Monthly Archives: March 2004
NEC Buys Into Transmeta, LongRun2
Chip maker Transmeta Corp. is licensing its technology that controls power consumption and leakage in its processors to semiconductor manufacturer NEC Electronics Corp.As part...
U.S. Lindows Judge Proposes Compromise
The battle between Lindows.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. over the Lindows trademark took an interesting turn today when U.S. District Judge John Coughenour in...
DDoS Attacks for the Common Man
Around the peak of the dot-com era there was a series of incidents that introduced most users to the term DDoS, or distributed-denial-of-service attack....
McNealy: Open-Source Java Unlikely
Will Sun Microsystems Inc. open-source Java or wont it? According to comments made by its chief executive Wednesday, the answer is likely not.During a...
AT&T Launches Managed Endpoint Security Offerings
AT&T this week introduced two new services to help enterprise customers thwart attacks. The first service, dubbed AT&T Internet Protect, informs customers about potential...
F-Secure Readies Security Software For Linux
F-Secure Corp. this week unveiled security software for open-source Samba file servers and Linux. The company announced the availability of antivirus software for Samba...
Homeland Security Wants Better Integration
Steven I. Cooper, chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security, this week said information technology systems are going to have to start...
Senator Voices RFID Concerns
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Tuesday called for a national debate on RFID technology and the privacy issues related to its use. In...
Augustin’s 8 Simple Rules for Open-Source Business Strategy
SAN FRANCISCO-Dr. Larry Augustin was present at a moment in history of sorts-the genesis of the term "open source" in Mountain View, Calif., on...
Cognos Names New CEO on Heels of Strong Quarter
Renato "Ron" Zambonini will retire as CEO of business-intelligence software developer Cognos Inc. but will remain with the company as chairman of the board...