Security firm reports vulnerability in Oracle8, 8i
Patch already issued
Stories by Douglas F. Gray
Microsoft, Intel to bring Windows Media to 3G
Microsoft and Intel will team up to bring streaming audio and video to 3G (third-generation) and 2.5G phones, the companies announced Tuesday.
Sony announces new Crusoe-based Vaio
Sony Electronics announced on Wednesday it will use Transmeta's Crusoe processor in its new Vaio notebook, which will be available in the U.S. next month.
Cisco talks up Voice-over Internet Protocol
VoIP more than just cheap minutes
Microsoft's Stinger to be trialled by Telstra
Too early to say which carrier would test which handset
Peer-to-peer technology exists beyond Napster
The variety of computers that become peer-to-peer clients expanding
Updated backdoor program increases danger
SubSeven "one of highest threats to PCs"
Napster to use music recognition service for filtering
Database holds 140,000 variations on 250,000 different names
Napster judge issues new injunction
Napster was granted a slight reprieve yesterday, albeit in the form of an injunction from U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel. The file sharing service has been ordered to continue with the blocking mechanism.
Users able to bypass Napster's filter
Music file-sharing service Napster implemented a file filtering system last Sunday night which was meant to block users from downloading a preliminary list of song titles provided by attorneys for the record industry, but by Monday afternoon users found they were able to bypass the system in some cases.
Napster will block access to some songs
In what some had predicted would be judgement day for music-sharing service Napster, the company revealed a plan Friday that appears set to block its users from accessing more than one million digital music files from its service.
IDC: Offshore outsourcing increasing from US
US companies will spend over $US17.6 billion on offshore outsourcing in 2005, more than triple the current spending amount, according to a study released Wednesday.
Fake Microsoft Web site makes the rounds
Microsoft became the victim of a hoax last Thursday when a link to a parody Web page based on one of its "How to" instructional sites spread rapidly around the Internet via e-mail.
RIAA fights Napster lookalikes
In the wake of its legal battle against music-sharing service Napster, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has taken steps that show its efforts to protect copyrights on the Web are far from over, a lawyer for the RIAA confirmed Friday. This time, it has been sending out legal notices to ISPs (Internet service providers) that it believes host similar services to Napster, said Jonathan Whitehead, anti-piracy counsel for the RIAA.
BT unveils wholesale internet access for ISPs
Dial-up internet traffic collected from local BT exchanges, delivered down single pipe to ISPs