Monthly Archives: March 2002
GIBE Virus Poses As Microsoft E-Mail
The W32/GIBE worm that went into effect Wednesday seems to have done very little damage, even though the worm posed as a security update...
Sun Sues Microsoft Over Java
Sun Microsystems Inc. on Friday filed a private antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. for harm that it alleged was inflicted by Microsofts anticompetitive behavior...
Beware of All That Connectedness
Everything will be connected to everything. Technologies such as Web services and peer-to-peer are creating a world where a technology you are using may...
States Off-Target With Modular Windows Demand
The Microsoft antitrust saga stretches onward, and in our latest thrilling installment, the attorneys general from the states rejecting the settlement proposed by the...
XML-Based Biometric Standard in Works
A group that works to establish open interoperability standards on Thursday announced that it has formed a committee to define an XML schema for...
Wireless Breakthroughs Worth Watching
As the ordained gadget guru here at eWEEK Labs, I get a lot of questions about which cool new device to buy, and almost...
FreeMarkets Cries Foul Over Patents
Online auctioneer and e-sourcing software maker FreeMarkets Inc. said in court documents earlier this week that its competitors are stealing its ideas.FreeMarkets filed patent...
Exchange To Support CRM Developers
Microsoft Corp. will add application development support for its recently announced MSCRM platform to its Exchange messaging software, which should please small-to-mid-size businesses who...
Tool Pinpoints Net Performance Problems
When response times degrade for hosted applications, or Internet access seems to slow to a crawl, network managers have had to endure the finger...
Western Multiplex Widens Its Bridge
Western Multiplex Corp., a maker of high-speed wireless networking products, announced Thursday its new 100 Mbps, 5.8 GHz wireless Ethernet bridge.The new product is...