Monthly Archives: February 2004
Ellison Downplays PeopleSoft Takeover at CEO Briefing
Speaking at the Merrill Lynch & Co.s Computer & Software CEO Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Larry Ellison—the typically outspoken CEO of Oracle...
Comcast Seeks Status Change with Disney Buyout
Comcast Corp. on Wednesday launched a bid to become one of the largest media and entertainment companies in the United States with a $54.1...
The Windows Patch—What You Need to Know
On Tuesday February 10th, Microsoft released three new security updates to patch new vulnerabilities, one of which is catching a lot of attention. Security...
Ruling Puts Microsofts Windows Trademark at Risk
Microsoft recently landed several blows in Europe against Lindows.com Inc. in its ongoing "Windows" trademark battle. However, the Redmond firm on Tuesday suffered a...
Sun Upbeat on Finances and Prospects
Sun Microsystems Inc. executives on Wednesday gave an upbeat presentation on the companys finances and its prospects going forward.
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based systems company,...
New Doomjuice Variants Prepping Attacks
Every day in the security world brings something unexpected, and the appearance Wednesday of Doomjuice.B certainly fits that bill. The worm is a variant...
Paper Casts Doubts on SCOs Copyright Claims
On Feb. 10, the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), an industry consortium dedicated to accelerating Linuxs adoption, published Columbia University professor and general counsel...
Sun Revamps its Enterprise Server Lineup
Sun Microsystems Inc. will on Tuesday announce one of the largest enhancements and upgrades to its enterprise server line in several years.
Scott McNealy, the...
Weaving Social Nets for the Enterprise
Before his recent comeuppance, Howard Deans Democratic presidential campaign focused attention on the emerging category of social software, as Deans campaign team used Meetups...
IBM Supercomputer to Forecast Global Warming
Researchers at the University of California at Irvine will use an IBM supercomputer to predict the impact of global warming on the Earth up...