Monthly Archives: April 2004
In Face of BayStar Woes, SCO Names New CFO
The SCO Group Inc. announced Wednesday that it has hired Bert Young as the companys new chief financial officer. SCO is not saying whether...
CAs Kumar Steps Down as Chairman, CEO
Computer Associates International Inc. announced that Chairman and CEO Sanjay Kumar has stepped down and resigned his position from the board.
In a curious move,...
Cisco Warns of Security Flaw in Routers
Just hours after security experts revealed a new attack capable of taking down any device receiving TCP requests, Cisco Systems Inc. said that a...
Whats Fueling MySQLs Rapid Growth
Andy Oram, an editor at OReilly & Associates, was sitting at a lunch table at the recent MySQL user conference. On one side sat...
Blocking Insecure Network Clients
One of the problems I hear about all the time, from analysts and vendors alike, is that of rogue mobile clients. Youve got perimeter...
AOL Opens More Doors to Its Search, E-Mail
In an effort to open more paths to its Internet services, America Online Inc. on Wednesday launched its first AOL search toolbar and opened...
NextWave, FCC Settle Wireless Spectrum Battle
NextWave Telecom Inc. and the Federal Communications Commission have finally settled an eight-year battle over the highly contested and valuable wireless spectrum.
Under the terms...
IT Managers Should Still Be Wary of TCP Vulnerability
ISPs have diffused most of the potential for large-scale DoS (denial of service) attacks based on the "flaw" in the TCP reported yesterday. But...
PeopleSoft, SAP, Oracle Rush to Certify Apps for Oracle 10g
One of the biggest stumbling blocks to adopting Oracle Corp.s major new release—Oracle Database 10g—will soon be overcome, as PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle itself and...
T-Mobile Fuels Texaco Stations with Wi-Fi
T-Mobile has switched on Wi-Fi hot spots at more than 100 Texaco service stations along major roads in the United Kingdom, the company said...