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The National Arbitration Forum said on Friday that Google Inc. has rights to the Internet domain names googkle.com, ghoogle.com, gfoogle.com and gooigle.com, which are similar to its own google.com domain.

The Web search leader filed a complaint with the NAF on May 11, claiming legal rights to Web addresses bearing a close resemblance to google.com, which it registered in late 1999.

Sergey Gridasov, of St. Petersburg, Russia, registered googkle.com, ghoogle.com, gfoogle.com and gooigle.com between December 2000 and January 2001 through Computer Services Langenbach GmbH, which did business as Joker.com. He did not respond to charges levied against him.

Gridasov used his domain names to direct Internet users to Web sites that attempt to download viruses, Trojan horses and spyware to the users’ computers. The domain names also carried links to various products unrelated to Google, the NAF said.

Source: Reuters

Despite earlier plans not to do a browser update until Longhorn’s release in 2006, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates confirmed that code for IE 7 will be available this summer in beta and in full by Christmas.

The browser will incorporate antivirus technology from recently acquired Sybari, and enhanced anti-phishing software.

“Anti-phishing will definitely be built in to IE 7,” said Brendon Lynch, senior privacy strategist at Microsoft.

“We are looking to make it very visible and easy to use to ensure that it’s really effective. The technology works in a similar way to anti-spam technologies by picking up keywords and writing styles.”

Source: Top Tech News

Microsoft plans to ship its next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, in the fall of 2006, but executives acknowledged that it could slip into the following year.

At the company’s annual Worldwide Partner Conference, one Microsoft executive said the company will provide the first beta of Longhorn aimed at IT professionals this summer, but the “cool new UI” with visualization, organization and search capabilities won’t be included in the Longhorn code until beta 2, which is due next year.

“I’m very confident we’re going to make next year,” Sanjay Parthasarathy, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Developer & Platform Evangelism Group, said about making the fall 2006 ship date for Longhorn. “Keep your fingers crossed for us.”

Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has said it will ship the Longhorn client in 2006 and server in 2007.

Source: Information Week

With companies reporting data breaches seemingly every week, more people are becoming victims of identity theft, even as awareness rises. A survey of more than 1,850 Americans sponsored by Chubb Group of Insurance Companies found that 20% of respondents have been a victim of identity fraud or theft. Ninety-five percent of respondents said they are concerned that someone might fraudulently impersonate them to ruin their credit standing and put them in debt, up almost 20% from 2000.

Twenty-seven percent of respondents reported that their or a family member’s credit card was fraudulently used to charge purchases, up from 19% in 2000. Twenty-seven percent reported that they or a family member experienced the theft of a purse or wallet, while 8% experienced fraudulent checks written on their or a family member’s checking account.

Consumers Want Accountability
Eighty-seven percent of respondents think that companies that fail to adequately protect the confidential information they have on customers and others should be required by law to pay to restore consumers’ credit ratings. Sixty-five percent of those surveyed would like to see these companies fined, and 63% want these companies charged with a crime.
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Source: Chubb Group of Insurance Companies