Stories by Gregg Keizer

Hack challenge QuickTime bug not on the loose

Organizers of last week's MacBook Pro hack challenge Thursday disputed accounts that the QuickTime exploit that won the US$10,000 prize was nicked from a wireless network and is now in circulation.

Microsoft takes scratch, surf approach to OS activation

Microsoft Corp. won't rely on its usual antipiracy software to block counterfeit copies of the just-announced US$3 bundle of Windows XP, Office Home and Student 2007, but it will build a new system based on scratch cards, the company said Wednesday.

Hack contest's QuickTime bug puts all browsers at risk

The QuickTime vulnerability that first surfaced last Friday in a Mac hack challenge is "very serious" and can be exploited through any Java-enabled browser, including Internet Explorer 7 running on both Windows XP and Vista, the company that laid out the contest's US$10,000 prize said Wednesday.

Television show sneak-peeks iPhone ... in 2004

Although Apple's iPhone has been shrouded in secrecy, apparently some details of the interface leaked all the way back in 2004, report alert viewers of the ABC television series Lost.

Microsoft meets EU deadline, hopes to stave off fine

Microsoft Corp. Monday said it met the European Union antitrust agency's deadline for responding to allegations that the company overcharges for the information rivals need to make their products work smoothly with Windows.

Single-victim spam attacks skyrocket

Micro-managed attacks that consist of one e-mail targeting one person are up more than 10 times over last year's levels, a message security company said Tuesday.

Titanic's passenger list goes online

On the 95th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic, a genealogy Web site Sunday posted copies of the doomed ocean liner's one-and-only passenger list, the first time the roster has been made available outside the U.K.'s national archives.

Microsoft Office 2007 faces new bugs, exploits

Just as Microsoft omitted a patch for a two-month-old flaw in Word 2000 and 2002 from its monthly updates Tuesday, three more bugs in the company's Office suite were disclosed by a security researcher.

Latest Vista bug may be tougher nut to crack

The second Windows Vista vulnerability patched in the last week may be very difficult to exploit, a security researcher said Wednesday, because of the new operating system's additional defenses.

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