Viruses and sophisticated spam dominate net
The Netsky virus still accounted for most email-borne infection in August despite the May arrest of its suspected author, security software firm Clearswift has said. More...

German security firm hires hacker awaiting trial
A German security firm has hired the teen accused of writing the Sasser and Netsky worms, a move that sends a dangerous message to hackers, anti-virus firms said this week. More...

WhiteGold fishes up Barracuda distribution
Niche security VAD WhiteGold Solutions has signed on to become the second Australian distributor for US-based anti-spam appliance vendor Barracuda Networks. More...

PalmOne unveils universal keyboard
PalmOne has developed a universal wireless keyboard that works not only with its own Palm OS-based devices but also with Pocket PC devices from Dell and Hewlett-Packard. More...

Netegrity announces TransactionMinder 6.0
Netegrity has announced the release of Netegrity TransactionMinder 6.0, a centralised, policy-based security platform for web services and service-oriented architectures. More...

MCI is seeking suitors: Report
MCI executives have put the company on the auction block, suggesting that the firm be divided into two units -- its business-networking unit and its consumer operation -- in interviews with The New York Times. More...

AOL makes AIMBots available to enterprise users
America Online has had quite a bit of success with its AIM Robot (AIMBot) technology. More...

Jabber refreshes instant messaging server, client
Jabber this week rolled out an updated edition of its open source-based instant messaging platform, as well as a new Windows client to support that platform. More...