT

Hella lotta Gmail Google has hooked up with Liberty Global and HSBC Principle Investments to start funding a satellite network aimed at connecting the three billion people who still can't get access to the internet, at least those living near the...(read more)

Google publishes Chrome patch details

Randy Knobloch — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:49:00 GMT

Carpet-bombing fix looks threadbare Google has belatedly released details of a security update to its newly released Chrome browser, days after it actually pushed out the patch. The update was published on Friday and users of Chrome were automatically...(read more)

Comcast files FCC impotence suit

Randy Knobloch — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:10:00 GMT

'We will comply without complying' As expected, Comcast has appealed the landmark FCC order that sanctioned the American ISP for secretly blocking BitTorrents and other peer-to-peer traffic. But the meatpuppetting cable outfit says it will comply...(read more)

Secure Computing snaps up user control firm Securify

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:31:00 GMT

Pimp My Firewall Security appliance firm Secure Computing has bought user access monitoring and control firm Securify, in a deal valued at up to $20m ($15m guaranteed in cash and stock, plus an earn-out of up to $5m). Securify's appliance-based technology...(read more)

Scammers skirt spam shields with help from Adobe Flash

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:23:00 GMT

The Viagra two step Online scammers have found a new way to skirt anti-spam filters, this time by making use of Adobe Flash files hosted on free websites. Spam messages with innocuous-looking content contain links to Flash-based files on ImageShack.com...(read more)

McAfee slaps Trojan warning on MS Office Live

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:31:00 GMT

McAfee has apologised after an anti-virus update released on Monday night incorrectly identified a plug-in for Microsoft Office Live Meeting as a Trojan. The signature update file mistakingly flagged LMCAPI.exe (a component of Live Update) as a Trojan...(read more)

History shaped Google's Trojan Horse

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:25:00 GMT

Analysis When people buy software - buy it in seriously large amounts - it isn't just today's binary they're choosing. They're buying what they think is a bit of the future - they're buying a piece of risk insurance. This explains...(read more)

A third of Vista PCs downgraded to XP

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:22:00 GMT

Vista’s death march picked up some pace yesterday, after a metrics researcher revealed that nearly 35 per cent of PCs built to run the Windows operating system have been downgraded to XP. In a survey of more than 3,000 computers, performance testing...(read more)

Rooster Cogballmer

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:44:00 GMT

Microsoft virtualization splash on Monday? Rember Rooster Cogburn, that aggressive old man with one last stand left in him? Word is that Microsoft will make a splash on Monday around Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager with a host of supporting...(read more)

Google restores Chrome's shine

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:10:00 GMT

Polishes up its EULA Google has acted with speed and retracted the objectional sentences in Chrome's EULA, so that any content you post via Chrome is yours and yours alone. The ruckus was caused by our old friends, the paralegal firm Cut 'n'...(read more)

Microsoft charts security vuln MAPP

Randy Knobloch — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:40:00 GMT

More transparency, better protection Microsoft has announced plans to share additional details about security vulnerabilities in its products in an attempt to prevent attackers from exploiting them before patches are released to its customers. Under one...(read more)

Mythbusters RFID episode axed after 'pressure' from credit card firms

Randy Knobloch — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:14:00 GMT

Bust this Discovery Channel prevented the exploration of RFID security by Mythbusters , the popular science television show, after allegedly coming under pressure from credit card companies. Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage said a planned segment of the...(read more)

Burned by Chrome

Randy Knobloch — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:04:00 GMT

Burned by Chrome Your copyright goes up in smoke Astute Reg readers have pointed out a Chrome condition of service that effectively lets Google use any of your copyrighted material posted to the web via Chrome without paying you a cent. Here's the...(read more)

Carpetbomb bug tarnishes Google Chrome

Randy Knobloch — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:27:00 GMT

Carpetbomb bug tarnishes Google Chrome Shiny new vulnerabilities winkled out already Google Chrome isn't officially out yet, but security researchers have already picked the browser apart to discover a security vulnerability. The WebKit engine used...(read more)