Monthly Archives: September 2002
Open Government Requires Open IT
The increasingly politicized open-source movement is lobbying governments around the world to dump closed-source software as a matter of principle.Just a few weeks ago,...
C# App Extends Windows Explorer
It looks like the C# language is gaining momentum—Im starting to see interesting, creative third-party applications springing up that are written in C#.One eminently...
Few Tapped for Input on Bush Cyber-Strategy
In a preliminary version of their plan for securing cyberspace, White House advisers tout the strategy as being a collaborative effort among industry, academia,...
Feds Pitch Cyber-Fence
When the White House releases its plan to improve cyber-security later this month, large enterprises can expect to be prodded to implement network authentication...
Wireless Spec No Security Elixir
A new WLAN security specification is gaining momentum in the marketplace, with several vendors set to announce new products that use the technology. However,...
Securing Possible New Targets
Soon after planes struck the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon and one crashed in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001, stunned Americans began...
How Life Should Be: Using Gates Money to Learn Mac
Although the messed-up Mousers memories of grade school consist mainly of his teachers using his noggin as a blackboard eraser, he can still see...
IBM Gears Up for Modeling
IBM is readying new features for its open-source development platform that will speed application development, but what users are most intrigued by is planned...
The Buzz: September 9, 2002
Napster Sings Its Swan SongMusic-swapping pioneer Napster is shutting down after a bankruptcy judge last week blocked the sale of the company to Bertelsmann.The...
New ColdFusion MX Line Links to J2EE App Servers
Macromedia Inc. this week will roll out products designed to let developers create applications with its ColdFusion MX tools and run them in enterprise...