Monthly Archives: December 2003
Symantec Acknowledges Activation Bug, Posts Fix-2
Symantec Corp. has acknowledged a problem with the activation feature included in many of its latest product releases, and has posted a fix to...
Internet Attackers on Phishing Expeditions
As I said in my 2004 Outlook column, our e-mail accounts are now filled with some recent advances in the field of "phishing." If...
Chipset Makers Rally Around Athlon 64, PCI Express
Third-party chipset suppliers have given their seal of approval to the Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 64 microprocessor, based on the number of chipsets slated...
SAN Maker McData Reports Down Quarter
McData Corp. officials said on Monday that the company lost $50 million and its revenue dipped to $94.7 million for the third fiscal quarter...
Researchers Find Serious Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Security professionals took note of a critical new vulnerability in the Linux kernel that could enable an attacker to gain root access to a...
“MiMail” Viruses Top November Infections
The worm known as "MiMail" and its variants dominated the "Dirty Dozen" list of top email viruses released Monday by Central Command, an anti-virus...
Managing Disk Fragmentation
Managers are concerned about the reliability of their data storage, but that worry usually focuses on the physical status of drives or from outside...
IBM Leases PeopleSofts Procurement Software
IBM will use PeopleSoft Inc.s Enterprise Services Procurement software to help it better manage its supplier relationships, PeopleSoft announced Monday.The ESP software will be...
2004 Chip Revenues to Show Sharp Increase
The semiconductor market should continue to show gains in 2004, building on the recovery begun this year, according to a research report released Monday.World...
MS-Linux? It Could Happen
Could Microsoft come out with its own Linux distribution? It sure could. Theres nothing in the GPL to stop it. And in fact, SCO...