Sony to exorcise 'rootkit' from USB drives
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Thumbs down Sony is prepping an update to remove rootkit-like technology that shipped with a range of USB storage devices featuring fingerprint authentication.â¦
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Now that digital cameras have overtaken  film cameras in sales, users are beginning to encounter a  familiar problem -- what to do with the bulging image files and  folders filling up computer hard drives?
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Industry group will offer a free program to help users find and eliminate illegal files.
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Is Microsoft's anti-malware giveaway part of a master plan to flush out software pirates?
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A Microsoft UK replacement scheme for pirate copies of Windows XP suggests the company is testing the waters to see how feasible it is to convert sections of its unlicensed user base to legitimate users.
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Handheld computer maker PalmOne Inc. plans to unveil Monday a new memory-packed personal digital assistant that can double as a portable USB flash drive.
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A toolkit designed to exploit a recently-disclosed Microsoft JPEG vulnerability has been released onto the net. The toolkit (screen shot from AV firm F-Secure here) makes it trivially easy for maliciously-minded
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In the next version of Windows, Microsoft will give big companies a way to block use of devices that can easily be used to transfer data to and from personal computers, while making it easier for consumers to connect their home systems to them.
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The family of portable hard drives purportedly outpace typical USB 2.0 products.
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A tool has been posted online that can apparently crack Vista's activation process by applying brute force -- and lots of time -- to come up with valid product keys. But the author is now telling users it's wrong to use it.
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Sony is using near-field communications technology to move files between gadgets and PCs at speeds faster than USB is capable of.
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Software included with high-end memory  sticks sold by Sony Corp  can make personal computers  vulnerable to attack by computer hackers, according to  researchers with two Internet security firms.
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Software included with high-end memory  sticks sold by Sony Corp can make personal computers vulnerable  to attack by computer hackers, according to researchers with  two Internet security firms.
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Computex: Kingston shows USB sticks certified for Vista's ReadyBoost and ReadyBoot.
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Tiny AVCHD device uses Secure Digital memory card for storage.
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You can't cheat an honest person, they say. Like generations of scammers before them, some malware writers are taking that "advice" to heart, releasing their Trojan software and keyloggers as "cracked" versions of Vista oon peer-to-peer service. Who's going to turn them in, after all -- a would-be pirate?
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File will cause portable gaming device to malfunction, company says.