Internet Business News articles from March 2005

Internet Business News archives from March 2005

Email Systems reports 92% fall in pornographic spam.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD E-mail management company Email Systems has reported that new statistics show that the amount of pornographic spam dropped by 92.5% during February 2005, as spammers move onto...

New Bagle variant reported by AVG UK.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Anti-virus company AVG UK has announced that its official business partner, Grisoft Labs, has detected a new variant of the Bagle worm, called Bagle.BM. The virus, as with all...

BellSouth spam investigation leads to guilty plea.(Charles Frye)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US telecomms company BellSouth Corp (NYSE: BLS) has said that its investigation into spamming activities over its BellSouth Internet Services accounts during 2002 has led to one man...

Chunghwa to cut prices to attract new ADSL users.(asymmetric digital subscriber line, Chunghwa Telecom)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Taiwanese telecomms company Chunghwa Telecom has said that it plans to increase its ADSL subscriber base by 650,000 during 2005 by reducing the cost of its entry-level broadband...

McAfee raises threat warning on new Bagle variant.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IT security company McAfee Inc (NYSE: MFE) has said that McAfee AVERT (Anti-virus and Vulnerability Emergency Response Team) has raised to Medium the threat level posed by the...

European broadband users looking for triple play services.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A survey commissioned by service management software provider SupportSoft Inc (NASDAQ: SPRT) has revealed that 81% of broadband users in Europe want access to triple play services,...

Skype to offer free Internet phone calls for UK hotspot users.(Broadreach Networks Ltd., Skype Technologies S.A.)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK wireless broadband company Broadreach Networks and IP telephony company Skype have announced that they are offering users the chance to make free calls over the Internet via any...

Australian telecomms companies call for VoIP numbering system.(voice over internet protocol, Telstra Corporation Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 4, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Australian telecomms companies are calling for a new dedicated numbering scheme for VoIP services, but the companies have yet to agree over the technical details, and smaller...

Travel agencies do better than airlines at online booking - report.
March 4, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A study carried out by Keynote Systems (Nasdaq:KEYN) has shown that online travel agencies are outperforming airline websites in terms of customer experience. The study also...

Kayak.com uses ITA Software for travel site.(Brief Article)
March 4, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Kayak.com, a comparison shopping website for travel planning, has incorporated technology from ITA Software into its consumer travel site. According to Steve Hafner, CEO and...

BT to trial high-speed broadband in Strathclyde and London.(British Telecommunications PLC)(Brief Article)
March 4, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK telecomms provider BT has announced that it will begin trials in Greater London and Strathclyde, Scotland, of high-speed broadband services, ahead of the introduction of faster...

Symantec granted new anti-virus patent.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IT security company Symantec Corp (Nasdaq: SYMC) has announced that it has been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for new anti-virus technology. ...

Nera launches first 2Mb/s broadband over satellite solution for ships.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Wireless and satellite communications solutions provider Nera has launched the first communications system that will provide superyachts and merchant ships with broadband that...

F-Secure launches BlackLight Rootkit Elimination Technology.(Brief Article)
March 8, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IT security company, F-Secure, has announced the launch of a new technology designed to deal with rootkits, an emerging security threat to PCs and servers. The company said that...

BT Retail to trial 8Mb/s broadband from April 2005.(Brief Article)
March 8, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK telecomms group BT has announced that its BT Retail unit will start testing 8Mb/s broadband service in April 2005, with a consumer rollout scheduled for the end of the year. ...

Deutsche Telekom and T-Online agree on share swap terms.(T-Online International AG)(Brief Article)
March 9, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Telecomms group Deutsche Telekom and its Internet unit, T-Online, have agreed the terms for the proposed share swap between the two companies. The move will see T-Online...

ScanSafe reports rise in spyware.(Brief Article)
March 9, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet security company ScanSafe has announced the findings of its fourth quarter 2004 Web Security Threat Report, and said that it has found clear signs of an increase in the...

Wanadoo launches UK Internet-based telecomms service.(Brief Article)
March 9, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD France Telecom's Internet arm, Wanadoo, has announced that it has launched a new Internet-based telecomms service in the UK, called Wanadoo Wireless and Talk, which is available for...

Nortel announces more partners to accelerate deployment of VoIP services.(voice over internet protocol, Nortel Networks Corp.)(Brief Article)
March 9, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Telecomms technology company Nortel Networks (NYSE/TSX: NT) has said that it is continuing to drive the mass deployment of VoIP and multimedia services through a series of new...

Telia not to ban websites with child pornography - report.(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Swedish telecomms company TeliaSonera Sweden, part of the Finnish-Swedish TeliaSonera AB, has reportedly said that it would not try to block websites of child pornography. ...

Aladdin detects 4,500 new viruses in 2004.(Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Anti-virus software company Aladdin Knowledge Systems has announced that its Content Security Response Team (CSRT) detected 4,500 new viruses during 2004 - with 22 classified as...

