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Warning issued over fake FBI emails
News The FBI is warning the public about malicious emails designed to appear as if they were generated by the American law enforcement agency. The mail is disguised as correspondence warning people that their Internet use has been monitored by the FBI's...
[February 24, 2005, 11:30]
Static-shock warning for iPhone, iPod users
News People listening to one of the devices in extremely dry air are most at risk of receiving a static electricity shock through the earphones, according to a warning posted on Apple's website. Apple's warning did not mention what prompted the company...
[May 20, 2009, 8:23]
Palm hands in revenue warning
News Palm on Monday blamed the revenue warning on lower-than-anticipated sales in the US of its high-end Tungsten handhelds. Palm has warned of lower-than-expected sales for its third fiscal quarter. The handheld maker said revenue for its quarter...
[March 3, 2003, 15:24]
Warning over e-card spam scam
News Several security companies including Integralis, MessageLabs and Sophos are warning that these EULAs will not be read by many visitors to the site, leading to a huge number of emails being sent. An e-card outfit has been accused of using a dubious...
[October 25, 2002, 16:59]
Microsoft denies Ballmer Linux 'warning'
News This was not a Microsoft report nor is this a Microsoft 'warning'," said the spokesperson. Microsoft has denied reports that it warned Asian governments that they will face patent lawsuits for using the Linux operating system instead of its Windows...
[November 23, 2004, 16:05]
Distant Early Warning
Blog Answer: Distant Early Warning Systems. Rush’s Distant Early Warning was part of the soundtrack to my youth. Soviet Cold War bombers were tracked along a line from Alaska to Greenland known as the Distant Early Warning Line… and ALM vendors are...
[March 9, 2009, 8:02]
Dell sounds latest warning bell
News Dell's revenue warning echoed a profit warning from Intel, which blamed its lower-than-expected sales growth on sluggish demand in Europe. Dell Computer was the latest tech giant to confirm what investors already knew -- business isn't as good as...
[October 5, 2000, 8:37]
Online fraud warning to all e-commerce users
News He has a stark warning for consumers using the Net for e-commerce. Online fraud has long been the hot topic, although hard statistics on how much is going on are difficult to come by. Elci Gos is the director of business development for GN Nettest...
[February 1, 2000, 9:47]
Update: Shockwave warning puts UK firms on virus alert
News UK-based antivirus firm Sophos issued a warning at 4am this morning after receiving a report of the virus from an Australian company. Antivirus vendors in the UK are advising companies to be on alert this morning after receiving reports of a new...
[December 1, 2000, 9:59]
BT Global Services loses chief, issues profit warning
News Also on Friday, BT Global Services, one of BT's four main divisions, issued a profit warning. A BT spokesman said that, except for the Global Services profit warning, no other comment would be forthcoming ahead of the full results meeting in November.
[October 31, 2008, 15:58]
Now Iomega issues profits warning
News Iomega, a huge hit on Wall Street in the last three years, follows industry bellwethers Intel and Compaq in warning of disappointing earnings. The Utah-based maker of storage drives said it expects to lose between $10 and $25 million for its first...
[March 16, 1998, 14:57]
Home Office screens Internet paedophile warning ads
News Each carries a warning against young people handing out their personal details to people that they have met on the Internet. Hard-hitting advertisements calling for children to wise up to the dangers of Internet paedophiles were screened for the...
[December 19, 2001, 16:50]
Nominet issues warning over small print
News The UK's national Registry for all Internet Domain Names ending .uk, Nominet, has issued a warning urging those registering domains to check terms and conditions of their ISP before signing up. Nominet says it is concerned customers may...
[December 3, 1999, 10:45]
KPMG issues stark warning over VoIP
News KPMG has released a new whitepaper warning businesses to consider the risks involved in implementing voice over IP (VoIP). The new whitepaper entitled "Voice-over-IP -- decipher and decide" warns that organisations who that fail to fully understand...
[October 28, 2004, 11:19]
Security warning too quick for comfort?
News The warning's release reopened a long-simmering debate over how much time a security researcher should give a software maker to verify and fix vulnerabilities that could affect large numbers of computer users.
[June 18, 2002, 9:21]
Warning email hides scam
News However, a Westpac spokeswoman stressed that the email did not come from the bank, and reiterated a warning that the only way to visit Westpac Internet banking was by typing www.westpac.com.au into a browser.
[December 18, 2003, 9:50]
Fake virus warning carries worm
News Computer worms have tried all sorts of ploys for tricking users into activating them, but the latest is particularly sneaky -- it masquerades as a virus warning from Symantec, a well-known anti-virus firm.
[May 15, 2001, 11:03]
Linux vendors applaud EC's Microsoft warning
News The European Commission's warning against Microsoft this week -- like the US antitrust trial -- opens up questions not just about Microsoft's business behaviour, but about the complex ways in which Internet servers interact with client PCs.
[August 4, 2000, 16:34]
Intel profit warning hits weak UK markets
News A profit warning from Intel Thursday night hit UK high-tech shares hard Friday, but it was just the latest bad news for British tech and telecoms companies, which have watched their shares slump over the last few weeks.
[September 22, 2000, 10:32]
Malicious mobile e-mail warning in Japan
News Security experts say the DoCoMo warning is another sign that hackers are turning their attentions to wireless devices. Japanese wireless phone giant NTT DoCoMo warned the company's 24 million mobile Internet service subscribers Thursday that a...
[June 15, 2001, 9:25]
