Matt Hines

Qualcomm launched a third lawsuit against former partner Broadcom as the two companies continue to expand their respective claims of trade secret misappropriation and patent infringement. The wireless technology vendor, which markets products including chip sets and software used in wireless devices running on CDMA (code division multiple access) networks, charged in its latest suit […]

Microsoft disappointed investors and other market watchers the week of March 20 when it announced that its next-generation Vista operating system would be delayed until 2007, but one group of companies—those that produce security applications used to defend desktop computers and the networks they run on—may have breathed a temporary sigh of relief. Vista will […]

It takes teamwork to hit a grand slam, and nobody knows that better than Major League Baseball. Starting work after the end of the 2005 World Series in October, MLBs IT department had less than six months to design, create and launch a sophisticated network of databases, Web sites and mobile applications that would serve […]

Clickatell, whose technology is used by wireless carriers and business customers to deploy mobile messaging services to end users, is making an aggressive push into the U.S. market starting with its buyout of MultiMode. The company, which is currently based in South Africa and offers bulk SMS (Short Message Service) and gateway connectivity services in […]

IBM introduced a new intrusion detection technology dubbed Billy Goat that claims to be highly effective in battling worm viruses and other types of malicious IT threats, and in eliminating false security alarms. According to the company, Billy Goat offers organizations improved threat detection capabilities by duping outsiders into believing that it is an unprotected […]

Security software maker Symantec introduced the latest versions of its anti-virus and anti-spyware applications, offering more powerful malware detection capabilities and improved network reporting tools for monitoring against potential attacks. The company said it is immediately shipping its Symantec Client Security 3.1 and Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.1 updates and speculated that such tools remain […]

RealNetworks has issued a security patch for a number of its products to address vulnerabilities that could allow for remote execution of code on devices running the software. The company said that it has not been advised of any known exploitations of the flaws, which are present in its RealPlayer multimedia application Version 10.4 and […]

A significant vulnerability has been discovered in the Sendmail open-source e-mail application that could allow attackers to take over control of any devices running the affected software. The flaw, first reported by security researchers at Atlanta-based Internet Security Systems, is present in Sendmails e-mail server software and could be exploited by someone sending malicious data […]

Financial services giant Fidelity Investments confirmed that a laptop containing the personal information of almost 200,000 Hewlett-Packard employees was stolen from its property. The Boston-based retirement investment specialists said that the laptop specifically contained the personal data of some 196,000 participants in HPs retirement plans that had been put on the machine for a meeting. […]

Enterprises searching for the answers to their security problems should increasingly take a closer look at their internal operations before blaming outside threats, according to experts participating in an online IT security conference. Speaking as part of Ziff Davis Media eSeminars Security Virtual Tradeshow, industry watchers conceded that applications such as e-mail clients, file-sharing systems […]

Handset technology vendor Qualcomm announced that it has launched a new mobile device software company in China in partnership with local provider TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology. Labelled as TechFaith Software China Limited, or TechSoft, the new venture will focus specifically on development of wireless applications software and will be headquartered in Beijing and Hangzhou, China. […]

Microsoft officials said that they are probing the details of a new vulnerability found in the companys Internet Explorer Web browser. According to widely distributed reports about the bug, which was first identified by independent security researcher Michal Zalewski, attackers could exploit a buffer overflow issue present in IE by crafting special HTML code for […]