Loading ...Security software vendors warn that a large number of Italian web sites have been compromised and are being used to plant malware including keyloggers on visitors’ computers.
The attack has become known as The Italian Job after the movies of the same name, but has spread to other countries. According to Websense, more than 10,000 sites [...]
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Every few hours at the eBay Live! conference in Boston, the audio speakers explode with Kool & the Gang’s song Celebration. For eBay’s (EBAY) executives, it’s a way of reminding everyone that, despite declining growth in its main shopping business, the company has reasons to party.
Reason No. 1? PayPal. If eBay Live! is a celebration, [...]
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Sprint introduces the HTC Mogul Windows smartphone.
The HTC Mogul is the first CDMA handset in the U.S. that runs Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Professional Edition. Sprint will provide an update that will make the HTC Mogul the first EV-DO Rev. supporting device on the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network.
The HTC Mogul features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard [...]
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Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhone is still 11 days from its U.S. debut, but Apple watchers are already suggesting ways to make the iPhone better.
The changes suggested Monday are instructive because each one seeks to address problems seen with the device - a combination of a phone, digital music player and Web browser - that AT&T [...]
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An experimental jet engine has been successfully tested at speeds of up to 6,835 miles per hour, or 10 times the speed of sound, during trials in Australia’s outback, defense scientists said on Friday.
The experimental air-breathing supersonic combustion engine–known as a scramjet engine–is being developed by Australian and U.S. defense scientists. Researchers hope it will [...]
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EBay Inc and Google Inc have turned from ardent partners to nettled adversaries, with the renowned online auction site yanking it ads from the world’s most popular Internet search engine.
EBay (nasdaq: EBAY - news - people ) sidestepped rumors that stripping its advertising from Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) is payback for [...]
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Russian astronauts and engineers may have corrected a problem yesterday that caused computers aboard the International Space Station to crash and raised the possibility that the station might have to be evacuated.
In a feat of ingenuity and high-stakes electronic jury-rigging, the astronauts isolated a switch that appeared to be the source of repeated crashes since [...]
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Sony Ericsson, the world’s fourth-largest mobile phone maker by volume, on Thursday moved to strengthen its position in the upscale segment, unveiling a handful of new feature-rich phones just weeks ahead of the introduction of Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhone.
The London-based joint venture between Telefon AB LM Ericsson (ERIC) and Sony Corp. (SNE) said two new [...]
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Just days old, Apple’s Safari for Windows is already proving it can tempt Microsoft users to flirt with a new browser, even as Cupertino unleashes its first batch of security updates.
Apple has confirmed that its new Safari 3 for Windows browser, launched by Steve Jobs on Monday at the Mac manufacturer’s annual worldwide developers’ shindig, [...]
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