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Microsoft researchers follow Web spam money trail

Using a homegrown tool called Fiddler, researchers at Microsoft have come up with a system to track the money that flows from big-name advertisers to search engine spammers.The methodology, created by Microsoft Research in partnership with the University of California, Davis, has already uncovered a complex scheme where a small...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Web, syndicator, advertisement, spam appearance, spam, domain, advertiser, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2007-03-19

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With Vista SP2, Microsoft is back on track

Reliable reports suggest that Microsoft plans to release Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to manufacturing in April 2009, roughly a year after it delivered SP1. Some observers are inferring from this schedule that ista SP2 is being "rushed out the door" and that "Microsoft seems to be in a hurry...

Tags: Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammer

Major news sources are reporting that Facebook has won a $873 million dollar judgement against a Canadian spammer. What this means for spam on social networks is not clear, however. Adam Guerbuez of Montreal, CA, had a judgement of $873 million dropped on him by a...

Tags: Facebook, Judgement, Spammer, E-mail World, E-mail, Spam, Social Networking, Cyberthreats, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Web 2.0 security? What a mash

* Ryan Naraine is away on vacation. Guest editorial by Guillaume Lovet Ah, Web 2.0. Its endless composition of heterogeneous sources (aka "mash-up") possibilities, its social networking-oriented nature, its user-provided content... A Web adapted to today's powerful machines, linking people together in world...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Facebook, Codec, YouTube Inc., Video, Web 2.0, Corporate Communications, Channel Management, Security, Internet, Marketing, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-24

News to know: Kumo; Zune; Storm; Google

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Would you 'Kumo' it? Phil Wainewright: When to spend cash in a SaaS business Brian Sommer: Taleo's November to forget ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Zune, RIM BlackBerry, Nokia Reliability Labs, E-mail, Home Entertainment, Handhelds, Open Source, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Microsoft is 5th most spam-friendly ISP

Spammers are abusing Microsoft's online services at such an alarming rate that a non-profit spam fighting group now lists Microsoft as the world's 5th most spam-friendly ISP Internet Service Provider. The latest update of Spamhaus.org's list of the world's worst spam networks shows Microsoft at #5 because...

Tags: Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Taleo's November to forget

An HR Soap Opera This month hasn't been a good one for Taleo. Here's the timeline of events and an analysis of the lawsuits that are originating from recent events. On 11/3/2008, the company announced its Q3 earnings and they didn't delight Wall...

Tags: Revenue, Taleo Corp., Stock, Revenue Recognition, Investment, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Still more questions than answers about Microsoft Morro

Over the past couple of days, I had a chance to ask Microsoft a few more questions about the disappearance of OneCare and sudden appearance of Morro (a codename and service that no one I've spoken with has heard a peep about until this week). Here are some more tidbits....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, Q, Windows Defender, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-11-21

News to know: Storm; Holiday gift guide;Lenovo malware; Dell

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm Gallery: Up close and personal: The BlackBerry Storm ZDNet's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide: Top...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Yahoo! Inc., T-Mobile, Malware, RIM BlackBerry, VUDU, Handhelds, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-11-20

What does the spam ISP shutdown really mean?

It has been over a week since the takedown of an ISP responsible for directing a large portion of Internet's spam. While many groups immediately hailed a massive drop in spam, the true story was more nuanced. Everyone, save the spammers, hates spam, and this story...

Tags: Internet Service Provider, Cyberthreats, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Spam, Security, Internet, Spam And Phishing, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-11-19

IT Dojo: Five things you should know about rootkits [video]

Rootkits are a serious threat. Rootkit-based botnets unleash seas of spam, and the most dangerous rootkits allow attackers to steal corporate and individual financial information. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler covers the following five things you should know about rootkits in order to keep your...

Tags: Information Technology, Video, Rootkits, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-19

News to know: Microsoft; Psystar; Mozilla; Storm; Office 2.0

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie ‘Morro' Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft kills off Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Office 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Is there anything teachers or students need that Google Apps can't do?

I'm giving serious thought to switching our school to Google Apps from our current ISP's email system this coming summer. Only teachers and staff have access to district email right now; the switch would provide students, teachers, and staff with school email accounts and access to the suite of...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Archiving, Teacher, Cloud Computing, E-mail, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-18

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 unleashed

The final specification for so-called SuperSpeed USB, which is said to be 10 times faster than USB 2.0, has been published by the USB Implementers Forum. Version 3.0 of the universal serial bus specification has been released. Unveiled on Monday by the USB Implementers Forum,...

Tags: Specification, USB, SuperSpeed USB, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, USB 3.0, data transfer

News items 2008-11-17

After McColo, spam way down - temporarily

Spam plummeted by two-thirds, in the wake of the plug being pulled on alleged cybercrime host McColo, according to news reports. But virtually no one thinks spam will continue at today's low level of merely 60 billion spam messages per day. ...

Tags: Spammer, Eastern Europe, Spam, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-14

News to know: Yahoo, Blackberry Storm, Black Friday leaks, Smartphones

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Yahoo dips below $10; Icahn, board called out Larry Dignan: Verizon Wireless: Storm lands Nov. 21 Sean Portnoy: Best Buy...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Smartphone, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Lighting the way: Three more higher-ed schools embrace LED technology

Three more U.S. colleges have signed up for the LED University program that is backed and publicized by LED technology company Cree. The schools include Indiana's University of Notre Dame, North Carolina's North Carolina State University and Wisconsin's Madison Area Technical College. The installations range from modest...

Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Host suspected of serving spam, child porn cut off from Net

The Internet has at least partially disconnected itself from McColo, an ISP suspected of providing hosting services to criminals serving kiddie porn and selling Viagra and fake security software. According to PC World, Hurricane Electric, which had been peering with McColo disconnected Tuesday night. Global Crossing also peered McColo and...

Tags: Trend Micro Inc., Child Pornography, McColo, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Spam, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-13

News to know: Storm; AMD, Intel; Tech economy reels

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Verizon announces BlackBerry Storm availability, pricing Larry Dignan: AMD unveils ‘Shanghai'; Aims to better compete with Intel AMD: Does the resurrection start...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Best Buy Co. Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Shanghai, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Spam rates massively down on shutdown of rogue ISP

Several major news outlets are reporting that the shutdown of a rogue ISP in the Bay Area has lead to a massive drop in the global amount of spam. While this is "good thing", this event is not an end of spam, nor is it even the beginning of...

Tags: Shutdown, Spammer, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-11-12