Az év utolsó hónapját figyelembe véve megjegyezhetjük, hogy a spammerek ismét igen tevékenyek voltak. A 2007. év végére az e-mailek mintegy 75%-a volt kéretlen spam, és ez az érték az ünnepek elteltével, az év utolsó napjaiban elérte a 83%-ot is.

Nearly half of businesses are in some phase of preparing to update desktops to Windows Vista, with small businesses moving the fastest to implement the OS, according to a new report released Monday.

U.S. government agencies need to take additional steps to protect against cybersecurity problems after a series of congressional hearings and reports exposed several weaknesses in 2007, representatives of Symantec said.

Strong laptop sales are making this a hot holiday shopping season for PC makers, according to a report from IDC.

Microsoft Corp. confirmed Monday that it is investigating reports that a security update for Internet Explorer issued last week has crippled some users' ability to get on the Web with the browser.

A karácsony közeledtével a spammerek is egyre inkább az ünnepre fókuszálva küldik kéretlen leveleiket a felhasználóknak. November hónapban is folytatódott a spamek arányának növekedése, négy e-mailből három kéretlen levél volt. A trendet szemlélteti, hogy 2007 májusában az e-mail forgalomnak még csak 64 százaléka volt spam.

Ron Paul, MP3 és a globális felmelegedés…mi lehet vajon a közös bennük? Nem, ezeknek nincs közük az amerikai elnökválasztáshoz. Ezek mind az októberben megjelent új spamek témái. Októberben ha kevéssel is, de emelkedett a kéretlen levelek aránya. A teljes e-mail forgalom 70.5 százalékát tették ki. A Symantec azt is megfigyelte, hogy a spammerek a hónap folyamán a már régi „slágereknek” számító image és PDF spamek új alternatíváit fejlesztették ki.

Security experts are saying that a reported al-Qaeda cyber jihad attack planned against Western institutions should be treated with skepticism.

Strong sales of new and old products alike led Microsoft to its fastest first-quarter growth in seven years, with the company reporting growth in all five business segments and both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) that beat analyst expectations.

Míg a PDF, image és Ecard típusú spamek aránya szeptemberben tovább csökkent, addig az összes levélszemét az e-mail forgalom 70%-át tette ki, ami 1%-os növekedést jelent az előző hónaphoz képest. A spammereket nagyon foglalkoztatja az amerikai ingatlanpiac, különös tekintettel az ingatlanpiaci pangásra, és az elmúlt időszak kamatcsökkentéseiről szóló hírekre.

A government audit of four U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) centers found US$6.4 million worth of missing or misplaced IT equipment, according to a report released Tuesday.

Microsoft Corp. reportedly wants open-source software users to pay royalties on 235 alleged patent violations.

Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday reported strong growth in revenue and profit for a fiscal third quarter in which it made several acquisitions that it expects to help power Web 2.0.

An analyst who covers IBM called the report "hogwash," saying IBM's business is doing well and that the company's overall number of employees has gone up in the past five years.

Hewlett-Packard Co. has extended its lead over Dell Inc. in personal computer sales according to two industry reports released Wednesday.

The Word 2007 bugs pegged as security vulnerabilities by an Israeli researcher are nothing of the sort, Microsoft Corp. said Thursday. Instead, the application crashes reported as flaws are actually by design.

Ten days before it is due to report earnings, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) on Monday warned investors that it would restructure its business model in reaction to a steep drop in quarterly revenue.

It takes a long time for hospitals to see a return on IT investments, according to a report released this week, which may explain why the industry has long been seen as a laggard in technology spending.

Israel unfortunately is home to the most malicious Internet activity per Internet user, said Symantec's twice-yearly Internet Security Threat Report issued on Monday. The report covered the second half of 2006.

Still gasping from the resignation of its chief executive in January and an ongoing investigation of its accounting practices, Dell Inc. reported fourth quarter profits of US$673 million, down sharply from the $1 billion it reported for the same period last year.