Judge approves $8.8 billion in WorldCom settlements
A US district court judge last week approved a US$6.1 billion ($NZ8.8 billion) settlement to investors who lost money in an accounting fraud at telco giant WorldCom.
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Microsoft buys ID management firm
Microsoft has acquired Alacris, a vendor of certificate management and identity assurance software products.
US National Science Foundation floats next-generation internet
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has proposed a next-generation internet with built-in security and functionality that connects all kinds of devices. And researchers are also challenging the government agency to look at the internet as a “clean slate.”
US IT visa limit reached early
A controversial visa programme that allows US companies to hire foreign IT workers and other professionals has reached its cap for 2006 applications, a month before the US government’s 2006 fiscal year begins.
Sun releases DRM project as open source
Sun Microsystems is releasing its digital rights management (DRM) project under an open-source license, in hopes of driving a unified standard in the technology used to project digital media such as music and movies.
Judge throws out parts of Novell–Microsoft lawsuit
Novell should still get its day in court, however
ISPs found innocent of aiding zombie attacks in 'trial'
ISPs (Internet service providers) were put on "trial" Tuesday, with hundreds of IT security professionals serving as jurors, for not doing enough to keep subscribers' computers from being compromised and used as tools in attacks on corporate networks.
CA details 'sophisticated' web attack
Computers can be 'sold' to criminals, company says
Microsoft changes middleware shortcuts
Microsoft has agreed to limit the number of shortcuts to its middleware applications in Windows when a computer user designates competing products as defaults, according to antitrust compliance documents.
New Bagle variants spreading
Three, and possibly four, new versions of the Bagle e-mail worm were spreading quickly on the Internet Tuesday, Internet security firms reported.
A third of global PC software is pirated, claims BSA
But less than a quarter of software is stolen in saintly New Zealand
Microsoft files 117 phishing lawsuits
Microsoft on Thursday filed 117 civil lawsuits against alleged phishers trying to scam Microsoft customers out of personal information such as credit card numbers.
Texas sues Vonage over VoIP emergency service
Lack of access to emergency services cited after home invasion
PhpBB site compromised, developers locked out
A handful of Web sites, including the site for the popular open source bulletin board project phpBB, have been compromised this week by a group apparently trying to make a political point.
Burst.com claims Microsoft destroyed evidence
We keep the important stuff, protests Redmond