Special report: What with the ongoing threat that security issues will eventually halt online purchasing, concern is growing that a new breed of SSL Trojans might put e-commerce in crisis. In the package SSL Trojans: the next great bank heist, we look at how SSL-evading Trojans work, and When SSL isn't safe. The problem is that banks and other businesses that support online transactions have put so much effort into pitching authentication that they simply can't sell the brand-new idea of transactional authorization to their bosses, explains editor in chief Steve Fox in E-commerce heads in the sand.

Wireless: With the NTP Software case behind them, RIM is now facing another infringement lawsuit. This time, Visto is claiming that RIM's service violates four of its patents. RIM, for its part, is considering a counter-suit against Visto, the company said.

The news beat: Microsoft and SAP give Project Mendocino its birth name: Duet; it will enable Office users to access data that resides in SAPs business applications. Infravio and a handful of vendors launched SOA Link, an initiative under which the participants pledged interoperability of SOA governance products. While the Java EE 5 specification, replete with accelerated development capabilities, is on the verge of being approved by the JCP, Sun Microsystems announced that one of its most high-profile Java advocates, Rich Green is returning to the company as head of the software group.

Posted by Tom Sullivan on May 2, 2006 04:58 AM