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ST Acquires WLAN Chip Pioneer Synad
ST Microelectronics has acquired Synad Technologies Ltd. for an undisclosed amount. Synad developed dual-band 802.11a and 802.11b transceiver chips for wireless LANs. ST plans...
SCO Letter Identifies Copyrighted Code in Linux
Editors note: In a letter sent to numerous Linux-using companies Thursday, The SCO Group Inc. cited specific code in Linux it claims was taken...
Prove to Me Whats Working
Call me a mistrustful pessimist, but the question that best defines my relationship with technology is, "How do I know its working?"When I divide...
Linux In The Security Crosshairs
It used to be that if you were running Linux, you could be reasonablly certain that virus writers and crackers wouldnt come knocking on...
Oracle 10g Stands for Grid at a Tenth of the Price
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said at a recent conference that the only reasonable building block for enterprise computing is the hardware on which hed...
The Windows Clock Is Ticking
The lifecycle clock is ticking for a number of older versions of Windows.At the end of every calendar year, Microsoft Corp. pushes more products...
Salesforce.com Files for $115 Million IPO
Salesforce.com, which survived the dot-com bust to achieve profitability, Thursday filed registration papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public stock...
Cisco Warns of DoS Danger for Switch Users
Cisco Systems Inc. this week warned that a pair of software security flaws could leave its switches open to denial-of-service attacks.The San Jose, Calif.,...
Kattoon: December 22-29, 2003
Read this weeks Spencer column.
Readers Size Up Microsofts Orphaned Software
eWEEK.com readers are concerned about Microsoft Corp.s recent moves to retire Office 2000; Windows 98; and other older, but still well-used programs. Most accept...