Monthly Archives: September 2003
Microsoft Patches Critical VBA Flaw
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday issued a patch for a critical vulnerability in its Visual Basic for Applications SDK, which could allow an attacker to...
Microsoft Delivers First Rights-Management Component
Microsoft has made available for download the first of several components of its forthcoming stable of rights-management software.The Redmond software maker posted to its...
Forcing Windows to Crash
You can force Windows 2000 and XP to display the blue screen of death. Hopefully, the only reason to do this is that youll...
IM Security: Dont Get Fooled
Using an instant messenger (IM) program seems like a harmless way to have a conversation. Unfortunately, IM can be exploited to damage, commandeer, or...
MicroStrategy Wins Legal Round Against BOBJ
MicroStrategy has won a summary judgment in a patent infringement lawsuit that rival Business Objects SA had filed against it.The U.S. District Court for...
Passlogix Upgrades Single Sign-On Offering
Passlogix Inc. this week plans to announce the newest version of its v-GO single sign-on offering, which now has a much smaller memory footprint...
USi Names New COO
With another quarter under its belt after emerging from bankruptcy in May 2002, USinternetworking Inc. is taking steps to further expand what its CEO...
Kattoon: September 1, 2003
Read this weeks Spencer column.
EDS Enhances Unigraphics NX
Electronic Data Systems Corp. announced last week the availability of Unigraphics NX2, the latest version of its integrated software that combines CAD, manufacturing and...
Damming the Database Holes
Eight months after the SQL Slammer worm threw SQL Server database administrators into a tizzy, Microsoft Corp. is committing itself to providing semiautomatic updates...