Security

Botnet hacker pleads guilty, faces prison term

Hacker convicted for making money from creating malicious code could face 25 years in prison

Google News emerges from beta with new features

Users can sign up for Personalized Search, browse most popular recent stories

Verizon Business launches with new wireless services

Features target large businesses

Update: Consumer group files complaint against ‘adware’ firm

Civil liberties group accuses 180 solutions of unfair and deceptive business practices

Two new worms and a Linux patch

GPL 3 draft draws mostly positive response

Major update of GNU GPL does raise some concern about software patent protection, DRM

New Trojan horses threaten cell phones

Three malicious programs spreading via Bluetooth or multimedia messages can affect Symbian phones

Tokyo Stock Exchange adds trading capacity

Some critics say the bourse should have raised capacity even more

Lasso Logic offers real easy real-time backups

Lasso CDP brings low-impact, continuous protection to Windows workstations and servers

Reining in SOA

To make governance work, you have to know what makes your organization tick