Number of DSL users worldwide passes 100m mark.(digital subscriber line)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Industry analyst Point Topic has said that the number of DSL subscribers around the world passed the 100m mark in February 2005, with annual growth for DSL subscribers approaching...

Atenit Wireless Access Group deploys wireless broadband in Lithuania.(UAB Nelte)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Swedish wireless broadband operator Atenit Wireless Access Group said on Monday (14 March) that it had received a contract to deploy an access network for wireless and mobile...

BT trials two new solutions to tackle Internet diallers.(British Telecommunications PLC)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK telecomms group BT has announced that it has begun trialling two new initiatives that aim to tackle the problem of Internet diallers. The new products alert the customer when...

Man jailed for WebTV Trojan horse that made 911 nuisance calls.(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IT security company Sophos has reported that a man who released a Trojan horse that spread via WebTV and made nuisance 911 calls has been jailed for six months. The 41-year-old...

IDC expects hyper-growth in European IP VPN market to end in 2007.(virtual private networks)(Brief Article)
March 16, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Telecomms industry analysis company IDC has said that the Western European managed IP VPN services market grew by 23% in 2004, but that the hyper-growth being enjoyed in the sector...

Yahoo! unveils Yahoo! 360o service.(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet company Yahoo! has announced the release of its latest online service, Yahoo! 360o, which it claims will allow users to easily share photos, blogs and messages. The...

Sophos warns of keyboard-logging Trojans.(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IT security company Sophos has issued a warning to Internet users to be on their guard against keyboard-logging Trojans, after a massive Internet bank robbery was foiled. News...

NTL trials viability of ADSL2+.(asynchronous digital subscriber line)(Brief Article)
March 18, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Cable television and telecomms company NTL has announced that it has been trialling new high-speed broadband that could offer users speeds of up to 18Mb/s. The new broadband -...

Connexion by Boeing announces maritime pricing.(Brief Article)
March 21, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Wireless Internet business Connexion by Boeing, a unit of US aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co (NYSE: BA), has announced the pricing for the maritime edition of its high-speed Internet...

Sophos reveals words most commonly disguised by spammers.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IT security company, Sophos, has revealed that its SophosLabs virus and spam analysis centres have published a report that details the most common words spammers include in their...

France set to break 7m broadband user mark.(European Competitive Telecommunications Association )(Brief Article)
March 23, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The European telecomms association, ECTA, has reported that France is now the biggest broadband market in Europe, and is set to pass the 7m user mark after another strong quarter of...

Webroot report identifies emerging spy and adware threats.(Brief Article)
March 23, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IT security company Webroot Software has issued the results of its latest quarterly review into the top ten most significant spyware and adware threats. The top ten threats were...

SBC Yahoo! subscribers to receive e-mail capacity boost.(SBC Communications Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 23, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US telecomms company SBC Communications Inc (NYSE: SBC) and Internet company Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ: YHOO) have announced plans to increase e-mail storage capacity for all SBC Yahoo! DSL...

Yahoo! Mail to upgrade free users to 1GB storage.(Brief Article)
March 23, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet company, Yahoo!, has announced that its Yahoo! Mail customers will all receive an upgrade in e-mail storage capacity to 1GB for free, in a global roll out which will begin...

IDC reports rapid growth in Western European IP telephone shipments.(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Market intelligence and research company IDC has reported that its Western European IP Telephone Tracker has shown healthy growth in the region's IP telephony market in the fourth...

Tiscali and Telecom Italia in talks over Liberty Surf sale.(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet service provider, Tiscali, has said that it has begun talks with Italian telecomms group, Telecom Italia, over the sale of its French ISP business. Tiscali has been...

Irish Broadband to use Alvarion equipment for network expansion.(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Israeli wireless broadband equipment manufacturer, Alvarion (NASDAQ: ALVR), has announced that Irish broadband Internet provider, Irish Broadband, has selected USD4.3m worth of...

Swedish man charged over film download.(Brief Article)
March 25, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A man is to be prosecuted in Sweden for making a copyrighted movie available for download from his computer. The man had allegedly made a Swedish youth movie, 'Hipp Hipp Hora',...

ScanSafe protects National Express networks.(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Managed web security company ScanSafe has claimed that, after implementing web security for coach travel provider National Express, it has stopped more than 100 different viruses per...

Tele2 launches ADSL services in the Netherlands.(asymmetric digital subscriber line)(Brief Article)
March 29, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Sweden-based pan-European telecommunications company Tele2 AB said on Tuesday (29 March) that it was launching ADSL services in the Netherlands. Tele2 would be using KPN's...

Netmanage launches OnWeb Mobile.(new customer relationship management software)(Brief Article)
March 30, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Integrating and web enabling solutions provider, Netmanage, has announced the introduction of OnWeb Mobile - a solution to enable the scalable presentation of corporate information...

Intel offers advanced applications services through new Intel Software Network.(Brief Article)
March 30, 2005... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IT technology manufacturer, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), has announced the creation of a collection of software development products, tools, training and expert advice called the Intel...