ICANN signs new contract with US Department of Commerce

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) which oversees the vital task of managing the name servers for the Internet signed a new agreement with the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) on Friday that is being hailed as a 'dramatic step forward' towards independence. ICANN has secured an agreement that recognizes it as being responsible for the management of the Internet's system of unique identifiers on an ongoing basis. It means ICANN is more autonomous,' declared Dr Paul Twomey, the President and CEO of ICANN. ...more

IDF Spring 2004: Intel launches Wireless USB Promoter Group

Intel continues its backing of wireless technologies. Intended to help deliver a new generation of high-speed, personal wireless connectivity, the Wireless USB Promoter Group is the latest announcement to emerge from the IDF Spring 2004. Among the founding members of the group are Intel, HP, Microsoft, NEC, Philips and Samsung Electronics. ...more

D-Link claims market's first Vista-ready Draft N router

D-Link claims it is first to market with a wireless router that is based on the draft 802.11n wireless networking standard and that also carries a Works with Windows Vista logo. Having the stamp of approval of Microsoft Labs, D-Link boasts that its Wireless N Gigabit Router (DIR-655) will work smoothly with home networks of machines running the Vista OS, which will be released 30 January. ...more

Kaspersky spans enterprises and PDAs with new security software

Kaspersky has launched security products at two different levels, the very large and the very small. The latest addition to the stable is Security for PDA 5.0 which runs on the latest versions of PalmOS and PocketPC. ...more

The year in security - a look back at 2005

Security companies widely predicted that this year would be epidemic-free as virus writers turned their hands to making fiscal gains rather than kudos. This remained largely true: month on month the numbers of new viruses rose, yet we avoided anything like the Blaster and SoBig epidemics of 2003. Indeed, Sophos reported that November showed the highest monthly figure for new viruses on record. ...more