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Monday, October 05, 2009
Prototype security software blocks DDoS attacks Identity-based privacy-protected access control is said to overcome weaknesses in IP address filtering as a method of blocking denial of service attacks.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
China backs down on Green Dam porn filter plan Porn filter was meant to be optional and that the plan was misunderstood because it was not explained clearly, says Chinese minister of Industry and Information Technology 
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Microsoft sues three in click fraud scheme The click fraud scheme involved harnessing hundreds of thousands of computer IP addresses to target advertisers promoting auto insurance and the World of Warcraft on-line game 
Monday, June 01, 2009
China's Great Firewall blocks Twitter, other social sites Canadian Internet researchers report clamp down on Twitter, Bing, YouTube, Flickr, Live.com, MSN, Hotmail and Blogger as China prepares for 20th anniversary of the bloody government crack down on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square. Here's how you can circumvent the block and view China Tweets 
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Twitter launches election site to tap election "Tweets" Microblogging site Twitter has added an election site that uses its trending and search technology to perform real-time analysis of election-related posts of its users.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Industry to fight Australian bid to filter Internet An Australian government plan to set up a national Internet content filtering plan has been denounced as technically impossible by service providers and users. 
Monday, January 01, 2007
Shark Tank January 2007 
Monday, August 07, 2006
Aggressive mobile worm uses alarming new tricks A new variant of an aggressive Russian mobile worm uses some alarming new tricks. Like its earlier relatives, Commwarrior.Q will jump onto another phone using a short-range Bluetooth wireless connection. But the worm has new traits that make it particularly aggressive and it appears to be one of the most complex pieces of mobile malware created to date.
Monday, February 20, 2006
Baring records betrays trust, Google argues Google Inc. has argued that turning over more than a million of its search records to the U.S. government would undermine users' trust in its service and compromise its trade secrets.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Programs playing role of DJ Most people find new music on the airwaves, in magazines or from friends. Software may provide another avenue, by analyzing the music you like and recommending tunes, even from groups you’ve never heard of.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
The Internet at work Do acceptable Internet use policies pose unacceptable risks? In the government workplace, the acknowledged right to make personal telephone calls looks like a close analogy to e-mail and Web surfing. But in terms of security risk, there is no comparison: When it comes to accidentally revealing secret information, sending embarrassing information to thousands of people or crashing entire networks, there is no substitute for a personal computer connected to the Internet. 
Thursday, March 03, 2005
Hosted anti-spam solution offers alternative Tom Copeland, president of eagle.ca in Cobourg, Ont., says unwanted and unsolicited e-mail, known as spam, is an expensive and growing problem for small ISPs like his. 
Monday, November 22, 2004
E-mail gains new armour against spam, virus attacks Enterprises seeking relief from the rising volume of spam and viruses got more help this week as several vendors rolled out tools and services designed to thwart e-mail-based attacks
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
UK mobile operators to censor 3G content Six of the U.K.'s largest mobile phone operators announced plans Monday to censor content and services delivered over new third-generation (3G) handsets as part of an effort to keep minors from accessing adult material such as gambling sites, pornography and unmonitored chat rooms. 
Thursday, October 17, 2002
Lost Packets 
Thursday, October 17, 2002
Quick Hits 
Thursday, November 01, 2001
Sharp gets chatty 
Monday, October 15, 2001
Hacker claims next round in banner-ad battle Nobody said the war was over. When it comes to pop-up and banner advertising on Web sites, tempers run high: Dedicated surfers can't stand the commercial messages, but site operators who depend on advertising revenues want people to see them.
Wednesday, October 03, 2001
McAfee Office 3.11 McAfee Office: Updates Create Solid Contender 
Thursday, March 09, 2000
Is a new Internet architecture needed? I got a call from a reporter the other day. He wanted to talk about the denial-of-service (DoS) attacks on prominent Internet sites, including Yahoo Inc., CNN and eBay Inc. He did have some idea what was going on (not always the case when I get such a call), but he seemed to want me to say that the architecture of the Internet needed to be changed to deal with such attacks. I declined to do so.
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