Elizabeth Millard

There are those who yearn for more functionality in Adobe Reader, wondering when the company might power up more search capability or tweak its edit features. And then there are those who dont like to wait. Behold, the freeware, shareware and low-cost utility developers. Thanks to an abundance of programming savvy, there are numerous PDF […]

A vulnerability in Computer Associates International Inc.s enterprise backup software is raising alarms at security firms, which caution that the flaw is being used in several exploits. The flaw is a buffer overflow vulnerability that has been found in the BrightStor ARCserve Backup and BrightStor Enterprise Backup application agent code used on Windows platform. A […]

The wrangle between Cisco and a former ISS researcher has caused mixed reactions about responsible disclosure, Ciscos security patch policies, and even the strength of the Internet itself. The ongoing drama started during the Black Hat Briefings conference held this week in Las Vegas. Internet Security Systems Inc. researcher Michael Lynn was scheduled to reveal […]

Members of the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved a treaty addressing cyber-crime, prompting criticism from civil liberties groups that worry about the ramifications to privacy if the treaty is approved by the Senate later this year. The treaty requires countries to adopt laws that govern search and seizure of stored […]

The Federal Trade Commission has charged seven companies with violating federal laws that require labels on e-mail containing sexually explicit content. Suits filed in U.S. District Court Wednesday seek civil penalties against TJ Web Productions, Cyberheat Inc. and Impulse Media. The other four companies involved in the enforcement action settled with the commission, for a […]

Eastman Kodak Co.s announcementthat it would be cutting up to 10,000 more jobs is less an indication of the companys health than it is a nod to the rapid shrinking of the film market, some analysts believe. The digital photography boom has been killing film sales at a pace much quicker than many companies, including […]

As Microsoft inches closer to the first beta release of Internet Explorer 7, the companys development advisors have been advising Web site developers and managers to run certain tests now to prevent problems when the beta version does appear. Although Microsoft Corp. is not releasing a specific date for the beta version, the company has […]

Publishers of online magazines and newspapers have been finding that to replicate print-quality formatting and design, its tough to beat PDFs. After all, the format allows fonts to be preserved, images to be precisely placed, and reader experience to be consistent no matter what browser theyre using. The difficulty, however, is when readers want to […]

With a recent investment by Google and a new initiative announced by IBM, broadband-over-power-line technology has leapt back into the spotlight. Have companies finally found a way to profit from the promise of broadband in every home with an electrical outlet? Using a low-cost adapter, BPL (broadband over power line) customers can get high-speed Internet […]

Security firm McAfee is offering one of its internal tools to the enterprise community for free, with the aim of increasing Web services security and protection. Coming out of the companys security services group, Foundstone Professional Services, the WSDigger is an open-source tool that helps identify vulnerabilities in Web services implementations. The tool is unique, […]

Although MGM triumphed in its recent Supreme Court case against Grokster, its victory may prove to be a hollow one, some legal experts and peer-to-peer users believe. The courts decision seems to severely curtail what file-sharing services and software will be allowed to do in the future, but such a reading of the decision is […]

Opera Software has released Opera 8 for Macintosh, with more extensive functionality and security features. This latest version is faster than previous iterations, according to the software company, since it requires minimal system resources. Like its Opera 8 for Windows and Linux, released in April, Opera Software ASAs version for Macs has new security functions, […]