The Norwegian software developer Jon Johansen makes headlines once again. As can be read in his personal blog, Johansen wants to have the encryption of files in Microsoft’s cracked NSC container format and put source code for a decoder tool. The NSC encrypted container disguise for Windows Media audio and video streams of origin of [...]

a bug in the Windows firewall may hide open ports from the network user, Microsoft said in a new Technet Security Advisory. According to current findings concerns the problem of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. A patch that will eliminate the bug is now available for download. The cause of the problem lies in [...]

end of the 0190 service numbers in Germany are set. In their place come the 0900 numbers. For about a year, the supplier of value added services and network operators to allocate quotas apply numbers to the Federal Network Agency. “0900 a greater flexibility in billing and new business models. We are, for example in [...]

Typhoon has unveiled at the IFA a media player called My PMP DV. It offers a built-in hard disk of 20 GB, a lithium-ion battery for an operating life of at least four hours in movie mode and a monitor in the size of 3.6 inches. In contrast to pure players can play the My [...]

Swyx Solutions has released version 5.0 of its software-based PBX Swyxware on the market. The main novelty is the introduction of the “SIP Business Connectivity,” the company’s customers to connect to VoIP providers allow. The software costs € 1273.68 for five users and is available immediately. “SIP Business Connectivity Swyx provides businesses an affordable alternative [...]

O2 Germany and Research In Motion (RIM) today began offering the e-mail service “Blackberry mobile e-mail” for small businesses and self-employed persons without their own email servers. With the introduction of new models to the Blackberry 7100x and the Nokia 9300 smartphone with BlackBerry, the sales of the offer are also supported. The quad-band-enabled BlackBerry [...]

Intel has now formally put the antitrust case against its rival AMD to fight back. In a written reply to a court in the State of Delaware referred to Intel AMD’s allegations as “factually incorrect and contradictory.” Their own business practices were against both “fair” and in the context of the law. “With this procedure [...]

The telecommunications provider Alice wants from October ADSL 2 + offer accessibility to a downstream 18 Mbit / sec. Including telephone and calls the company a monthly flat rate € 49.90. The setup fee is 99.90 €. The price is comparable to the figure of Alice 6-MBit/s-Variante super flat 6000th Whether the prices of other [...]

In California, the producer of a particularly insidious surveillance and spy software indicted for violation of U.S. federal laws on computer data in 35 cases. The suspect, Carlos Enrique Perez-Melara, should have developed the monitoring software “Lover Spy”, marketed and sold. The software has enabled people to record all activity on remote computers and send [...]

Samsung and T-Systems will exhibit at IFA that interactivity can go for mobile television in Germany “on air”. After a test run in the currently active DMB (digital multimedia broadcasting) infrastructure in Berlin is the technical feasibility of value added services no longer stand in your way. No later than the football World Cup 2006 [...]

3Com has introduced an IP Telecommuting module for large companies, will allow remote users secure access to corporate communication network. The new module is standards based and uses the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). It provides IP conferencing, IP messaging, IP contact center services and other communication services from almost any location outside the LAN. The [...]

On the occasion of its tenth anniversary Opera gives away its Internet browser. On the website of the company will also take place a few celebrations. Opera offers its browser in two ways. The free version provided with banners and the advertisement-free counterpart for 34 €. This money can you save yourself by sending an [...]

A newly discovered security hole in Internet Explorer could allow attackers to run malicious code, according to the statement of security researcher and blogger Tom Ferris on his website. This would trigger the user just a malicious website that without further action by the user and transmits the code activated. The latest version of Microsoft [...]

Apple has been in litigation for faulty iPod batteries agreed with the plaintiffs and agreed to take over the repair costs. Affected, 1.3 million iPods of the first, second or third generation, before 31 May 2004 were sold in the U.S.. Against Apple in December 2003 filed a class action, as the life and duration [...]

Finnish Mobile TV pilot project, which statements are based on the latest Nokia mobile TV based, began in autumn 2004 in Helsinki and aimed to get empirical data about the acceptance of television on mobile phones to the consumer. The project participants were able to use it on their mobile devices, television and radio via [...]