Compaq confirmed today that it is negotiating with a small Californian businessman to buy the altavista.com Web address. A source close to Compaq said it is prepared to pay $3m for the address. It is the latest in a spate of vendors paying out for...
Ecommerce specialists and the UK government must work together more closely to address consumers' needs, according to Michael Sharples, founder and managing director of 3D software company, Stratum Media.
When activated, the worm, titled W32/Marijuana, attempts to email itself to every address in a users' Outlook address book with the subject "check this out! Security experts have warned UK companies of an email worm, which promotes the use of...
That means that a Chinese company can maintain its brand when local web users either search for the company or type in the company's web address. Yahoo! is close to acquiring a company that sells Chinese-language web addresses, with a deal expected...
The parliamentary-industry group European Information Society Group (Eurim) will this week question the government on who will take ownership of a national address database and how it will be managed.
Google has fixed a security hole in several of its services that exposed the address books of Gmail users. An attacker could create a malicious website that would copy all the entries in a Gmail user's address book, a potential treasure trove for...