New Trojan calls on Skype
Another Trojan horse is spreading through the Internet telephone network of Skype.
Vonage hit with injunction in Verizon case
VoIP pioneer Vonage received another blow this week when the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., issued an order enjoining Vonage from using certain VoIP technology named in its patent litigation with Verizon.
UPDATE – Intel to build $2.5 billion chip plant in China
Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini Monday confirmed the company plans to build a $2.5 billion chip plant in China. The plant, to be built in Dalian, on China’s northeastern coast, will enter production during the first half of 2010.
Microsoft details network hack in Windows
Microsoft is warning of an attack that could be used to divert someone’s Web traffic through a malicious proxy server.
Q&A: Stanford applies a clean slate to the Internet
Nobody’s going to tear down the Internet and rebuild it from scratch, but academics at Stanford University are imagining what the new blueprint would look like if they did and they hope their work will lead to an Internet that works better in 20 years …
Oracle’s SAP suit raises users’ ethics concerns
Oracle’s surprise legal move against its main business applications rival SAP AG has raised questions again about the likely impact on customers of corporate scandals in the IT world. Whatever the outcome of the case, users are voicing their concerns about software vendors’ ethics.
U.S. gov’t warns about batteries after in-flight fires
U.S. transportation officials warned travelers Thursday to take precautions when flying with battery-powered gear such as laptops and cell phones after two in-flight fires involving batteries were reported in the last six weeks.
Report: AT&T sues two telephone companies in Iowa
AT&T this week sued two rural telephone companies in Iowa and a provider of group chat-line services, alleging it is being charged exorbitant fees for calls that are made to a small Iowa town, according to a story in the Chicago Tribune.
Smarter handhelds could bolster wireless, mobility
Smart radios and game theory are key elements of a Stanford University project to make more efficient use of wireless frequencies so handheld devices have better signal availability and range.
How do you secure 64,000 e-mail in-boxes?
In this age of unrelenting spam, it’s hard to imagine the work required to secure 64,000 in-boxes from viruses, phishing scams, unwanted solicitations and other e-mail threats.
FAQ: Qualcomm’s legal quagmire explained
Qualcomm seems mired in law suits. What’s just happened?
Blogs
Buzzblog: NYPD conducted worldwide spying prior to ’04 GOP convention
In the run-up to the ’04 GOP convention, the NYPD used the Internet to identify targets and conduct an enormous, possibly illegal, worldwide spy campaign on political activists. The vast majority had no records of violence or criminal activity and demonstrated no intention of doing anything wrong.
From CISCO SUBNET: Former FCC chief pops up on Cisco’s board
Cisco has appointed former FCC Chairman Michael Powell to its board of directors. The appointment is a curious one as Powell’s support of ‘Net neutrality is in contrast to Cisco’s position.
