Steve Bryant

First trojans on page creator, now worms in Orkut. Hackers are trying to steal Orkut users’ bank account information by inserting an automated information theft worm, according to security researchers. The worm, known as MW.Orc, is propagating through Orkut when users launch an executable file disguised as a JPEG. Google has a temporary fix in […]

Back in February, I wrote a post that broke out some of the categories in which Google, Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft were competing. Since that time, all four companies have launched — or are in the middle of launching — significant new initiatives. Advertising, of course, plays a big role in each of these products. […]

In an attempt to revive the flagging Netscape brand, AOL has begun to turn the Netscape portal page into a news site where users submit and vote on news stories and editors provide direction. Although Netscape remains a popular brand, its visibility has shrunk over the last few years. The site had 11.4 million users […]

In todays eWEEK Daily News Podcast: Intel is moving to beat AMD in the quad-core race; exploits for Microsoft patches are popping up online; AJAX developers tell Microsoft that Atlas must support other browsers; and a new report says IT jobs are plentiful in the Mountain states. Intel Moves to Beat AMD in Quad-Core Race […]

In this eWEEK Daily News Podcast: Microsoft is exploring ways to make Vista play nice with open source; Intel researchers say they have a transistor design that could enable faster and more efficient chips; famous blogger Robert Scoble leaves Microsoft for podcasting startup; and Google Watchs Ben Charny says the end of net neutrality may […]

In this eWEEK Daily News Podcast: The VA says its data loss was bigger than originally reported; Apple files a second lawsuit against Creative; Dell takes aim at the enterprise with new servers; Microsoft tries to make Vistas security features less annoying; and Google makes its video player compatible with Macs. To read more about […]

In this eWEEK Daily News Podcast: Questions about how much Google Paid Dell to switch from MSN; Opinions about Adobes recent spat with Microsoft; Security firms debut new tools at the Gartner IT Security Summit; Micron, Lexar Boards Approve Amended Deal Terms; Level 3 to Acquire Looking Glass Networks. You can find the print versions […]

Macintosh users have long waited for the day when Windows-only applications such as AutoCAD, Microsoft Project and Microsoft Visio would run on an Apple machine. “Those are really the three big applications … that are missing on the Mac,” said Scott Michaels, director of professional services for Atimi Software, a cross-platform development company based in […]

AdAge reports on how Google’s ad-tracking abilities and the emergence of HD radio may up the ante by making radio stations more accountable to advertisers.

Your employees use Google all day long anyay, so why not extend the familiar interface and capability to your entire enterprise. It’s not a question.This is one more feather in Google’s search dominance cap. (God, what an awful metaphor. I might as well have said “Google puts on gay search pants.”)Google is going to make […]

Yes, it’s true. They’re working with codeweavers. And while it’s not a full port (they’re using Wine), it raises quite a few eyebrows: Google and CodeWeavers Inc. are working together to bring Google’s popular Windows Picasa photo editing and sharing program to Linux. The program is now in a limited beta test. If this program […]

Mike Arrington points to Ajaxian (nice redesign) points to Valleywag points to an email from a source that says Google is working on a Web page editor called Trogdor.I’m willing to bet, and so is everybody else, that Google is making Gmail a robust platform to offer near-enterprise levels of service. Or, they’re developing Gmail […]