Jim Wagner

Firefox at Critical Mass?

The year 2005 was a banner year for open source Web browser Firefox, a fact underscored by recent market share numbers released by site tracker NetApplications. The...

Guidance Software Investigating Stolen Data

Computer forensic specialist Guidance Software found itself on the receiving end of a malicious hacking attack that managed to swipe sensitive information on reportedly thousands of customers....

Santa IM Worm Making a List

A worm targeting the three major instant messaging (IM) networks is spreading its payload to buddy lists. The IM.GifCom.All worm shows up as an innocuous-seeming URL in...

Roping Off Quarantines in the Gateway

Security software vendor McAfee is pooling quarantine queues from its appliances to make them more manageable for administrators. The McAfee Quarantine Manager is a free add-on component...

Sony Recalls Rootkit-Plagued CDs

Sony BMG is recalling the copyright-protected music CDs that have been causing no end of grief to the company. The recall comes in the wake of a...

Postini And The On-Again, Off-Again Spam List

Anti-spam vendor Postini has looked at spam from both sides now. The Spamhaus Project, a popular U.K.-based organization that maintains a database of spamming activity, placed two...

CA Divests Open Source Ingres

Computer Associates is divesting its open source enterprise database, Ingres, to venture buyout specialists Garnett & Helfrich Capital, officials announced Monday. Ingres Corp. will take over management...

Yahoo, Microsoft to Link IM Networks

Yahoo and Microsoft are linking up their IM networks to allow MSN and Yahoo Messenger users to communicate across the two platforms, creating a global network of...

Microsoft’s Virtual License Shift

Microsoft is changing its licensing model for customers who virtualize their software on enterprise servers. Customers opting for the new licensing scheme, which goes into effect Dec....

Symantec Hardwires Partners

Software security developer Symantec introduced a new partnership program to round out its security appliances, officials announced Tuesday. The message security solutions compatibility track ensures that software...

Spam King, Microsoft End Standoff

Scott Richter, one-time spam king and now legitimate e-mail marketer, has reached an out-of-court settlement with Microsoft, officials said Tuesday. Richter agreed to pay Microsoft $7 million...

Dell Bullish on Mac OS?

It seems that since Apple decided to move its processors away from IBM's PowerPC and onto Intel, other companies might be looking for a way to get...

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