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Commentary: Worth the wait?
News Although Rearden Steel founder Steve Perlman has declined to discuss what his company is building, the hints point to a home system that may include some form of advanced digital services delivered via broadband lines and set-top boxes.
E-mails give peek at Microsoft strategies
News The company says in a Minnesota court that it did not abuse its OS dominance to hike prices. But a 1997 e-mail from a Microsoft exec to Warren Buffett compared Windows to a "toll bridge" on every PC sold.
Tags: Business applications, Open source
ABC, New York Times to jointly Webcast news
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At D7, Washington Post meets Huffington Post
News Arianna Huffington and The Washington Post's Katharine Weymouth meet on the D: All Things Digital stage for a discussion about the future of journalism.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Web sites, Google Inc., Washington Post Co., Advertisement, financial, Apple iPhone, Internet, industry
Google's Schmidt nixes idea of buying newspaper
News CEO Eric Schmidt confirms to the Financial Times that Google had considered acquiring a paper, but has since ruled it out as being too expensive and fraught with liabilities.
Tags: Mergers, Search, Online Advertising, Google Inc., Washington Post Co., Bankruptcy, CEO, New York Times Co., Financial Times, Eric Schmidt
Execs reveal why newspapers don't block Google
News Forbes.com CEO rips Google but tells CNET it needs search engine to stay competitive. Former Washington Post editor says time to play by Google's rules.
Tags: Web sites, Digital media, Google Inc., Forbes, Washington Post Co., Search Engine, Advertisement, Digital media, Associated Press, exec
Online newspaper readership climbs 16 percent
News Top 10 online newspapers post double-digit increase in December Web traffic, offering the newspaper industry encouragement amid bleak times, according to a new report.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Web 2.0, Increase, Washington Post Co., New York Post, Los Angeles Times, Bankruptcy, USA Today, research director
Botnet worm in DOS attacks wipe data on infected PCs
News Bots responsible for denial-of-service attacks on U.S. and Korean sites have instructions to wipe data, but so far there have been no reports of that happening.
Tags: Viruses and worms, PC security, Data security, Security, Worm, Washington Post Co., IP, Attack, South Korea, e-mail
Attacker reportedly holds US state's patient data hostage
News Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program site remains down after attacker allegedly breaks into the Web site and deletes data, demanding a ransom to get it back.
Tags: Hacking, Data security, Backup, FBI, Washington Post Co., Virginia, Password, Attacker, patient, health care
Symantec creates havoc with unsigned Norton patch
News Mysterious Norton patch triggers firewall alerts and sends users flocking to forums where Symantec finds itself fending off a spam attack.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Antivirus software, Norton Co., Norton Internet Security, Bot, Internet Security, Washington Post Co., Patch, Symantec Norton AntiVirus
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
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
Google eyeing closer ties to news industry?
News Google could be planning new products to help out the struggling newspaper industry, but has reportedly rejected direct investment in the New York Times.
Tags: Business development/management, Web Page, Google Inc., Washington Post Co., New York Times Co., financial, journalist, managing editor, industry, collaboration
