Klez.e worm threat appears to be contained
Symantec said it considered the Klez.e worm a relatively low threat, though a spokesman said the company had received many calls from clients who had encountered it.
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Premier 100: CW's annual conference debuts Monday
Creating value in challenging times will top the agenda when more than 350 of the nation's IT leaders gather in Palm Desert, California, for the third annual Computerworld Premier 100 conference on Monday and Tuesday.
'Newsletter' worm targets Outlook
Security experts around the world are warning of a new virus that uses Microsoft Outlook e-mail software to replicate itself by sending out mass e-mails that may destroy some Windows files.
IBM deals up a card-size computer
IBM Research has built a computer the size of a stack of index cards partially to find out how people will react when they can carry their PCs with them everywhere they go, said Ken Ocheltree, lead IBM research engineer on the Meta Pad project.
IT job jumpers more to be likely laid off than veterans
Those who took advantage of the hot economy of the 1990s to job-hop may now find themselves first on the layoff list and with fewer prospects for future employment as long as the current economic downturn lasts.
At least that's what some observers of the IT job market are saying.
HP sees more layoffs, regardless of merger plans
In documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Hewlett-Packard is holding out the possibility of more layoffs, whether or not its merger with Compaq Computer is successful.
Privacy group urges states to halt Microsoft's Passport
Saying the US federal government isn't doing enough to ensure consumer privacy, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has sent an open letter to the attorneys general in all 50 US states to stop what it claims are Microsoft Corp.'s unfair and deceptive business practices surrounding the company's Passport service.
CERT finds one problem searching for another
A search for one kind of problem led analysts at the CERT Coordination Center to find another. In August, the security organization had begun to contact vendors to get lpd codes from the makers of various printers in an attempt to create a clearer picture of vulnerabilities surrounding the software packages known as Internet Security Scanners, said Jason Rafail, a security analyst at CERT, which is based at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Divine to buy Open Market
Chicago-based Internet consulting firm Divine Inc. has continued its acquisition of financially troubled, announcing that it will buy Burlington, Massachusetts-based Open Market Inc. in a stock deal it says is worth about US$59 million.
June 1 virus hoax damage can be repaired
If you fell for the June 1 virus hoax and dutifully deleted the SULFNBK.EXE file from your Windows 98 operating system, don't panic. Chances are good that you won't notice that the file has been removed, its loss won't harm Windows 98, and the file can be easily replaced.
Attack takes CERT off the Web
CERT, the government-funded Internet security group, was knocked off the Web this morning after it came under attack for the second time in three days.
CERT Web site hit by cyberattack
The Web site for the organization that has come to symbolize security on the Web was itself hit with a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack Tuesday and Wednesday.
Online taxes, privacy changes coming
Creating a fair playing field for both online and off-line businesses will require some level of Internet taxation and the ability by online companies to gather personal user data for advertising purposes, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) said today.
Data analysis vendor Hyperion moves to cut jobs
Less than a month after reporting its second loss in the past three quarters, data analysis software vendor Hyperion Solutions today announced plans to cut up to 15 percent of its 2,600-plus workers by the end of June and said it's also taking other steps to reduce spending.
Online retailers still struggling for profits
A new survey of 550 North American retailers doing business on the Web shows that companies with established mail-order catalog businesses are virtually the only ones making profits online at this point.