Monthly Archives: September 2002
Microsoft Puts Out Patch for Windows Flaw
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday released a patch for the Windows flaw discovered last month that allows an attacker to generate and sign fake certificates...
Maxtor Launches 160GB Drives
Drive maker Maxtor Corp. on Thursday launched four upgraded models, using its new 80GB media platters.Two of the drives, the DiamondMax 16 and the...
EDS to Add New Service Capability
EDS this week outlined its plans to implement metering of computer usage and billing based on usage in its hosting data centers.EDS, which is...
H-1B Applications Fall
With the economic slowdown continuing—particularly in technology industries—employers apparently slashed their use of the controversial H-1B visa program late last year and through the...
Flaw or Not, Microsoft to Patch Services Problem
Microsoft Corp. is working on patches for several services within Windows that run with inappropriately high privileges, making the operating system vulnerable to a...
Microsofts Office 11 Nears Beta
Microsoft Corp. is moving closer to the release of the first beta for Office 11, the next version of its Office XP productivity suite.Sources...
Tool Gives WSDL Programmers a Hand
In a move to establish itself as a key provider of technology for creating and editing Web Services, Cape Clear Software Inc. Wednesday announced...
SAP Signs Deal to Extend SMB Reach
At its Sapphire user conference in Lisbon, Portugal, this week software giant SAP AG announced its targeting small and midsized business software sales channels,...
Good News for BeOS Aficionados
Yesterday, the file system team from the OpenBeOS Project (one of several current efforts to bring the BeOS back to life as open-source software)...
No IBM, PwC Layoffs—Yet
IBM and Price WaterhouseCoopers LLC officials confirmed reports that the two companies are conducting assessments that could lead to layoffs once PwCs global consulting...