Monthly Archives: December 2007
Google Widget Flaw Dings Mac OS X
An undocumented flaw in Google's Gmail, Blogger and Search History widgets could introduce security risks to Mac OS X users.According to Scott Knaster, a...
L0pht Reunion Planned at New Hacker Conference
For the first time in a decade, members of the famous LOpht Heavy Industries hacking think tank will have a reunion of sorts at...
Buggy IE Patch Kills IE on MSN; Fix Available
Microsoft has done an impressive job of improving the quality of its security updates in recent years (yes, it used to be bad), but...
Can Internet Explorer 8 Keep Its Promise?
UPDATEDInternet Explorer 8 is coming! Yay! And it will be standards compliant! Woo hoo! I can't wait to get my hands on it!But just...
Microsoft to Pay $21 Million to Settle Gambling Charges
Microsoft, Google and Yahoo agreed Dec. 19 to pay a combined $31.5 million to resolve government claims that they promoted illegal gambling by receiving...
iSuppli Trims 2008 Semiconductor Forecast
While the global semiconductor market is expected to grow in 2008, concerns about the U.S. economy—especially the sub-prime mortgage crisis—is leading market research company...
Microsoft Eyes Mobile Ads
The land rush that is online advertising is getting more competitive with each passing day, as top-tier technology vendors grapple to find ways to...
FTC Clears Google-DoubleClick Merger
Google's $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick cleared U.S. regulators Dec. 20 with a 4-1 vote of the Federal Trade Commission. After an eight-month review...
FTC Blesses Google’s DoubleClick Deal
The Federal Trade Commission has cleared Google's $3.1 billion bid for ad provider DoubleClick, greasing the wheels of Google's online ad engine in 2008.Acquiring...
Yahoo in Huge Mobile Search Deal
NEW YORK (Reuters)—Internet company Yahoo and Latin Americas top mobile phone company America Movil said on Thursday they have struck a deal to provide...