Monthly Archives: July 2006
Intel Launches Core 2 Duo; Prices, Ship Dates Announced
After months of teasing the market with preliminary performance estimates of Intels new Core 2 Duo or "Conroe" processor on Friday Intel finally delivered—another...
Has the Skype Protocol Been Cracked?
A claim that a group of researchers in China has successfully cracked the Skype protocol has set the blogosphere alight, but the company says...
Ruckus to Announce Wireless, IPTV Deals with 15 Telcos
Ruckus Wireless has told eWEEK that it plans to announce agreements with 15 rural telephone companies to provide wireless broadband and IPTV equipment to...
IM Attacks and Image Spam Continue to Be Nuisances
Attacks aimed at lightly protected instant messaging systems and spam that replaces text with images in an effort to dupe filtering software are growing...
Intels Otellini Links Layoffs to Turnaround Plan
Intel says its plan to lay off 1,000 managers worldwide is a bet on its future.
The company began informing those managers affected by the...
Dear Google: When It Comes to Spam, Is Microsoft the Good Guy?
Microsoft has been busy trying out new anti-spam technologies lately.The Softies recently unveiled Strider Search Defender, an experimental project that automates the discovery of...
Google Talk Still Not Playing Well with Others
Microsoft and Yahoo announced today that they're beginning to test interoperability between Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. Together, the two instant messaging clients...
Former Softies Create Open-Source Startup
A handful of former Microsoft execs, among them former platform group vice president Paul Maritz, have founded and obtained funding for a new open-source...
Microsoft Steps Up Its War on Search Engine Spam
Microsoft is integrating two projects pioneered by its Microsoft Research division – Strider HoneyMonkey and Strider URL Tracer – to help remove junk results...
Microsoft Research Automates Hunt for Search Engine Spam
Researchers at Microsoft are working on an ambitious new project to hunt down and neutralize large-scale search engine spammers.
The Redmond, Wash., software giants Cybersecurity...