Firefox 3.0 passes major milestone
Mozilla has met a major milestone in its march to Firefox 3.0, developers said yesterday, by adding another chunk of the new Places feature to the alpha set for release late next week.
Stories by Gregg Keizer
OpenDNS exec calls Google-Dell browser tool 'spyware'
A year-old deal between Google and Dell produces search results dominated by paid ads instead of the normal links, the founder of OpenDNS said Wednesday as he called the Google tool "spyware" and claimed it degrades users' experiences on the Web.
Microsoft launches last-ditch effort to protect Office
Tacitly acknowledging that it cannot completely secure its Office suite against attackers, Microsoft Monday promoted a last-ditch defence that lets administrators block users from opening documents.
Symantec false positive cripples Chinese PCs
A signature update to Symantec Corp.'s antivirus software crippled thousands of Chinese PCs Friday when the security software mistook two critical Windows .dll files for malware.
'Month of bugs' pins bull's-eye on Google, Yahoo
Yet another month-long round of daily bugs cranks up June 1, a Ukrainian researcher announced Thursday. This time, the target will be search engines such as Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask.com.
Microsoft targets Google with US$6B purchase
Even though the US$6 billion price tag on Microsoft's acquisition of digital advertising vendor aQuantive is nearly twice what Google paid for DoubleClick last month, analysts didn't see the move as a sign of panic on Microsoft's part.
Microsoft's saber-rattling against open source
Microsoft rattled its saber this weekend, using Fortune magazine to claim that open-source software collectively violates more than 200 of its patents.
'Brandjackers' make profit feeding off 'Net brands
Criminals hijacking online corporate brands to hide behind, and masquerading for profit, are ramping up their efforts, a report released today says.
Hacker Grabs 22,000 IDs from US University
A hacker grabbed the Social Security numbers of more than 22,300 current and former students at the US University of Missouri. It is the institution's second data break-in of the year.
'Final' iPod fix for Vista delivered
Microsoft has released what it calls the "final" Vista fix for a problem that iPod owners had been having with the new operating system since its January 30 launch.
Microsoft to kick Vista's email app to the curb
As it rolled out its revamped Windows Live Hotmail this week, Microsoft also promised it would deliver replacements for the Outlook Express and Windows Mail desktop clients along with new software to integrate web mail with the corporate Outlook program.
Trojan impersonates Windows activation to snatch data
Symantec researchers Friday warned of an in-the-wild Trojan horse that poses as a Windows activation program to dupe users into entering credit card information in an attempt to reanimate their machines.
Microsoft promises DNS patch Tuesday
Microsoft's security centre has confirmed that a patch for the already-exploited DNS server bug in Windows will be among the seven updates scheduled to release next Tuesday.
Jobs 'greener' memo points to laptops with LEDs
To rebut environmental critics, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs Thursday not only had to spell out the company's recycling plans but also spill a few details about new Mac hardware slated for release later this year.
Firefox users urge Dell to preinstall the browser
Firefox users are drawing on Dell's user-driven IdeaStorm site to push the computer maker to preinstall the open-source browser.