Monthly Archives: February 2004
OReilly ETech: Social Software Showdown
While the music industry gathers in Los Angeles for the Grammy Awards, under the watchful eye of Federal Censorship Commission czar Michael Powell, Ill...
SCO Attacks IBM on Copyright Front
You might suppose that after all the Sturm und Drang of SCO vs. IBM that The SCO Group Inc. had sued IBM on Linux...
Intel Keeps Its Promise with Prescott
From an IT perspective, there isnt much not to like in Intels new "Prescott" microprocessor. Its more efficient than the old processor and it...
Microsoft Issues XML Fix to IE Patch
Microsoft Corp. this week released a follow-on update to its earlier patch for an Internet Explorer spoofing vulnerability.
The new update, released in a series...
Kattoon: February 9, 2004
Read this weeks Spencer column.
The 100-Million-Mile Network
Eighteen days after landing on Mars, the robotic explorer named Spirit squawked in distress and went silent for nearly 24 hours.
Listening anxiously for any...
Will E-Voting Make An Impact in 2004?
With the Democratic partys presidential candidacy run in full gear (and after those "hanging chads" in the close presidential election in 2000), when will...
Check Point Patches Severe FireWall-1 Flaws
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. on Wednesday released a fix for a set of severe security vulnerabilities in its FireWall-1 product that enable attackers...
Former Microsoft Visio Execs Regroup
Four former Microsoft Corp. executives have banded together to form a new company that is developing social-networking software and Web services that will build...
IBM ThinkPad X40: Best-in-Class Ultraportable
With the arrival of the best-in-class IBM ThinkPad X40, other ultraportables have a lot of catching up to do. Even with a system weight...