Aug 6 2011

Happy Birthday! World Wide Web turns 20

Happy birthday, World Wide Web! Hard to believe you’re turning 20 already. It seems like just yesterday we were hearing the pitter patter of little dial-up, delighting at the words “you got mail,” and getting frustrated when calling our friends and receiving that dreaded busy signal. You’re all grown up now, helping people learn how [...]

Feb 19 2009

Facebook Returns To Previous Terms of Service Agreement

Facing an outcry from its subscribers, Facebook has backtracked and replaced its new terms of service (TOS) agreement instituted Feb. 4 with the previous version. Mark Zuckerberg, the social network’s chief executive officer, announced the change in a blog post on the company’s site Tuesday night. “A couple of weeks ago, we revised our terms [...]

Feb 17 2009

$250,000 Reward For Conficker Creator

Microsoft said it has organized a global response to the Conficker (Downadup) worm to disable domains targeted by Conficker. For the fifth time, Microsoft announced a $250,000 bounty to find the source of the worm – a strategy that’s worked four times already, and most recently led to the conviction of the author of the [...]

Feb 17 2009

Linksys Routers Now Have Built In Security

Linksys is teaming up with Trend Micro to put the Home Network Defender internet security software into the their routers, helping to block out unsafe sites before they reach any computer on your network. Home Network Defender previously existed as an application for PCs that more or less did the same thing. But now that [...]