Monthly Archives: February 2004
Mozilla Renames Browser, Revs New Releases
The Mozilla Foundation on Monday renamed its standalone Web browser to avoid confusion with another open-source development project.
Mozilla, of Mountain View, Calif., announced that...
RIAA Police Raid Kazaa
Looking back to my historyIn a mystery,how it came to meA little moneyand a lotta timeI gave all thats mine,and now I got my...
Packages Give Web Apps a Lift
Many companies have been searching for the perfect platform to deliver highly interactive Web-based applications that work well with Web services, but theyve had...
Calculating Costs of Radio-Frequency Identification – 2
Project OverviewIf you cant beat em…well, maybe its time to tag along. A certain massive Arkansas-based retailer has been steadily squeezing your $36-billion food-store...
Nokia Takes Control of Symbian
Nokia Corp. is taking control of smartphone software company Symbian Ltd.The Espoo, Finland, phone giant plans to buy out all of Psion PLCs shares...
Nextel to Test 802.20 Wireless Broadband
Nextel last week started soliciting customers for its wireless broadband service trial. The trial, which will happen in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area, will use...
How Spammers Are Targeting Mobile Phones in Asia
Mobile phone companies were reluctant to talk about the wireless spam, but evidence of the problem abounded on the Web site of NTT DoCoMo,...
IT Regulations May Weaken Security
The financial costs of regulations may render networks less secure.New legislation in the United States and better funding for regulatory authorities in the developing...
Security Firm Warns of Holes In Bluetooth Mobiles
Security and encryption specialist AL Digital has uncovered serious flaws in the authentication and data-transfer mechanisms on some top selling Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones. One...
Pentagon Scraps Internet Voting System
The Pentagon on Thursday said it has canceled Internet voting that would have involved as many as 100,000 military and overseas citizens from seven...