Stories by Cara Garretson

SurfControl turns a trick on phishers

In response to the growing threat that phishing poses to e-mail users, SurfControl plans to upgrade its e-mail filter to catch these attacks, and flag more spam and other abuses.

CipherTrust unveils reputation-based e-mail spam tool

E-mail security vendor CipherTrust Monday announced version 4.1 of its IronMail gateway appliance that includes a reputation-based authentication tool designed to weed out spam by identifying "good" senders.

Brightmail tries to ID spam sources

With the deluge of unwanted e-mails that flow into corporations showing no signs of easing, antispam software maker Brightmail is offering a new service designed to identify IP addresses that send mostly junk mail.

Network, telecom funding drops off

With 2003 marking the lowest venture-capital investment levels for the network and telecom sectors in recent years, these categories could certainly benefit from an increase in corporate IT spending.

Venture funding up, but not for network and telecom

While 2003 ended on a positive note for start-ups in search of venture funding, networking and telecommunications companies continue to lag behind other companies in attracting dollars.

Anti-spam market braces for shakeout

With the onslaught of vendors jumping on the spam-fighting bandwagon, choosing the right anti-spam product can be almost as tedious as wading through an in-box of junk mail. But signs are pointing to a shakeout in the anti-spam market over the next year or two that will eliminate many of today's players.

Vendors bolster antispam packages

More anti-spam vendors are expanding their offerings beyond blocking unwanted e-mail, as FrontBridge Technologies Inc. promotes its disaster-recovery services and MailFrontier Inc. adds fraud protection to its anti-spam software.

Shareholder claims AOL misrepresented ad revenue

A New York law firm has filed suit against AOL Time Warner Inc. (AOLTW) on behalf of shareholders, claiming the company misstated and artificially inflated revenue from online advertising.

Euro lawmakers discuss Net issues with Congress

A group of European Parliament members are in Washington, D.C., this week to discuss with U.S. regulators and lawmakers areas where the governments can come closer together on matters of Internet policy.

Report: FCC may allow a Baby Bell to accquire WorldCom

Faced with the possibility that 20 million customers in the U.S. could soon be left without telecommunications services, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may allow a Baby Bell telephone company to acquire ailing long-distance and Internet service provider WorldCom Inc.

Civil liberties group says cable could close Internet

The openness of the Internet is in danger of being compromised by cable companies that offer high-speed broadband services, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the U.S. government must act to protect the Internet's freedom of communication from these monopolies.

MS/DOJ: Allchin takes the stand, testifies about security

Microsoft Group Vice President for Platforms Jim Allchin took the stand at the remedy hearing in its ongoing antitrust case late Tuesday morning to testify about, among other things, the company's focus on providing users with computer security.

MS/DOJ - Microsoft likened Real's threat to Netscape's

A lawyer for the states suing Microsoft questioned a company executive's testimony that Microsoft does not view RealNetworks Inc.'s media player technology as a threat to Windows, making reference to internal messages by Microsoft executives that compared the battle between Microsoft and RealNetworks to the one between the software giant and Netscape Communications Corp.

MS/DOJ - Microsoft's witness dubious of 'unbound' Windows

It is "probably impossible" for Microsoft to provide an 'unbound' version of Windows, as the states suing Microsoft would require under their proposed remedies, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology testified during the company's remedy hearing Thursday.

MS/DOJ - Judge might not admit licensing evidence

The states suing Microsoft may not be able to use evidence that they say shows that Microsoft is forcing PC vendors into unfair Windows licensing terms, during the company's remedy trial currently under way.