01download.net - News from net: Marshall Islands email paralysed by 'zombie' attack ================================================================================ Martin on 27 June, 2008 01:58:00 Email communication in the Marshall Islands was paralysed Tuesday after hackers launched a "zombie" computer attack on the western Pacific nation's only Internet service provider, officials said. Gates moves on, but Microsoft keeps 'quests' alive ================================================================================ Martin on 27 June, 2008 01:54:00 It is almost unthinkable that any one human could pick up where Bill Gates leaves off when he ends his full-time tenure Friday as Microsoft's leader. EBay, PayPal offer new perks to buyers and sellers ================================================================================ Martin on 19 June, 2008 09:28:00 EBay Inc buyers and sellers using its PayPal online payments service will be protected from fraud for the full value of auction purchases, expanding a more limited program, eBay said on Thursday. Vodafone to distribute iPhones in ten new countries ================================================================================ Martin on 06 May, 2008 11:55:00 LONDON (AFP) - British mobile phone giant Vodafone announced Tuesday that it will distribute Apple's iPhone in 10 new countries including Australia, India and South Africa. Microsoft Mislabels Skype as Adware ================================================================================ Martin on 06 May, 2008 11:53:00 Skype users who have been getting strange error messages from Microsoft's security products over the past week can breathe easy now. It was all a mistake. Yahoo teams with McAfee to offer search results security ================================================================================ Martin on 06 May, 2008 11:50:00 SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc. and McAfee Inc. are joining to offer alerts about potentially dangerous Web sites alongside search results generated at Yahoo.com. UK advertising-tech fight shows complexity of privacy battle ================================================================================ Martin on 19 April, 2008 10:41:00 As Phorm Inc. built a system that watches consumers' Web surfing in order to deliver targeted advertising, CEO Kent Ertugrul believed the British company was doing everything possible to respect, and actually enhance, Internet privacy. Security experts split on "cyberterrorism" threat ================================================================================ Martin on 19 April, 2008 10:35:00 LONDON (Reuters) - International experts called on Wednesday for greater cooperation to fight threats to computer networks but they differed on the definition of cyberterrorism, with a top British security official describing it as a "myth." Spam wars ================================================================================ Martin on 19 April, 2008 10:33:00 Tech vendors have made headway in the war on spam, yet spammers are returning volley with sheer numbers. Perhaps it's time for more drastic measures? These are the rumblings from InfoWorld Test Center analysts, who reviewed anti-spam e-mail appliances and released their findings last week. PayPal Plans To Block Older, Unsafe Browsers ================================================================================ Martin on 19 April, 2008 10:30:00 The name PayPal is almost synonymous with phishing scams. According to anti-phishing service PhishTank statistics from last year, PayPal was the number-one target of scams -- more than twice as often as PayPal's parent, eBay, the second most popular target.