Monthly Archives: October 2001
Hardening the Nets Defenses
Ruminations on the future of information technology tend to be optimistic homilies, cheerful predictions of nothing but the goodness of faster, cheaper and more...
When Users Talk, Computers Listen
Computers, you might say, are growing up to be more like us. Someday, they will be able to process information as quickly as we...
Codes Flexible Future
The software that powers future Internet computing will be built in a very different way than it is today. In place of large, monolithic...
Building the Brilliant Machine
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Thats the well-worn observation by futurist and writer Arthur C. Clarke. Here we are in 2001,...
Aiming at Security
Microsoft Corp. last week was once again responding to customers that have assailed the company for the latest security breaches affecting its products—this time...
Expansion of Power
WASHINGTON--The Bush administrations request for broad new electronic surveillance powers cleared a major hurdle last week when a House of Representatives judiciary panel approved...
Microsoft Rolls Out .Net Alerts
As expected Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced the preview program for its .Net Alerts Web service."This is our first deliverable on our .Net strategy,"...
Instant Net Speeds Disaster Response
NEW YORK--On Sept. 11, New Yorks Office of Emergency Management at 7 World Trade Center was obliterated at the very moment it was needed...
iPlanet Extends Mobile Reach
Imagine if lawyers in a courtroom could access all of the legal resources, such as the Lexis-Nexis or Westlaw research sites, from their wireless...
Datastream Asset Management Tools Get a Web Interface
With 14 years of asset lifecycle management software development under its belt, Datastream Systems Inc. is entering the Internet Age.The company on Monday announced...