Paul Roberts

A new version of Oracle Corp.'s Data Warehouse Builder will make it easier for database developers and administrators to tie together information from different data stores within an enterprise, the company said Wednesday.

A new worm on the Internet targets computers running the Microsoft Corp. Windows operating system, using easy-to-guess passwords for the Administrator account, according to alerts posted by a number of antivirus companies.

A new worm on the Internet targets computers running the Microsoft Corp. Windows operating system, using easy-to-guess passwords for the Administrator account, according to alerts posted by a number of antivirus companies.

The whole world really is taking note of what you post online. A December ruling by the High Court of Australia found that a story published by Dow Jones & Co. Inc. on a U.S.-hosted Web site can be grounds for a defamation lawsuit in Australia.

Pyra Labs Inc. patched a number of security holes in its Blogger Web-based publishing tool this week that could have enabled a hacker to publish thoughts on Web logs owned by others.

Research firm Gartner Inc. is warning companies to hold off on making investments in 802.11g wireless LAN (WLAN) technology until products can be properly certified by the nonprofit Wi-Fi Alliance.

An Internet-based attack on computer systems at the University of Texas at Austin yielded personal information on more than 55,000 individuals, including current and former students, current and former faculty, staff and job applicants, according to a statement posted on the university's Web site.

A security vulnerability in one of the most commonly used e-mail server software packages could have a wide ranging impact, akin to the Microsoft Corp. SQL Server vulnerability that spawned the recent Slammer worm, according to an advisory published Monday by Internet Security Systems Inc. (ISS).