Monthly Archives: March 2004
Microsoft Preps Its Next-Gen Business Solutions Apps
ORLANDO, Fla.—At its annual Microsoft Business Solutions customer conference here, Microsoft Corp. is showing off early versions of a number of its next-generation applications.During...
Netsky.P Spreads Through Ancient Security Hole
McAfees Avert labs is reporting that a new variant of the Netsky worm, Netsky.P, is spreading quickly. Both McAfee and Trend Micro Inc. rate...
Can Computational Problems Stamp Out Spam?
Many people have made the suggestion, without a whole lot of thought behind it, that we could solve the spam problem with a "sender...
Critics Slam Task Force Cyber Plans
The release of the first set of recommendations from two task forces formed last year at the National Cyber Security Summit has spurred a...
Mobile Java Apps to Make Enterprise Splash
Sun Microsystems Inc., Research In Motion Ltd. and Sybase Inc. are each readying products and services that could expedite the development of mobile enterprise...
U.S. Robotics Unveils Firewall/VPN With Storage
U.S. Robotics on Wednesday unveiled a business-class firewall/VPN device equipped with NAS and file server capabilities. The USR8200 appliance, an expandable broadband router, supports...
House Panel Slams Federal IT Security
Federal agencies arent doing enough to secure their network systems, even as documented cyber-attacks against the U.S. government continue to dramatically rise, U.S. Rep....
Intel Joins Liberty Alliance
The Liberty Alliance Project on Wednesday said Intel has joined the industry coalition building specifications for Web authentication. The groups members include computer makers...
File Traders Face Jail Time, Fines with California Law
California legislators have introduced parallel bills in the state legislature that would punish file traders of copyrighted materials with up to a year in...
Four-Way Fusion Demands Discussion
This letter coincides with the 2004 Software Development Conference in Santa Clara, where Ill be taking part in a Monday evening panel discussion on...