But the victory was short-lived. Less than a day after a service known as “AS Troyak” was unplugged from the Internet, security researchers said Wednesday it apparently had found a way to get back online, and criminals were reconnecting with their unmoored machines.
The drama initially raised hopes of a sharp drop-off in fraud, because criminals could no longer communicate with many computers infected with a type of malware known as “ZeuS,” which is mostly used to steal online banking usernames and passwords. Hundreds of criminal operations around the world use the malware.
Its unknown how many computers are infected with ZeuS, [...]

Parents would be able to use the system to help block access to porn sites, though because its use would be voluntary, the “.xxx” suffix wouldnt keep such content entirely away from minors. Religious and other anti-porn groups worry that “.xxx” would legitimize porn sites, and the proposal has already been rejected three times since 2000.
But the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which oversees the allocation of Internet addresses globally, may revive ICM Registry LLCs bid yet again as ICANN meets this week in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.
Last month, responding to complaints from ICM, an outside panel [...]

The online store that was announced late Tuesday marks another step in Googles crusade to convert the world to “cloud computing,” the idea of running applications in Web browsers instead of installing them on individual hard drives. The information entered in the programs also is stored in data centers run by third parties such as Google.
More than 50 software makers have agreed to sell their Internet programs through Google, which will keep 20 percent of the sales. The prices are expected to range from $50 annually to several hundred dollars annually per user.
Intuit Inc., a maker of business accounting software, [...]

Time Warner Cable Inc., the biggest pay-television provider in New York City, is pitching phone companies including AT&T and Verizon Wireless on a service that uses its underground cables to carry mobile calls and Web downloads — easing the congestion spurred by data-hungry users of smartphones like the iPhone.
The service, known in the industry as wireless backhaul, has become Time Warner Cables fastest-growing business after revenue tripled last year, said Craig Collins, senior vice president of business services. Across the cable industry, sales from wireless carriers [...]

RealNetworks also will refund about 2,700 customers who bought RealDVD, a $30 software program that allows users to save one backup copy of a movie to a computer hard drive, according to an e-mailed statement.
“We are please to put this litigation behind us,” Bob Kimball, acting Chief Executive Officer for RealNetworks, said yesterday in the statement. “Until this dispute, Real had always enjoyed a productive working relationship with Hollywood. With this litigation resolved, I hope we can find mutually beneficial ways to use Real technology to [...]

“He didnt always pay too much attention to what people were saying,” Kallasvuo says, warming to the point. “He believed in what he was doing.”
Like the former president, Kallasvuo, 56, has had to develop a thick skin in his struggle to pull Nokia out of its swoon, Bloomberg Markets reports in its April issue.
Since “OPK,” as hes known inside the company, took over the worlds largest mobile phone maker in 2006, he [...]

Users in the U.S. and other countries reported problems beginning Saturday morning. Some could not log in, and the site was unusually slow and glitchy for others. Users in London, Bangkok and Mexico City reported problems. Many used Twitter to complain.
Facebook spokesman Matt Hicks it was a “small percentage of users” who had problems accessing Facebook, their friends profiles or specific site features because of an isolated server problem.
At 6 p.m. Saturday, Facebook said it had restored access to the users who were having access problems.
Facebook, which has more than 400 million users, has [...]

More than 2,400 organizations, including financial institutions and energy companies and federal agencies, were infiltrated by the “botnet,” according to the NetWitness Corp. security firm, which discovered it.
NetWitness didnt name the companies or agencies whose computers were compromised. The Wall Street Journal said the affected companies included Merck & Co., Cardinal Health Inc., Paramount Pictures and Juniper Networks Inc. Merck and Cardinal Health said in statements Thursday that one computer in each company was among those in the botnet but no sensitive information was taken. The other two companies didnt return messages from The Associated Press seeking comment Thursday.
The victims [...]

Microsofts “beta” test version of the Outlook Social Connector, an add-on for Outlook, was first discussed last November. When a user clicks to read an e-mail message, a new pane on the main e-mail reading screen fills with the senders most recent social-networking activities. That could be that senders new Facebook status update or a newly added professional contact on the business networking site LinkedIn.
On Wednesday, Microsoft updated the Social Connector software, and LinkedIn released the first outside plug-in for the feature.
Microsoft has a mixed record when it comes to Web trends. The companys free Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger [...]

“Its hard to foresee our business” for the second-half starting October because of Greeces fiscal woes which may lead to a global credit crunch and recession, Masahiro Hashimoto, president and chief operating officer of Dainippon said in a Feb. 16 interview in Kyoto, where the company is based.
Greeces deficit, the highest in the EU at 12.7 percent of gross domestic product last year, has triggered concern about the regions stability, weakening the euro. The 16-nation currency dropped to 120.71, the lowest in about a year against [...]