New tool screens spam, digitizes books   24 May 2007 20:51 GMT
The ReCaptcha service turns annoying spam-avoidance chores into a productive project to digitize books.
Source: ZDNet

Flawed Symantec update cripples Chinese PCs   24 May 2007 14:44 GMT
Update quarantined two critical system files in the Simplified Chinese version of Windows XP, affecting computers throughout China.
Source: ZDNet

Skype worm leaps to ICQ, MSN networks   24 May 2007 13:00 GMT
The Stration (or Warezov) worm appears to have made a jump from Skype to the ICQ and MSN messenger networks, the first time that service has been successfully used as a launching pad for such infections.
Source: Computerworld

Retailers, other stakeholders to have say in PCI standards   24 May 2007 13:00 GMT
Fourteen organizations have been tapped to serve on an advisory board, part of an effort to give stakeholders more say in the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standard.
Source: Computerworld

Microsoft: Oops, XP SP3 still set for '08   24 May 2007 13:00 GMT
Microsoft to users: Ignore that press release from earlier this week. Service Pack 3 for Windows XP won't be out until next year.
Source: Computerworld

Unpatched Symantec flaw leads to U. of Colorado breach   24 May 2007 09:46 GMT
An unpatched server at the University of Colorado may have compromised information on up to 45,000 students and recent alumni. The patch, which fixed a vulnerability in a Symantec AV console, had been issued but not yet applied.
Source: Computerworld

EMI sale unlikely to affect DRM-free music   24 May 2007 08:45 GMT
Apple and EMI's agreement to offer DRM-free music tracks is unlikely to be threatened by the record label's changing ownership. In fact, say some analysts, the choice may have been a demonstration to potential investors of the company's forward-thinking ways.
Source: Computerworld

GPL author: Google must share code   23 May 2007 11:18 GMT
Eben Moglen, chairman of the Software Freedom Law center and one of the people putting the finishing touches on version 3 of the GNU General Public License, said at a speech Tuesday that service providers have a moral imperative, if not a legal one, to contribute back to the free software community.
Source: Computerworld

Promising antispam technique gets nod   23 May 2007 05:30 GMT
The Internet Engineering Task Force approves a technique designed to put junk e-mailers out of business forever.
Source: ZDNet

Symantec locks up joint venture plans with Huawei   22 May 2007 14:09 GMT
China-based company of software maker and telecom network supplier to distribute security and storage products.
Source: ZDNet