Researchers offer new way to avoid bogus Web sites

By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer Wed Aug 27, 5:16 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO – Intercepting Internet traffic, and spying on the communication between two computers, is a gold mine for hackers. Now Carnegie Mellon University researchers hope software they’ve built will make it harder for criminals to hit that jackpot.
The software, a free download [...]

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Computer virus goes into orbit

Wed Aug 27, 6:22 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – NASA confirmed on Wednesday that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine on July 25 by security software.
A “worm type” virus was found on laptop computers that astronauts use to send and receive email from the [...]

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Sony TV Internet module tunes into YouTube

Coming to late-model Sony LCD flat panels: YouTube videos.

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YouTube suit called threat to online communication

A $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit challenging YouTube’s ability to keep copyrighted material off its popular video-sharing site threatens how hundreds of millions of people exchange all kinds of information on the Internet, YouTube owner Google Inc. said.

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Access to next-gen Internet may be uneven

The lack of high-speed Internet access in some areas of the U.S. has been hotly debated, even as that digital divide has narrowed. But a new, wider gap is being created by technology that will make today’s broadband feel as slow as a dial-up connection.

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CATEX Announces Release of Pivot Point Mosaic [V1.0] Reporting Service

PRINCETON, NJ–(Marketwire – March 25, 2008) – The Catastrophe Risk Exchange (CATEX) today announced the release of the Pivot Point Mosaic [Version 1.0] Reporting Service, delivering an advanced, web-based reporting solution to its clients.
Information about the initial Mosaic product release was announced Tuesday by CATEX COO Frank Sweeney during an interview on CATEX [...]

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Everest National Insurance Company selects Duck Creek Technologies Commercial Policy Administration Software

BOLIVAR, Mo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Duck Creek Technologies, Inc., a provider of product configuration, sales automation, rating and policy administration solutions for the insurance industry, today announced that Everest National Insurance Company has selected Duck Creek’s Commercial [...]

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Nano switch hints at future chips

By Darren Waters
Technology editor, BBC News website

Dr Leonid Ponomarenko shows off a device with the transistor embedded

Researchers have built the world’s smallest transistor – one atom thick and 10 atoms wide – out of a material that could one day replace silicon.
The transistor, essentially an on/off switch, has been made [...]

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Content carve up of net begins

Internet law professor Michael Geist looks at the way that cable firms are starting to shackle the net access they offer.

Some cable firms are treating net access like they do TV scheduling

When cable companies began promoting high-speed internet services nearly a decade ago, many branded them “the internet on cable”. [...]

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Action urged to keep net neutral

Lessig: One of the net’s founding principles is under threat

Tough action is required by US regulators to protect the principles that have made the net so successful, a leading digital rights lawyer has said.
Professor Lawrence Lessig was speaking at a public meeting to debate the tactics some net firms use to [...]

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