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A research paper posted online warns of holes in the latest WiFi (or 802.11) wireless cryptography protocol and outlines how WiFi Protected Access (WPA) can be compromised using a traditional network assault known as a dictionary attack. The paper, written by TruSecure's ICSA Labs senior technical director Bob Moskowitz, who indicates WPA can be c...
Microsoft this week released the first patch -- described as "critical" by the Redmond, Washington-based software company -- for its new Office 2003 software suite. The patch addresses a problem with use of previous Office versions Microsoft warned the problem could result in corrupted, incomplete or inaccessible documents and error messages. The c...
Promoted as a way to foster digital television but derided as a halfhearted antipiracy measure that caters mainly to Hollywood, a new mechanism known as the "broadcast flag" has been adopted by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC will require the copy-control measure to be built into all digital television-capable devices by July 1, 2005...
Chip giant Intel claims to have cleared a major hurdle in the quest to maintain power and heat efficiency in computer chips by discovering a process to shrink the transistors on the chip smaller and smaller to atomic levels. The Santa Clara, California-based company said it has identified new materials that could replace those that have been used ...
Intel lost its Xbox contract as Microsoft and IBM announced a collaborative technology agreement for the silicon of the next-generation gaming platform, making Big Blue the semiconductor provider for all three major gaming consoles, including Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo's GameCube Intel, however, did manage to score PC gaming wins with announce...
Claiming that its "education and enforcement campaign" involving more than 1,500 subpoenas and nearly 350 lawsuits is working, the Recording Industry Association of America has continued suing music file traders accused of copyright violation RIAA spokesperson Amanda Collins told TechNewsWorld that, in addition to the 80 new suits filed late last w...
Buzz about Microsoft seeking to partner with or purchase search-superstar Google startled Internet users this week. However, despite rumors to the contrary, Microsoft might wind up using its own technology to compete against Google and other major Internet vendors, such as Yahoo and Amazon Most reports indicate Google is proceeding on its own towar...
Cable giant Comcast increased the amount of attention directed toward broadband Internet services this week by announcing it had picked up nearly a half-million high-speed Internet customers in the last quarter -- a 39 percent gain from last year's third quarter Comcast credited "integration success" for its gains in broadband Internet and video su...
After a slight slip of the tongue associated with disclosure of its plans and program for speech-command software, Microsoft has confirmed it will release the new software for Pocket PC handhelds and phones on Monday Information about the new Voice Command software -- which will allow users to verbally access contacts, calendar and media player -- ...
Virginia Tech's decision to build a supercomputer out of 1,100 Apple Power Mac G5s -- a true break from the architecture of traditional, mainframe supercomputers -- allowed the university to cut its costs in half. According to researchers, the supercomputer represents a new model for ultra high-end computing in science and research Virginia Tech's ...
Hoping to steer its next-generation Windows operating system -- code-named Longhorn -- into the developer community, Microsoft has released previews of the software The actual Longhorn operating system, the company's next-generation SQL Server known as Yukon and the company's next-generation development tools code-named Whidbey are as many as two t...
Napster has carried its famous name into the legitimate music download arena, officially launching Napster 2.0 and challenging a sea of Windows competitors, including Apple's sweet-sounding iTunes service that sold 1 million songs to Windows users in its first three days of operation Yankee Group senior analyst Mike Goodman told TechNewsWorld that ...
University of California Berkeley researchers report that the amount of new information stored on paper, film, optical and magnetic media has doubled in the last three years to five exabytes -- or 5 million terabytes The researchers, supported by tech giants Microsoft, Intel, HP and EMC, said the amount of new information produced in those forms la...
By responding to IBM counterclaims against it and arguing that the General Public License (GPL) that covers Linux is not enforceable and in fact violates the U.S. Constitution, Lindon, Utah-based SCO has put itself in a tough position, intellectual property and software lawyers told TechNewsWorld In its response, SCO argued that the GPL is "selecti...
Folding spam and spyware filtering into its desktop security software, Trend Micro has updated its PC-cillin Internet Security 2004 package to ward off the Internet's other evils in addition to computer viruses and worms The Cupertino, California-based security company will be among the first to offer antivirus and spyware protection bundled in a s...
Hoping to steer its next-generation Windows operating system -- code-named Longhorn -- into the developer community, Microsoft has released previews of the software The actual Longhorn operating system, the company's next-generation SQL Server known as Yukon and the company's next-generation development tools code-named Whidbey are as many as two t...
Security experts and network administrators are once again on worm watch because of the existence of exploit code for a software vulnerability in a widely used Windows service The critical weakness lies in the Windows Messenger Service, a feature used primarily in business by systems administrators who use the service to send alerts to users on a n...
Facing tough questions about the direction of its heavily used and heavily targeted Windows platform, Microsoft acknowledged it has work ahead to build more effective software-management capabilities into its products while at the same time ridding those products of the vulnerabilities that continue to open the door to attacks Along with pronouncem...
Touting hands-free capabilities -- including voice recognition and audio playback of text documents -- Toshiba has rolled out its newest Pocket PCs, the e400 and e800 series. The Japanese company's e800 series also now include voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) functionality Toshiba said the newest versions of its "thin-and-light value-priced" han...
The makers and distributors of the popular Grand Theft Auto video game series are being sued by the victims and family impacted by a June shooting spree that left one man dead and another woman injured An attorney for the plaintiffs told TechNewsWorld that the Tennessee boys responsible for the shooting -- being detained until age 19 after pleading...
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