There are certain signs that hackers attacked key parts of the backbone of the Internet on Tuesday, but luckily there doesn’t seem to be any damage, experts said. The attack appears to have focused on the Domain Name System, which maps text-based domain names, such as “News.com,” to the actual numeric IP addresses of servers connected to the Internet, and vice versa. Several key DNS servers saw traffic spike in the early morning on Tuesday, several experts said, a sign of an attack.
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Sony Ericsson, the world’s No. 4 mobile-phone maker, expanded its lineup of low-cost phones Tuesday, joining bigger rivals in the fight for customers in emerging markets. The London-based joint venture between Japanese electronics maker Sony and Swedish telecom equipment vendor Ericsson unveiled eight new phones, four at the low end of the price scale and four higher-priced models.
The company said it was launching two new Walkman music phones, the W880 and the W610, and two Cyber-shot digital camera phones, as well as the four low-end phones. The low-cost phones have color screens, and two have a basic digital camera. They will be available in the second quarter of 2007. The company has a history of selling devices with features and prices slightly above those of its competitors.
The great software architect, Bill Gates has come out swinging at a pile of Apple advertisements that have been saying the same mantra about Jobs’ Mob’s glorious OSX operating system. For a few months, Apple has been sending some fairly blunt advertisements over the airways saying that it is much more innovative and secure than anything made by Microsoft.