FTC shuts down major spyware operation

The US Federal Trade Commission has shut down the operations of a notorious spyware operation. Acting at the request of the FTC, a District Court has ordered that the company Enternet Media Inc and two of its affiliates cease operation immediately. The defendants are said to have run one of the world's top five biggest spyware networks. ...more

Jobs named in Apple lawsuit

Steve Jobs heads a list of Apple notables named in the recent shareholders' lawsuit over irregularities in the company's issuing of stock options. Apple revealed last week that it faces two lawsuits arising from its own internal investigation into the granting of options. One lawsuit, filed in United States District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges 'company executives and directors colluded to backdate stock options in order to maximize the return on their options, breaching their fiduciary duties to the company and causing the company millions in losses'. ...more

Internet proves greatest present for online shops this Christmas

Online retailers look set to be crowned among the victors of the Christmas trading war this year alongside an uneven showing on the high street. Internet sales in Britain for the first time peaked during the start of seasonal discounting last week after surging more than 50 percent in the run up to Christmas, online retail tracker IMRG reported. It was the opposite story for the high street with the number of Britons visiting stores down 6. ...more

Brit surfers head for .co.uk sites first

British is best according to a survey of UK web users carried out by YouGov on behalf of domain registry Nominet. Some 62 per cent of those surveyed also believe that a UK suffix will mean that the site is more relevant to them, while a third believe that local domain names are essential in order to appeal to local customers. For example, when looking to buy books online, seven out of 10 surfers would head straight to www. ...more

Symantec releases the beta of AntiSpyware

Security specialist Symantec has released its long awaited anti-spyware package as a public beta. The product, which claims to offer broad protection from spyware and adware to home users, comes four months after the rival package from Microsoft. Symantec says that the Norton Internet Security 2005 AntiSpyware Edition provides realtime detection and automatic removal of spyware from users' computers and can guard against spyware programs from installing themselves on the PC. ...more