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Hackers use videoconferencing cameras to spy on boardroom meetings
Teleconferencing vendors say they're trying to strike the right balance between security and usability after security researchers found they could dial in to the conference lines of major companies and manipulate video cameras to spy on boardrooms.
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Google Chrome update addresses security vulnerability
Google has released an update for Chrome 15 which addresses a high-risk vulnerability. The security issue is the result of an out-of-bounds memory write in the browser's JavaScript engine.
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Researchers ID Skype users who also use BitTorrent
Entertainment companies seeking to trace people who are illegally file sharing may be interested in new research that could identify filesharers through their Skype accounts. A research team has figured out how to link online Skype users to their activity on peer-to-peer networks, a correlation that could represent a major threat to users' privacy.
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Homenet group to set standards for IPv6 in home networking
The Internet Engineering Task Force is considering establishing a working group to smooth some of the impending issues around setting up and maintaining IPv6-based Internet connections into homes.
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Brocade backs combined IPv4 and IPv6 approach against 'extremists'
The looming depletion of Internet addresses has split the networking world into "IPv4 diehards" and "IPv6 purists," but the real needs of businesses lie somewhere in between the views of these extremists, a Brocade Communications Systems executive said this week.
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DrayTek's best-selling 2820 router gets SME overhaul
DrayTek has overhauled its best-selling 2820 series ?pro? broadband modem-routers, adding a raft of features designed to make the product more appealing to SMEs.
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Vint Cerf says there is no need for an IPv7 protocol
Vint Cerf takes his title of Chief Internet Evangelist for Google seriously, and is knee-deep in several projects to bring the next versions of the Internet into being. These projects include pushing for worldwide IPv6 adoption, but they don't include plans for an IPv7.
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AT&T lags while US cable companies lead on IPv6
While some traditional telecom carriers such as AT&T appear to be dragging their feet on deploying the emerging standard known as IPv6, the US cable industry - led by Comcast - is charging ahead on this long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.
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Last IPv4 addresses gone within 6 months, says NRO
The global body in charge of allocating Internet addresses expects to hand out the final blocks of IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) addresses to regional registrars early next year, it said Monday.
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Daily Mail falls for Apple iPhone 4 recall spoof
A report in a British tabloid led to rumours this weekend that Apple's latest smartphone might be recalled. The Daily Mail under the headline 'Apple iPhone 4 may be recalled, says Steve Jobs' ran a story based on a Twitter response apparently from Apple's CEO Steve Jobs.
