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Information Wants to be Liquid
02:00 AM Jan. 25, 2005 PT The Liquid Information project wants to tear down the web and rebuild it in the image of Wikipedia: a free-for-all where readers are writers and no word is sacrosanct. Are they mad? By Jason Walsh.

Gambling Sites Hedging Bets
02:00 AM Jan. 24, 2005 PT Super Bowl Sunday is two weeks away, so online gambling venues are getting ready. Not just for the usual rush of punters, but to also fend off denial-of-service extortion schemes. By Michael Myser.

Safe E-Mailing for Dummies
02:00 AM Jan. 20, 2005 PT E-mail encryption is a good idea that hasn't taken hold, mainly because it's such a pain to use. The recently released Ciphire Mail aims to make it easy, if not completely transparent. By Michelle Delio.

Linux: Fewer Bugs Than Rivals
02:00 AM Dec. 14, 2004 PT An analysis of the 5.7 million lines of Linux source code shows that it contains fewer bugs per thousand lines of code than commercial counterparts. By Michelle Delio.

Foreigners Blocked From Bush Site
02:20 PM Oct. 27, 2004 PT Surfers trying to view President Bush's official campaign website are finding it a tad difficult to get in. No explanation has been given, even though the site works just fine in the United States.

Genome Model Applied to Software
02:00 AM Oct. 04, 2004 PT Open-source developers attempting to reverse-engineer the mysteries of private networking software turn to genomics research. They're applying algorithms developed by biologists to decipher the secrets of closed networks. By Danny O'Brien.

Ireland Blocks Calls to Stop Scam
02:30 PM Sep. 23, 2004 PT In an effort to stem dialup modem fraud, Ireland blocks phone calls to 13 locations, including several South Pacific islands and the entire nation of Mauritania. Operators must verify numbers dialed to these locations before connecting the calls.

Hack Attack Gums Up Authorize.Net
01:56 PM Sep. 21, 2004 PT A leading internet credit card processor is under siege by a denial-of-service attack, slowing its servers and leaving many customers high and dry. By Noah Shachtman.

Another Patch Job From Microsoft
08:15 AM Sep. 15, 2004 PT The latest vulnerability to plague the world's largest software maker is a doozy, affecting its Windows operating system as well as its Office and developer tools programs. Microsoft says its patch plugs the leak.

Next Windows Version: 2006 Target
07:49 AM Aug. 28, 2004 PT Microsoft announces Longhorn, its next version of Windows, will meet its 2006 release date. But to deliver on time for corporate client contracts, a key component -- the underlying file system for the software -- will be missing.

Feds Wrap Up Online-Crime Dragnet
02:19 PM Aug. 26, 2004 PT The Department of Justice says dozens of people have been arrested or convicted for online crimes this summer, as part of its effort to show that the internet is not "off-base for law enforcement," according to Attorney General John Ashcroft.

Virus Writer Pleads Guilty
08:40 AM Aug. 12, 2004 PT A high-school senior admits he created a variant of the Blaster worm that laid waste to a lot of Windows-based networks last year. He's probably looking at some jail time, and a pretty hefty fine.

Microsoft Releases Service Pack 2
09:53 PM Aug. 06, 2004 PT The security update for Windows XP is finally upon us. Available to some customers in the next couple of days, the automatic updates will reach about 100 million XP users over the next two months.

The Empire Blogs Back
02:00 AM Jul. 26, 2004 PT Companies are finding that small-scale Web publishing -- blogging -- reaps big benefits when it comes to customer feedback. Just ask Microsoft. Ryan Singel reports from Berkeley, California.

Fake Bin Laden File Harbors Virus
04:10 PM Jul. 23, 2004 PT A message posted on over 30,000 Usenet newsgroups, claiming to include images of Osama bin Laden's suicide, actually contains a Trojan horse.

Changing the Face of Web Surfing
02:00 AM Jul. 20, 2004 PT More and more companies are making up their own rules for websites, spawning a new kind of activist: the guerrilla Web redesigner. Robert Andrews reports from Cardiff, Wales.

We Don't Need No Stinkin' Login
02:00 AM Jul. 20, 2004 PT Increasingly, Web publishers are demanding that users register to read their sites, and increasingly, readers are getting annoyed and turning to sites like BugMeNot, which offers pre-made login profiles. By Rachel Metz.

Bracing for the Microsoft Update
11:00 AM Jul. 18, 2004 PT Though the new Windows overhaul from Microsoft is welcome, its release is expected to generate a flood of help-desk calls for some companies whose software will need upgrades to work with Service Pack 2.

P2P Company Not Going Anywhere
02:00 AM Jul. 17, 2004 PT With U.S. lawmakers tightening the noose on file sharers, those behind the networks tend to keep a low profile. But not the guys behind eDonkey -- they're in New York, and proud of it. By Michelle Delio.