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 of [...]

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 [...]

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 it’s [...]