Monthly Archives: March 2002
Financials Software Gets Overhauled
Oracle Corp. and PeopleSoft Inc. are developing new tools to help accountants balance the books more efficiently.Oracle is planning to release next month Version...
MyLife .B Worm Deletes Infected PCs Files
Anti-virus experts are tracking a new worm that has the ability to delete files from infected machines. The worm, known as MyLife.B, arrives via...
SAP Portal Upgrade Unifies Information
Closing in on its mySAP Technology Platform vision, SAP Portals Inc. on Thursday announced the next iteration of its portals infrastructure.A central tenant of...
Trail of Destruction: The History of the Virus
1986
Brian, the first PC virus, is created. The boot virus originates in Pakistan.
First file virus, Virdem, is discovered, originating in Germany.
1987
The IBM Christmas Worm...
New Processor Creates Double-Edged Blades
Intel this week introduced the Low Voltage Pentium III, a processor that will allow manufacturers to build ultradense server blades that support two processors...
3Com Losses Still High
3Com Corp. late Thursday reported a net loss for its fiscal third quarter that was slightly lower than the loss in the same quarter...
Netegrity To Ship E-Business Security App
Netegrity Inc. is readying software products to aid companies in securely managing their e-business activities.The Waltham, Mass., company next week will formally announce the...
Red Hat CTO: Microsoft Quashed Interest in Linux
WASHINGTON—To what extent did alleged pressures from Microsoft Corp. deter PC makers from bundling Linux on desktops and servers?According to Michael Tiemann, chief technology...
HP/Compaq Linux Businesses a Good Fit
Neither Hewlett-Packard Co. nor Compaq Computer Corp. officials expect any significant shift in their Linux strategies if the merger between the two firms gets...
Palm Turns Small Profit
Palm Inc. on Thursday reported a narrow profit for the third quarter of fiscal 2002, which ended March. 1.The Santa Clara, Calif., handheld computer...