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Police in Germany arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with the hijacking of eBay Germanys domain. The man admitted he requested a DNS (domain name server) transfer for several high-profile sites, including Google.com, Web.de, Amazon.com and eBay Germany. It remains unclear how the domain could have been transferred without the consent of the existing holder. […]

The software industry will create more positive change in the next 10 years than it did in the previous 10, provided that security threats are effectively handled, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer said in an address to the Massachusetts Software Council this week. One change is the emergence of XML-based Web Services, because it allows […]

MessageLabs Ltd. this week announced a deal to adopt Symantec Corp.s Brightmail anti-spam technology. MessageLabs will combine its Skeptic predictive anti-spam technology with Brightmail to produce a more aggressive junk mail filtering service, said Mark Sunner, chief technology officer of MessageLabs. MessageLabs expects to deliver the new joint anti-spam service to market in Q4 2004. […]

Sender authentication does little to fight spam, according to a study released this week by messaging security firm CipherTrust. The study focused on the deployment and effectiveness of a technology known as the Sender Policy Framework (SPF). SPF allows the holder of an Internet domain to publish a list of IP addresses associated with legitimate […]

By cutting the Windows File System (WinFS) feature out of both Longhorn client and server, Microsoft Corp. didnt affect only its next-generation Windows release. It also has set back technologies designed to be dependent on WinFS. One of the most prominent of these technologies is the Microsoft Business Framework (MBF). The Microsoft Business Framework is […]

A wide range of applications that help to automate pricing are making their way through retail operations. And its hardware improvements that are the technology enablers, with the number-crunching power to analyze warehouses of constantly changing products only recently becoming practical. ProfitLogic and J.C. Penney are two good examples of retailers who have been pushing […]

As Bush and Kerry square off on the issue of health care, the Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson underscores the importance of health IT in the Bush administrations approach. “The President knows more needs to be done, particularly when it comes to lowering the cost of health care so that it is […]

Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp. this week introduced a new four-way SCSI-based server blade. Each blade in the Primergy BX600 can accommodate up to four Intel Xeon MP processors, 16GB of DDR-SDRAM memory and two hot-plug Ultra320 SCSI hard drives. The BX600 supports Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Linux. Read the full story at CRN

Hitachis disk drive unit this week unveiled a 1.8-inch hard disk drive that is optimized for consumer electronics devices. The drive features a 10 percent reduced footprint size. The Travelstar C4K60 series operates at 4200 RPM and is available in 20GB and 30GB capacities for $125 and $160, respectively. Read the full story at InternetNews.com

EMC Corp. this week announced a new line of midrange NAS appliances. The Celerra NS500 NAS appliance offers similar performance to its NS600, but at a lower starting price and with a slight cut in Ethernet connectivity. The new NS500G NAS appliance allows files to be served off an EMC Clariion or Symmetrix SAN array. […]

Yosemite Technologies Inc. this week announced an agreement with Iomega Corp. to bundle Yosemites TapeWare software with Iomegas REV SCSI Drive. Yosemite will provide REV Drive users with single server support, up to 10 workstations support and a bare metal restore disaster recovery option, which allows users to restart when a drive is wiped out […]

The Blu-Ray Disc Association said Tuesday that it will require Microsofts VC-1 video codec, based on Windows Media, to be included in the read-only BD-ROM spec. Blu-Ray, backed by companies like Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Philips and Matsushita will require the codec to be used in playback equipment. The rival HD DVD format, backed by NEC and […]