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Trekkie game players to use phones as "communicators"
News Though video game publishers have long posted game guides and clues on Web sites, and sent the information directly to people via email, Simon & Schuster Interactive says it is the first game publisher to relay the information via mobile phone.
[December 6, 2000, 9:49]
Microsoft alerts Passport users to need for patch
News The company has sent millions of email notifications in the past month to Passport users, urging them to visit a special Web page to determine whether Internet Explorer needs a security upgrade. For the IE fix, Microsoft said it has sent email to...
[January 4, 2002, 11:54]
Covert staff surveillance 'illegal'
News Where staff are informed, guidelines for monitoring email and Web usage follow roughly the same lines. Firms that secretly monitor staff email and Internet use are likely to be breaking the law, according to the Information Commission.
[April 9, 2002, 14:28]
No easy way to exterminate 'Web bugs'
News A lot of junk email puts in an HTML Web bug that identifies you," said Jason Catlett, president of pro-privacy Junkbusters. A Web bug embedded in a Web page or email can still get by Zone Alarm, while Microsoft's new technology blocks only cookies...
[September 1, 2000, 8:37]
Researcher delays release of SSL exploit
News Mike Perry, a reverse engineer and developer at Riverbed Technology, said he announced on the Bugtraq email list a year ago a common flaw with the way websites implement the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol, which is designed to protect people...
[August 26, 2008, 11:16]
Bogus Microsoft bulletins closed down
News The first virus, nicknamed W32.Pet_Tick.G, arrives as an email with the message, "This is a fix against I-Worm.Magistr. It's a unfortunate case that most people are suffering from a bug in their brain rather than a bug in their PC -- they need to...
[July 18, 2001, 16:38]
Microsoft complains about 'irresponsible' security revelation
News The reader on the target machine follows a link sent in the email, which leads to a Web site hosted on the original infected PC. In a prepared email statement from a Microsoft spokesperson, the company said: "Microsoft is concerned that this new...
[November 10, 2004, 11:28]
MSN previews next Net service
News MSN 8 essentially weaves elements from its desktop software products, such as its email software Outlook and its Internet Explorer browser, into its Web services. Other additions include controls for parents to monitor or restrict their children's...
[July 17, 2002, 7:55]
Nimda rampage starts to slow
News One nonprofit organisation, which asked not to be identified, suffered almost two days of Web site and email outages as a result of the worm's assault on its Internet service provider. The worm spreads by sending email messages with infected...
[September 21, 2001, 9:27]
Surveillance 2: Left in the outbox
News Just late last year, 23 workers at a New York Times administrative centre found out how hazardous email can be to your career. The company wouldn't elaborate, but quoted its policy -- which prohibits using the corporate email system to "create...
[February 25, 2000, 9:42]
Council members calls for porn surfer to be named
News She did however confirm that the Council is now drawing up a code of practice for employee use of the Web and email. A recent study by the London Chamber of Commerce (LCC) found 44 percent of UK firms had no recognised policy for staff use of email...
[April 24, 2001, 11:50]
Microsoft shows off search tool
News The technology is designed to quickly look through a hard drive, finding all the matches for a word from within documents, emails and even email attachments. The PC search technology Mehdi showed allowed a computer user to search within Microsoft's...
[July 30, 2004, 8:40]
Google warns of 'drive-by download' risk
News You need to start protecting your web access, as well as your email gateway. Cluley said: "They [hackers] used to spread malware by email attachment. Google has warned web users of the increasing threat posed by malware that can be dropped onto a...
[May 15, 2007, 10:05]
CodeWallet Pro 6 Mobile - Keep your information to yourself.
Downloads Using flexible information card forms, you can easily enter any type of information you wish, add file attachments, and create web site, email and telephone links! More powerful and easier to use than any other solution for securely managing your...
[October 19, 2005, 8:00]
CodeWallet Pro 6 - Keep your information to yourself. PPC Magazine Winner!
Downloads Using flexible information card forms, you can easily enter any type of information you wish, add file attachments, and create web site, email and telephone links! More powerful and easier to use than any other solution for securely managing your...
[February 18, 2005, 7:00]
BT cuts start-up cost of no-frills broadband
News BT Broadband is BT's attempt to win a large percentage of the UK's broadband user base by offering a cut-down service that doesn't include extras like Web space or an email service. At £27 per month, BT Broadband is cheaper than the broadband...
[August 21, 2002, 13:08]
Microsoft under pressure for latest Hotmail hole
News In addition to the message ID scanner, Root Core posted on its Web site detailed instructions for exploiting the hack, and noted that this type of hack allows an email to be read even after it has been deleted and the trashcan emptied.
[August 21, 2001, 13:07]
Avril Lavigne worm a hit in virus charts
News A new email worm -- dubbed Avril, Lirva and Naith by various antivirus companies -- not only spreads by hitching a ride on email messages that may refer to the 17-year-old Lavigne, but when activated, will also open a browser to the singer's...
[January 10, 2003, 8:30]
NA confirms PGP bug and promises a fix Friday
News The public key is used to securely encrypt an email and is distributed within the public key certificate, either in a user's emails or on a public server or Web page. The email systems contain a serious security bug discovered by Ralf Senderek, a...
[August 25, 2000, 17:00]
Vodafone throws 3G handsets open to testing
News These handsets are often billed as "consumer" offerings, but as they can support high-speed Web surfing and email access they could also be a useful work tool. The handset works on 3G and GPRS networks, and supports email, an MP3 player, 19MB of...
[August 11, 2004, 17:25]
