Matthew Hicks

Sonexis Inc. unveiled a pared-down version of its ConferenceManager conferencing system for use by small- and medium-sized enterprises. ConferenceManager for Web provides Web conferencing features such as application sharing, co-browsing of Web sites, polls and presentations and can be configured to run with as few as 15 simultaneous Web users or as many as hundreds. […]

LookSmart Ltd. is losing two more distribution partners and planning to slash half its work force as it struggles to regroup from the loss of Microsoft Corp.s MSN portal as its largest search customer. Neither Sprinks nor Inktomi Corp. is planning to renew their agreements with LookSmart to use its search listings, said Dakota Sullivan, […]

Microsoft Corp. this week won an injunction from a Swedish court in its ongoing international trademark battle with Lindows.com Inc. According to a ruling in the Stockholm City Court on Wednesday, Lindows.com must stop selling its products in Sweden that use the terms which Microsoft is alleging violates its Windows trademarks, pending the outcome of […]

A new vulnerability discovered this week in Internet Explorer could allow for the spoofing of URLs in the Web browsing, potentially putting users sensitive information at risk. Security researchers confirmed a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 that could let an attacker display a fake URL in the browsers address bar in an attempt to disguise […]

The Mozilla Foundation is preparing to complete a year of major organizational changes with a new version of its namesake open-source application suite. A beta version of Mozilla 1.6 went out on Tuesday that incorporates, among other new features, expanded authentication support of particular use for enterprises as well as better integration with the GNOME […]

Telephony vendor Avaya Inc. and conferencing vendor Polycom Inc. are working to jointly develop by the middle of next year new products that make videoconferencing as easy as a click of a mouse on a PC. The companies announced on Monday that the collaboration will focus on combining IP telephony and video communications for enterprises […]

Those paid links that pop up along with search engine results have become the latest target of ad-blocking software. InterMute Inc. on Monday announced an updated version of its AdSubtract Pro software that can strip away the advertised links on popular search engines. These sponsored links, typically based on advertisers paying to appear when certain […]

Google Inc., facing the threat of further lawsuits, is seeking a court decision to back its policy covering the use of trademarks in its keyword advertising. The search engine leader in late November filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose asking for a “declaratory judgment” […]

Yahoo Inc. this week issued a security update for Yahoo Messenger after the report earlier this week of a buffer overflow vulnerability in the instant messaging client. Yahoo said it learned of the security issue late Tuesday and issued the patch by Wednesday afternoon. Security researcher Tri Huynh discovered a vulnerability that, if exploited, could […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Leading technology industry groups used the National Cyber Security Summit being held here to introduce Wednesday new tools for assessing information while deflecting criticism that industry initiatives so far have failed to fortify cyberspace. /zimages/2/28571.gifRead “Feds: Tech Industry Must Act to Thwart Security Threats.” The Information Technology Association of America announced plans for […]