Articles by Jay Lyman

Security experts are warning that automated software and compromised computers used to pass on malicious e-mail or host rogue, information-stealing Web sites are feeding fraud on the Internet The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), a consortium of security experts looking to analyze the online fraud known as phishing -- whereby users are directed v...

Moving beyond media downloads, leading peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing company Kazaa, is now offering free, Internet-based telephone service via the Skype voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) application Perhaps the highest-profile P2P purveyor and a favorite target of intellectual property owners such as the Recording Industry Association of Ameri...

As Nintendo seeks to keep its command of the mobile gaming market with the dual-screen DS handheld unveiled this week, Sony will try to make the market a dual-player game with its forthcoming PlayStation portable device, the PSP Touting two 3-inch, color, LCD screens and two ways to connect wirelessly -- 802.11 WiFi and Nintendo's proprietary form...

The case of a California man who allegedly raked in more than US$30,000 selling specialty sports cards on eBay that were never delivered is highlighting the issue of online fraud and the role of e-commerce companies While identity theft, phishing scams and spam have been the focus of security experts, the old fashioned fraud of not delivering produ...

Computer manufacturers hope a combination of collaboration, evolving technology and better deals will drive holiday sales of media center PCs, which were the focus of announcements from both Dell and Gateway this week Dell cut the price of a software upgrade to Microsoft's Media Center Edition 2005 to just $19 on its Dimension 3000, 4700, 4700C, 84...

Microsoft inked a deal with a prominent French software company in an effort to broaden the market for product lifecycle management (PLM) software used in 3-D design and graphics The deal may also be another counter-move by Microsoft, which is facing an unfavorable position against the European Commission and a growing threat from Linux in the Eur...

The major movie studios will copy the tactics of the recording industry in their attack on online film piracy While announcing its intent to file hundreds of civil lawsuits against individuals alleged to have infringed movie copyrights by sharing files online, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) said it would also release free software...

Microsoft is aggressively pursuing Novell NetWare customers with discounts, new migration tools and services for Windows Server 2003 Industry analysts called the strategy a smart one, indicating that the majority of enterprise NetWare users -- at a crossroads of moving to SuSE Linux with Novell or migrating to another platform that is most likely W...

Yahoo announced enhancements to its e-mail service, adding search, morestorage and its DomainKeys sender authentication technology -- which is alsobeing deployed by Internet service provider EarthLink in a test roll-out While the news of the DomainKeys deployment was welcomed by most, therewere also calls for the different methods of validating e-m...

In an unaccustomed role as challenger, Microsoft unveiled its search enginethis week to some glitches and complaints -- nothing new for the softwaregiant -- and the new presence prompted Google to respond immediately The result is a bit of a role reversal as the upstart turned dominantplayer, Google, prepared for battle with the hungry newcomer, Mi...

Wireless operators across Europe and the Asia-Pacific region announced thisweek a series of roaming agreements in which crossing borders does not translate into loss of service or fear of fees The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) -- which includesBT, Maxis, NTT, T-Mobile, Telstra and StarHub -- announced that theroaming arrangements would allow us...

AMD Sets Chip-Making Course With CharteredJay LymanGearing up to supply a growing demand, AMD hassecured a microprocessor sourcing and manufacturing deal with Chartered Semiconductor,which will add capacity for production of AMD's Altlon64 and Opteron chips AMD said it will have its Dresden, Germany facility cranking out itslatest processors, but w...

In the latest supercomputer news arriving before the release of theTop500 list this week, IBM has announced collaboration with theSpanish government on a super system made with blade servers IBM said the "MareNostrum" system, built with 3,564 Power processors ineServer BladeCenter JS20 blade servers that run on the Linux operatingsystem, performs ...

U.S. supercomputing efforts are making up for the country's earlier loss of the speed title tothe Japanese Earth Simulator, with two new systems poised togarner top spots on the Top500 Supercomputer list due out next week The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced that the IBM BlueGene/Lsystem at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achie...

Security experts say that a recent phishing attack -- typically e-mailed as enticements to bogus sites that endanger users' systemsand expose their personal information -- is limited in scope, but they are concerned that it may be a sign that attackers are toying witha new way of phishing, one that does not require a lure E-mail security outfit Mes...

AMD-Fujitsu silicon subsidiary Spansion has announced backing of an emerging Flash memory standard with a new family of processors intended for the growing market of devices -- from PC hard drives to onboard navigation systems for cars -- that rely on the embedded Flash memory technology Spansion said its new FL Flash chips, which use the serial pe...

Many corporate IT departments are finally getting what they've been waiting for, as AT&T rolls out its network-based firewall, which is expected to help ward off the latest virus and worm outbreaks in a simpler, more cost-effective manner AT&T's managed security service, known as Internet Protect, will now help stop network viruses in the early sta...

Intel unveiled its latest ultra-high-end processor platform, the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, with a higher-speed frontside bus and more cache and memory The move marks a departure from the company's traditional advancement through clock speed, more closely resembling the strategy of rival AMD....

A Japanese company is heralding its new fuel cell technology, claiming that it might be readyfor mobile PCs within the next two years. Industry analysts, however,point to several major hurdles for the technology, which has already beenheralded several times before Materials and Energy Research Institute Tokyo (Merit)claims that its borohydride fuel...

While its 20 clustered Linux systems joining more than 10,000 Intel Itanium2 processors may put it at the top of the speed list, the scientists whohave access to the new "Columbia" supercomputer at the NASA Ames AdvancedSupercomputing facilities tout the amazing research abilities of the supersystem, which they say cuts more than a year's worth of work down to days...