Symantec is readying a new security product designed to protect consumers as they do business online. Symantec laid out how it will compete with Microsoft for consumers’ security business, but again would not promise that its by-subscription security service would be available this year.

Cameras can initiate videoconferencing sessions in Windows Live Messenger and help create photo blog entries on MSN Spaces. Microsoft is expected to announce two videoconferencing Webcams that simplify online video chat and can create photo blog entries on Microsoft’s MSN Spaces community site.

Time Warner’s Internet unit hopes its security package will boost its appeal to customers and prospects. AOL is preparing to enter the security fray with a new software bundle that it plans to market to the general public, not just its subscribers, News.com has learned.

Latest Release of Antigen Products Provide E-mail Users with Increased Protection from Viruses, Spam and Other Security Threats Microsoft Corp. of late announced the release of Microsoft Antigen e-mail security products — including Antigen for Exchange, Antigen for SMTP Gateways, Antigen Spam Manager and Antigen Enterprise Manager – available to customers July 1, 2006.

Yahoo! is being sued for allegedly paying to trigger adverts when a dating site’s name is typed into Google. The owner of Lovecity.com accuses Yahoo!, which also runs a dating service, and three other companies, of infringing its trade marks.

Google’s hugely successful search advertising product, AdWords, is borrowing a buying tactic from traditional media. Google’s dayparting ad scheduling option announced recently makes more generally accessible to advertisers what some already have been doing: buying keywords, or adjusting bids up or down on those keywords, according to the times of day the advertisers deem most […]

Microsoft Corp. said it has cancelled plans to include an automatic way to save documents in the popular PDF format in the next version of its Office software, amid an ongoing dispute with Adobe Systems Inc. "Adobe’s agreements with Apple and others for PDF support and Microsoft’s encroachment on its business means it makes it […]

Microsoft hopes to harpoon Whale to help enterprises beef up security for Web applications and mobile devices. Microsoft Corp. of late announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Whale Communications Ltd., a leading provider of secure access products, including secure sockets layer (SSL) virtual private networks (VPN) and Web application firewalls.

The company recently kicked off a campaign aimed at helping customers prepare for the new operating system, which is set for a mainstream launch in January. As they prepare for the arrival of Windows Vista, customers shopping for new PCs or upgrading their hardware now have more comprehensive guidance to aid them in their decisions.

Internet search titan Yahoo unveiled new "front doors" to the world with the online debut of its revamped web portal, customized for the cultures of each of its markets based on the search patterns of its 188 million users. The redesigned page includes more interactive features that reduce the need to click through to other […]