Use your emotions, not emoticons

First there was email. Then there was IM. Then the Internet phone. Although each of these technologies promised faster, better communication, the team at ooVoo has never been satisfied. The way they see it, online communication has always lacked human expression. Typing to someone online is not the same as watching a heartfelt smile.

ooVoo adds the human experience into communicating online.

» Connect: Whether separated by miles, generations or oceans, ooVoo brings people together.

» Collaborate: Use your emotions, not emoticons, and express yourself.

» Communicate: They want to hear from you! Tell them what you like, what you don’t like, or send them your ideas for making ooVoo better.

Source: http://www.oovoo.com

Antivirus company’s Web site downloads … a virus

 The Web site for Indian antivirus vendor AvSoft Technologies has been hacked and is being used to install malicious software on visitors’ computers, security researchers said Thursday.

The download section of AvSoft’s S-cop Web site hosts the malicious code, according to Roger Thompson, chief research officer with security vendor AVG. “They let one of their pages get hit by an iFrame injection,” he said. “It shows that anyone can be a victim…. It’s hard to protect Web servers properly.”

The technique used on the site has been seen in thousands of similar hacks over the past few months. The attackers open an invisible iFrame Window within the victim’s browser, which redirects the client to another server. That server, in turn, launches attack code that attempts to install malicious software on the victim’s computer.

The malicious software is a variant of the Virut virus family.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080208/tc_infoworld/95172;_ylt=AtvsDm61XAc1mgcTaVrPayL6VbIF  

Investor worries hang over Microsoft bid

Microsoft Corp. views its proposed takeover of Yahoo Inc. as the missing piece in its Internet advertising puzzle, but skeptics think the deal could become a jumbled mess that will help make rival Google Inc. even stronger.

The second-guessing about Microsoft’s unsolicited bid, initially valued at $44.6 billion, is typical for large acquisitions. Investors are debating whether the benefits outweigh the potential management distractions, sagging employee morale and other headaches that can arise after the deal is done.

But the dynamics of the rapidly evolving Internet and sheer size of this deal have magnified the worries about a Yahoo acquisition backfiring on Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft.

Details: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080208/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo;_ylt=Aj2jICXrxCA3GKyZDwTfPTH6VbIF