Monthly Archives: February 2004
Visto Buys Psion Software
Visto Corp. has acquired the software division of Psion plc., company officials have confirmed.Psion Software makes Transcend Mail, enterprise-level push-based e-mail software for the...
AppsWorld 2004: Oracle Embraces Integration
SAN DIEGO—In an about-face on its longheld contention that it is unnecessary to enable easy integration between its E-Business Suite applications and third-party enterprise...
Universities Speed Up Open-Source Plans
In the hopes of gaining more control over their infrastructure, more university IT administrators are accelerating plans to migrate to open-source technology in the...
SCO Launches New Site Following DDoS Attack
The main SCO Group Web site (www.sco.com) was made inaccessible, as expected on Sunday. However, SCO announced Monday that will shift its Web site...
PeopleSoft Speeds Up Timeline for Vote
Responding to Oracle Corp.s ploy to acquire PeopleSoft Inc. through a proxy battle, PeopleSofts board of directors voted late last week to hold its...
A Letter from the Liberty Alliance
Liberty Alliance president Michael Barrett responds below to comments made by IBMs vice president of security for Tivoli and IBM Security Products, Arvind Krishna,...
MyDoom.B Is For Bust
The rapid spread of MyDoom.A was a pretty scary thing to witness. I knew that I had immediately recognized it as a worm when...
Microsoft Patches Serious IE Flaw
Microsoft Corp. on Monday finally released a patch for a dangerous vulnerability that lets attackers trick Internet users into visiting malicious sites. The flaw...
Social Networking… or Notworking?
Social networking is on the bubble, with Orkut the latest to spur invites from friends, virtual acquaintances, and "others." Ive been watching the Lord...
Can E-Mail Survive?
Last year was not a good year for e-mail. In spring 2003, the steady flow of unsolicited and unwanted messages reached a tipping point....