Monthly Archives: May 2003
HP: Better Than IBM?
One year after Hewlett-Packard shareholders approved the acquisition of Compaq Computer, HP CEO Carly Fiorina is pitching the company as a credible alternative to...
New Power Chips Pump Up Software
IBMs longtime development strategy for its Power chips has been to build them in a way that enables users to get the most out...
Inside IBMs Middleware Kingdom
In the software industry, Microsoft Corp. may own the desktop, but IBM owns just about everything else. The Armonk, N.Y., company, which hatched its...
Fizzer Worm Has More Lessons for Enterprise
As it wended its way through corporate networks last week, the Fizzer worm did more than just clog mail servers and log keystrokes; it...
Theres No Place Like Home
"The Wizard of Oz" is a parable of computer and network security, said Ira Winkler, Hewlett-Packards chief security strategist, at a recent IT security...
SCO to License Unix to Microsoft
The SCO Group, fresh off of news of suspending its Linux distribution last week, today announced it has licensed its Unix technology to Microsoft...
OSI Tears Apart SCOs Claims
The Open Source Initiative on Monday updated its stinging attack against the SCO Group—the company that is suing IBM for $1 billion and that...
Cell Phone Pricing is All Wrong
Theres something wrong with cell-phone pricing, and I pity anyone who has to try to buy a phone. The system is so messed up,...
Tadpole Unveils Unix Mobile Workstation
Since its managed buyout from its parent company earlier this year, Tadpole Computer Inc. has said it will create two product lines, one in...
Security Web Digest: Gartner Advises To Cancel Passport, Another AOL Password Scam… and More
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Gartner is advising businesses using Microsofts Passport authentication service to pull the plug on it. The move is a response to a serious security...