Archive for December 2005

December 1, 2005

· Round 2: VARs Prep For Firefox 1.5/2.0 vs. IE 7.0 Battle
· Microsoft Readies Online Classifieds Service
· Media Deals Expected for Intel
· Sober Tops November Virus Chart
· Apple releases patch for 13 security flaws
· Trojan horse rides on unpatched IE flaw
· NY AG Blasts Sony, Says Rootkit CDs Still For Sale
· Microsoft Testing Its Own 'Google Base'
· Phishers use IRS tax refund as bait

December 2, 2005

· Play that funky malware, live!
· More Windows exploits posted online
· Google's Gmail gains virus scanning capability
· Sun Says It's Free: Java Enterprise System Now Available
· No porn domain for now
· Internet ad growth pressures TV to change

December 3, 2005

· Police Blotter: Best Buy 'hacker' loses in court
· RIAA Sues Woman Who Has No Computer For Sharing Music
· Spyware company sues Zone Labs over being called "high risk"
· Critical RealPlayer Flaw Flagged

December 5, 2005

· Google fortifies Desktop Search against IE flaw
· Sony closes in on new program to cleanse PCs
· Hynix debuts 512Mbit GDDR4 DRAM
· Rules for free software face overhaul
· Clunky-B Trojan Rides IE Flaw
· MajorGeeks on the radio

December 6, 2005

· NBC teams up with Apple iTunes
· Nearly 16,000 new viruses this year, says Sophos
· Ebay tricked by phony e-mail
· Kazaa Owners Accused of Ignoring Order
· Don't squint while you read this

December 7, 2005

· Microsoft loses S. Korea antitrust case
· Time Warner CEO Says AOL Is Not for Sale
· New IM worm chats with intended victims
· Tech Toys 2005: A Holiday Shopping Guide, Part 2: Portable Music
· Sony patches another DRM flaw

December 8, 2005

· Best Buy President Apologizes For Xbox 360 Launch
· Apple sells 100 million songs in Europe
· Mother Fights RIAA Sans Lawyer
· Study says 1 in 4 targets of e-mail phishing scams
· Sober is scheduled to Attack on January 2006
· French Government Lobbied to Ban Free Software.
· Adware, Spyware On Fewer PCs
· Intel Working on Rootkit Detection Techniques
· Most Americans Unprepared For Phishing Attacks
· ICANN told to clamp down on dodgy domain names

December 9, 2005

· Yahoo! Offers Web Phone Calls
· Creative vs Apple patent war?
· Microsoft offers new window to the world
· Mozilla says Firefox 1.5 Exploit is not a major threat
· NEC develops paper-thin, foldable battery

December 10, 2005

· Secret Code Lurks in Sober Variant
· Hacker Tries To Sell Excel Flaw On EBay
· Microsoft Planning IE7 Security Zone Lockdowns

December 11, 2005

· A Little Sleuthing Unmasks Writer of Wikipedia Prank
· Do you keep your computer up
· Computer worm that attacks e-mail makes a comeback

December 12, 2005

· Paramount to buy DreamWorks
· The Pros and Cons of Broadband Internet Phone Service
· Intel's Barrett Dismisses $100 Laptop As 'Gadget'
· eBay stops illegal sale of Excel flaw
· Fans Convince Vivendi to Allow the Release of the "King's Quest IX" Fan Game

December 13, 2005

· Mozilla warns of Firefox flaw (again)
· RIAA lawsuit victim loses appeal
· Open-source antivirus tech may get commercial help
· Yahoo Works to Keep Answers Clean

December 14, 2005

· Best Buy Allocated New Xbox 360 Shipments
· Microsoft Fixes Critical IE Problems
· CompAmerica announces free OS that “resembles” Windows XP
· MTV, Microsoft Set To Take on Apple's iTunes
· Search Porn, Make Calls
· MIT Picks Maker of $100 Laptop
· Alexa opens up Web search database and API
· Attack code for old Firefox bug hits the net

December 15, 2005

· Microsoft denies Korea's request; Windows 98 support to end July 2006
· Yahoo to webcast US shock jock Howard Stern's exit from FM radio
· MTV snubs Apple and links to Microsoft
· Is Google About to Buy Opera?

December 16, 2005

· RIAA brings new round of lawsuits
· HBO, Cingular Dial Up Mobile Deal
· Intel Readies Multimedia Chips
· Journal: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica
· The Digital Artist Warns of a New Internet Scam Targeting Artists

December 17, 2005

· Tech Rivals Team on Research Lab
· Reindeer gives Net worms
· Opera dismisses Google takeover talk as rumor
· Dell Issues Recall for 35,000 Laptop Batteries

December 18, 2005

· Check your Ebay account

December 19, 2005

· Ends nears for Mac version of IE
· Ear Buds Cause Hearing Loss?
· Dell to recall 35,000 notebook battery packs
· McAfee releases home network security software
· Holes found in PC virus defences

December 20, 2005

· Worm traps alleged child porn offender
· Microsoft, Mozilla: A symbol of cooperation
· New Windows Vista Preview Could Attract 500,000 Testers
· World of Warcraft Reaches 5 Million Customers
· EBay backs off pet sales
· 2006: Year of the mobile malware

December 21, 2005

· Here Comes Santa Claus Worm
· Symantec antivirus in danger zone
· Power Line Broadband Comes to Texas
· Hackers download pirate movies onto compromised PCs
· Seagate to buy Maxtor for $1.9 bln in stock

December 22, 2005

· Bug Bites McAfee Anti-Virus
· FTC Declares Can-Spam a Success
· IM Worm Dresses Up Like Santa
· Firefox RSS Feed to Gain Visibility Via Microsoft's IE

December 23, 2005

· France Lawmakers Endorse File-Sharing
· Symantec Readies Urgent Patch
· AMD Acknowledges Desktop CPU Shortages
· Jews for Jesus sues Google over blog

December 25, 2005

· NORAD Marks 50th Year of Tracking Santa
· Avoiding the post-holiday online shopping blues
· N.Y. subpoenas Warner Music, rivals
· Symantec Bug Not Likely To Be Hit By Worm, Says Rival

December 27, 2005

· A Man and His Vision for the Browser
· Apple juggernaut shows no sign of waning
· Security Trends: Follow the Money

December 28, 2005

· Exploit Released for Unpatched Windows Flaw

December 29, 2005

· Web Study Reflects Gender Gap
· Man Pleads Guilty To Worm Attacks Against eBay, Others
· Sony settles class action lawsuit over DRM
· New Intel Logos On the Way?
· Opera Software chooses Google as search partner

December 30, 2005

· Cookiegate Hits White House
· Google Talk Targeted In Patent Lawsuit
· New Windows Flaw Discovered
· Vulnerability in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution.
· Online Holiday Shoppers Spend $30 Billion
· Internet porn: China says it's winning war
· Microsoft donates 600 video cameras to '4 The Troops'

December 31, 2005

· Two's Company, Four's a WOW! Sneak Preview of NVIDIA Quad GPU SLI