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Google: Most drive-by malware comes from China
News Google analyzes Web sites in its index and finds that most of the sites that have malware are in China, according to a presentation at the Usenix security conference.
Tags: Security, Spam, Viruses and worms, Network security, Malware, Google Inc., Advertisement, San Jose, China, Internet
Spam declines after hosting company shutdown
News Experts say McColo-hosted sites may have been responsible for as much as 75 percent of spam on the Internet.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Security, Spam, Hosting Company, Washington Post Co., Global Crossing Ltd., Arbor Networks, Web hosting, director of marketing, Eastern Europe
McAfee makes Secure Computing buyout bid
News The US$465 million deal to purchase the network-security firm is expected to close near the end of the fourth quarter, says McAfee.
Tags: Security, Legal, Acquisitions, Secure Computing Corp., McAfee Inc., network, San Jose, asset, California, merger
'Spam king' could face criminal charges in Facebook case
News Judge refers suit against self-described "spam king" Sanford Wallace to the U.S. Attorney's office for possible criminal proceedings.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Phishing, Spamming, attorney, Bankruptcy, e-mail, Facebook, CAN-SPAM Act, Judge, San Jose
Apple escapes charges in US stock-options probe
News The U.S. Department of Justice will not file charges over stock-option backdating at Apple, as a two-year criminal probe is concluded.
Tags: Legal, Lawsuits, Apple Inc., Security, Backdating, Stock, general counsel, San Jose, shareholder, Wall Street Journal
Google, bank resolve issue over misfired e-mail
News Google and Rocky Mountain Bank ask court to dismiss a case that stemmed from the bank inadvertently e-mailing customer data to a random Gmail address.
Tags: E-mail servers, Social Security, e-mail, San Jose, U.S. District Court, Google Gmail, E-mail servers
Misfired e-mail was never viewed by Gmail user
News Rocky Mountain Bank says Google confirmed an e-mail with customer data that was mistakenly sent to a random Gmail address was never opened, has been destroyed.
Tags: E-mail clients, E-mail servers, E-mail Address, Social Security, e-mail, San Jose, U.S. District Court, Google Gmail, E-mail clients, E-mail servers
Microsoft hit with patent suit over update tech
News The software maker is being sued by BackWeb Technologies, which says Microsoft's automatic updating mechanism infringes on its technology.
Tags: Copyright, BackWeb, Microsoft Corp., BackWeb Technologies, Israel, Microsoft Windows, San Jose, Adobe PDF, U.S. District Court, California
Cisco nabs data center software startup
News Cisco Systems plans to buy Tidal Software for US$150 million in cash as it bulks up its offering for corporate data centers.
Tags: Acquisitions, Data centers, Data Management, Tidal Software, Cisco Systems Inc., IT Manager, computer server, Citigroup Inc., Server, software
Google to highlight Web's need for speed
News Google plans to unveil a new Web site designed to educate Web publishers on ways to make their pages faster and more powerful.
Tags: Java, Web servers, Web sites, Web services, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Firefox plug-in, JavaScript, San Jose, Velocity
Facebook awarded US$873M in spam case
News In largest judgment in history of the U.S. Can-Spam Act, Canadian man is ordered to pay the company US$873 million for allegedly spamming Facebook users.
Tags: Spam filtering, Lawsuits, MySpace, Anti-spam, social networking, e-mail, spam message, Facebook, CAN-SPAM Act, marketing
To cool data centers, let the breeze flow in
News The Green Grid releases a Web-based tool to evaluate how much outdoor air can be used during colder months to naturally cool energy-dense data centers.
Tags: Data centers, Green IT, ADC Telecommunications Inc., Hosting Company, Tool, energy efficiency, Herndon, North America, San Jose, data center
Spam increasing again after shutdown of hosting company
News Two weeks after hosting provider McColo was shut down, the volume of spam is increasing again as stranded botnets get connected to new domains.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Domain names, MessageLabs Ltd., Domain, Spamming, Spam, Bot, Hosting Company, Washington Post Co., Spammer
Facebook's load balancing act by the numbers
News Some of Facebook's recent feature launches have brought in a crazy amount of traffic. How does the site balance it?
Tags: Web sites, Web services, CNN, load balancing, social networking, Facebook, San Jose, Velocity, data center, California
Green Grid pitches new IT energy standard
News The group of IT industry leaders recommends data center evaluations include a score for power usage effectiveness or PUE scalability.
Tags: Data centers, Servers, Green IT, Hewlett-Packard Co., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Tool, Grid, analysis tool, Green Grid, San Jose
