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Now theres a “good worm” infecting Windows systems that have yet to be patched against the previously uncovered DCOM vulnerability. Security experts say that the benevolent Blaster-spinoff is still problematic. Meanwhile, others are warning that a “critical” DirectX vulnerability could be the next to be exploited by virus writers.

Verizon to Roll Out Push-To-Talk Verizon Wireless last week said it will a turn up a nationwide “push-to-talk” service on Monday. Push-to-talk allows customers to connect directly with other push-to-talk users on the same network by pressing a button on their handset. Business customers can set up and manage group calling lists on Verizon Wireless […]

Saturday has come and gone, with no reported problems resulting from an expected denial-of-service attack caused by the Blaster worm. Microsoft seems to have headed off at the pass phase two of the Blaster attack. Whether the worm or any of its sprouting variants wreaks havoc on consumer and business users in the coming week […]

Enterprise Storage SNIA Interoperability Demo Adds NAS, IP Storage The next phase of the Storage Networking Industry Associations interoperability demo is expanding beyond Fibre Channel SAN technology to include network attached storage (NAS) and storage over IP. SMI-Lab, a reference implementation of network storage and management products, uses the SMI (Storage Management Initiative) specification as […]

Compared with the horrific events of Sept. 11, 2001, the was a mere inconvenience for millions of New Yorkers. However, there was one thing the two emergencies had in common. Cell phones mostly stopped working, or at least their voice features did. For hours after the blackout began, I was able to maintain contact with […]

Internet The system housing the primary FTP servers for the GNUSoftware Project was compromised an Intruder, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced Thursday, warning that a Trojan horse was also found. The GNU Project, which is a clearing house for a variety of freely available open-source software, was root compromised some time in July 2003 […]

While the final costs may not be known for months, early indications are that Thursdays massive power outages posed few problems for technology users and service providers in the Northeastern United States. Standard processes like having uninterruptible backup systems, diesel generators and secondary data centers—many installed in preparation for Y2K or after the Sept. 11, […]

BOSTON—Leading Microsoft architect Don Box said the world of services and service-oriented architectures will eclipse object-oriented programming as more developers become familiar with the technology. Taking a cue from Brad Cox (inventor of the Objective C language), Box, XML architect with Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft, likened objects to software-based integrated circuits and said programmers would do […]

Microsoft is expected to announce on Friday that several versions of its forthcoming Office 2003 suite have moved from development to manufacturing. Delivery date for the shrink-wrapped productivity suite: Oct. 21, sources said. Microsoft will announce that some, but not all, of the six Office 2003 SKUs will go to manufacturing this week, say sources. […]

New Cell Phones Aim to Connect Standards Cell phone maker Kyocera unveiled its first handset Tuesday that uses Qualcomms GSM1x technology, which is used to bridge two cell phone standards that are not interoperable. Qualcomm created GSM1x so cell phone carriers that use the worlds most popular standard, Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), could […]

Outlook Express, Microsoft Corp.s free, stripped-down version of Outlook, is not on its last legs, contrary to reports published reports this week, Microsoft said. But exactly how Microsoft will continue to support OE remains a bit murky. OE currently ships as part of Internet Explorer. And Microsoft has admitted begrudgingly that it has no plans […]

A massive power outage affecting much of the northeastern United States and parts of eastern Canada Thursday afternoon has not had any effect on the Internet yet, according to Internet performance monitoring firm Keynote Systems Inc. As of 4:50 p.m. Eastern time, Keynote reported that the Internet was performing normally as were most major Web […]