Although the IEEE 802.11n standard has not yet been officially accepted, many manufacturers have jumped on the draft standard, most notably Cisco. The introduction of 802.11n devices to the Wi-Fi...

Elcomsoft, a Moscow-based software firm, has filed a patent application with the USGPO for a technique that uses off-the-shelf graphics hardware to crack computer passwords. The technique uses the...

Researchers at Arizona State University have developed a technique that may revolutionize data storage within a few years. The technology, which involves manipulating charged copper particles is...

IDC reports that the pace of Linux server adoption has slowed because the rate of Unix migration to Linux has also slowed. In comparison to the growth of Windows-based servers, the growth rate of...

The Storm worm is still building a mega-botnet and distributing a significant amount of spam. The worm, which was identified in January 2007, is a classic scam that emails individuals with the...

(Photo Courtesy of IBM) IBM Research and MediaTek are working on a chipset that will transmit data wirelessly at speeds of up to 2.5 Gb/second. The proposed chipset will take advantage of the 60 GHz...

Symantec has issued a security warning to users of the RealPlayer media software after discovering attack code that can enable a back door exploit on vulnerable Windows computers. The Windows XP SP1...

Home Depot reported on Wednesday that a laptop containing sensitive information on 10,000 Home Depot employees was stolen. The employee information included employee names, addresses and Social...

Skype is warning of a new malware attack on users of the service. Users may inadvertently load a trojan horse that masquerades as Skype Defender onto their computers. The malware affects Windows Skype...

Microsoft IIS is aiming to cut significantly into Apache's global installed user base, but according to the October 1 numbers posted at Security Space, the plan isn't coming off quite as...

Analysts at Gartner are warning that deliberate data intrusions aimed at securing a financial gain will cost businesses 20 percent more each year through 2009 than they do now. Identity theft from...

Last week, Dell introduced the Dell On-Demand Desktop Streaming server which allows operating systems, applications and data to be streamed to up to 100 diskless workstations from a single server. The...

The InfoTech Research Group has conducted a study of enterprises and their willingness to make social networking sites available to employees on company time. About half of the organizations surveyed...

Number 3 semi-conductor manufacturer texas instruments has developed a wireless microcontroller for processing passports and government IDs. The microcontroller uses FeRAM technology that provides...

According to statistics compiled by NetApplications, the popularity of Macintoshes is on the rise, jumping to nearly 7 percent, a 40 percent increase from a year ago. About half of Macintosh users...

In its monthly survey of IT professionals, outsourcing firm Hudson indicated that IT workers were more confident in the stability of their jobs than were employees in most other sectors. Overall,...

Last week, the Federal government stopped responding to DNS requests for the State of California's Web site in response to servers within that network that had been hacked and were redirecting...

Microsoft has released Windows XP SP3 to its beta testers. The release co-incides with a hotfix for Windows Vista. The KB941649 Vista hotfix addresses several issues including battery life for mobile...

To the cheers of Yahoo! users worldwide, the company has announced that it will begin blocking fake e-Bay and PayPal emails in an effort to reduce phishing scams directed against its users. The...

In August, Corsair introduced a USB Flash drive with a manual padlock to secure information on the drive. The Flash Padlock drive is not substantially larger than a standard USB drive, and features a...

Microsoft announced last week that it would extend the lifecycle of Windows XP, having earlier targeted January 2008 as the products end-of-life. The company now says that XP will remain available...