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| I-News: Titan Gaming acquires Xfire |
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 2.nd of August 2010 - Titan Gaming acquires Xfire.
Titan will be taking on the Xfire name, with a focus towards ongoing innovation in the gaming space. The Xfire services will continue uninterrupted for its users. Xfire redefined how gamers communicate, Titan intends to build upon this tradition and utilize the Xfire platform to help gaming companies better engage their users. We look forward to continuing and expanding upon the Xfire service.
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| I-News: Zero day exploit for IE is spreading |
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According to observations made by the security firms, the zero day exploit for Internet Explorer is spreading rapidly across the net. It targets a particularly dangerous hole in all versions of the Microsoft browser. There is no patch: a Windows PC can become infected with malicious software through the simple act of opening a web page. Unlike most other attacks, this exploit does not require careless users to click on something.
More and more harmless servers are currently being manipulated via SQL injection to deliver the zero day exploit to requesting computers. It is, therefore, possible to get infected by visiting a trustworthy site.
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| I-News: Study: Surfing particularly dangerous in certain domains |
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| According to McAffee's study based on the tool SiteAdvisor, it seems to be safest to surf at Finnish web pages and official US government pages. The SiteAdvisor is a free browser tool which indicates the potential malicious risk of a web site based on ratings established by McAffee.
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| I-News: Internet Backbone problems |
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Two major Internet backbone companies are feuding, potentially cutting off significant swaths of the Internet for some of each other's customers.
On Wednesday, network company Level 3 Communications cut off its direct "peering" connections to another big network company called Cogent Communications. That technical action means that some customers on each company's network now will find it impossible, or slower, to get to Web sites on the other company's network.
William Steele, a senior network engineer for Syncro Services, said his company noticed the problem Wednesday morning. "Peering" arrangements are maintained by network companies that agree to connect their networks directly together to exchange traffic more efficiently. When the companies are of roughly equal size, money rarely exchanges hands.
A similar Net blackout happened in 2001, when Cable & Wireless and PSINet were embroiled in a billing dispute.
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Posted by True on Thursday, 10.November 2005 @ 23:11:37 CET (190 reads)(comments? | Score: 0) |
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