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Nortel shops while its management turns over

Nortel has begun discussions with potential takeover targets, according to a Reuters report citing an interview with CEO Mike Zafirovski.

BLACK HAT - Researchers flag VOIP exploits at Black Hat

Security consultancy iSec Partners this week detailed half a dozen ways to compromise VoIP-based phone systems based on the H.323 and Inter Asterisk eXchange protocols.

Risky business: using Web apps over Wi-Fi

People who use online e-mail or social-networking sites at Wi-Fi hotspots could risk having their accounts hijacked.

Social networking quickly taking global hold

The use of social networking sites worldwide has grown substantially in the past year, with some sites seeing total visits increase as much as 270 percent, according to a study released Tuesday by Internet measurement company ComScore.

Meet Web 2.0's evil twin

The move towards Web 2.0 technologies may well be another race between functionality and security, and for now at least, security seems to be at the tail end.

Mozilla CEO denies Google decided Thunderbird's fate

Mozilla's CEO Thursday evening answered charges that the company is dropping development of the Thunderbird e-mail client because of its partnership with Google.

Microsoft's Ballmer asks investors for patience

Microsoft's CEO emphasized the importance of attracting talent and urged shareholders to be patient with the amount of time it might take the company to pursue its various business models, speaking during Microsoft's annual financial analyst meeting ...

Virgin offers 'triple play' wireless broadband

Virgin Mobile Australia has launched Virgin Broadband, a broadband Internet package which it says is geared for the average household.

Facebook tries to fend off copyright-infringement claim

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will defend against copyright-infringement allegations on Wednesday, when his lawyers ask a judge to dismiss a complaint filed by three former classmates of Zuckerberg who say he stole the idea for the social-networki...

Google invests in mobile base station vendor

Femtocells, an emerging technology for improving cellular coverage in homes and enterprises, have attracted the interest of none other than Google.

Firefox developers sell Parakey startup to Facebook

Social networking site Facebook has bought Parakey, a tiny startup that had been developing software it bills as a Web-based operating system.

IEEE 802.20 changes rules to prevent steamrolling

The working group for the emerging IEEE 802.20 mobile broadband standard, which was suspended last year after a fight over members' real company affiliations, has changed its voting rules.

Former spammer: 'I know I'm going to hell'

"Ed," a retired spammer, built a considerable fortune sending e-mails that promoted pills, porn and casinos. At the peak of his power, Ed says he pulled in US$10,000 to US$15,000 a week, storing the money in US$20 bills in stacks of boxes.

Google picked as top e-commerce development

It probably comes as no surprise that Google was selected as the number one development in e-commerce over the past 10 years by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), an industry trade group.

Microsoft researchers show off wireless projects

Microsoft Research workers showed off some of their projects, including several that find new uses for mobile phones, on Monday at a summit in Redmond, Washington.