Microsoft sends bot to search Web
News In preparation for unveiling its own algorithmic search engine, Microsoft's MSN has quietly launched software that will index Web sites, a move that raises questions about MSN's relationship with Yahoo subsidiary Inktomi.
[June 19, 2003, 10:17]
More info to go: IM gets intelligent
News It will be a "bot" created by New York company ActiveBuddy, which is developing technology that lets popular software for trading short text messages be used to grab information stored on Web sites and computer databases.
[April 26, 2001, 11:59]
BotSpotting
Downloads A tool to collect and store basic visitor information: date/time stamp of visiting browser, page visited, IP address and UserAgent (type of browser or bot name). Options include setting date for data collection, record all browsers or just bots...
[July 8, 2004, 8:00]
Gilly Messenger
Downloads It has simple UI like MSN Messenger 5 but has alot of useful features including Scripting capability, Remote Control, Chat Bot, Auto Message, Ignore contact e.t.c Gilly Messenger comes with an optional Gilly Messenger Toolbar that you can install...
[October 5, 2007, 7:00]
Yahoo's farewell to search
Leader And it is important that regulators, customers and developers recognise that the battle for domination has moved off the desktop and into the cloud: it's no wonder Microsoft is more relaxed about a choice of browsers on the desktop, if it can now...
[July 29, 2009, 17:01]
PaltalkScene
Downloads A Bot-Free and Friendly Environment - Paltalk is a place for real people to connect in a friendly, trusted environment. Utilizing proprietary technology, Paltalk has created a "no-bot zone," free of chatterbots or virtual chat partners.
[July 1, 2009, 5:04]
Koobface virus lures Facebook users
News Schmugar said this version of Koobface includes a bot-like component that could install other malicious apps at a later time. For example, a search performed on Google, Yahoo, MSN or Live.com may be hijacked to other, lesser-known search sites.
[December 5, 2008, 11:12]
Splogs: Wreaking havoc in the blogosphere
News Someone basically scripted a bot to be able to [create] thousands of [fake] sites. The move was designed to doctor search results and boost traffic to those sites by fooling the search-engine spiders that crawl the Web looking for commonly linked...
[October 21, 2005, 16:00]
Bots snarl sites as shoppers seek PlayStation 2
News One bot called the PS2finder is available for download at PS2bargains, a community site dedicated to helping shoppers find consoles for sale. At SiteExperts.com, the InStockBot is another bot that is popular with those hunting for the PlayStation 2.
[December 8, 2000, 11:54]
Microsoft details Windows Live 'platform'
News At TechEd, Microsoft executives also showed off a "bot" application on Windows Messenger, where a person typed in questions via the instant messaging program to find out movie times or get help desk support.
[June 14, 2006, 10:35]
IM bot will talk for cash
News ActiveBuddy is still in negotiations with all of the major IM networks to host the so-called bot on its debut, which is expected mid-February. SmarterChild operates on a natural-language search called "buddy script" developed by ActiveBuddy.
[January 30, 2003, 12:12]
Remote tool attacks Windows servers
News It also acts like an IRC bot, listening to specific channels on the chat network and taking commands from attackers via IRC. The IRC bot is one step removed from a worm and less disruptive. This bot compromises computers using a flaw that Microsoft...
[August 4, 2003, 8:55]
Thong-wearing squash player scores on Google
News The number of search requests for the player -- known as the "Lancashire hot bot" -- soared in the week of 2 July compared to the week before. This put "Vicky Botwright" into the "top ten gaining queries" category as shown on Google's new Zeitgeist...
[July 9, 2001, 16:28]
OmniBot
Downloads OmniBot is a bot for Hotline (works best with server version 1.5.x). It has a mailbox system, account management, remote system management, search functionality, and much more. I lost the project file for this in a crash a while back so it is no...
[August 21, 1999, 8:00]
Police swoop on New Zealand botmaster
News The swoop is part of the FBI's second phase of "Operation Bot Roast" — the same operation which resulted in four felony charges against 26-year-old Los Angeles security consultant John Schiefer. In Bot Roast II, we see the diverse and complex...
[November 30, 2007, 7:59]
Amazon offers cheap shop space
News Cassar said Amazon has also revived the "shopping bot" technology it acquired with the purchase of Junglee, which helps consumers look for products elsewhere on the Web. When a consumer types in a search request for the Dave Matthews band, for...
[September 30, 1999, 11:00]
New bots a shopper's best friend
News A group of shopping bot companies is trying to replicate that experience online. Dash will also offer coupons if it detects you looking for products on search engines. Imagine walking through the mall with a shopping-savvy friend who, when you're...
[November 12, 1999, 9:48]
Symantec triggers alerts with unsigned Norton patch
News Obviously it was a bot creating this. The Washington Post reported that hackers were exploiting the situation and had managed to get malicious websites into top Google search results for 'pifts.exe'. Symantec released a diagnostic patch for some of...
[March 11, 2009, 11:54]
