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...
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...
One in three people change their email address once a year, due to changing ISPs, switching jobs or just trying to out-run the spammers. Matt Blumberg, CEO of Return Path which offers users the chance to contact people who have changed email...
29.07.98 Compaq confirmed today that it is negotiating with a 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...
As part of its effort to stop the progress of the MSBlast worm, Microsoft pulled the Windows Update address from the internet that the self-propagating program was set to attack. Because the worm was programmed to attack only that address over the...
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.