Monthly Archives: April 2004
Free But Shackled: The Java Trap
If your program is free software, it is basically ethical--but there is a trap you must be on guard for. Your program, though in...
Patent Lawsuits Crowd Microsofts Horizon
While Microsoft Corp. has reached a $440 million settlement with InterTrust Technologies Corp. around digital rights management patents, it is far from clearing the...
Humans to Blame for Security Breaches
Human error is to blame for 84 percent of IT security breaches, according to a survey from the Computing Technology Industry Association. CompTIAs second...
Linux Vendors Question Forrester Security Report
Four Linux distributors, including Red Hat Inc. and SuSE, last week took issue with a recent report by Forrester Research that compared the security...
Trend Micro Takes Aim at Network Viruses
Trend Micro Inc. has started shipping its Network VirusWall 1200 security product. The product marks a significant departure from protecting networks at the application...
Major Wireless Conference Demonstrates WLAN Risks
Wireless LAN security provider AirDefense Inc. spent four hours last month monitoring wireless traffic at Atlantas CTIA, one of the largest wireless conferences in...
iAnywhere Expands Remote Access to Tablets, Windows
Sybase Inc. subsidiary iAnywhere Solutions Inc. this week is introducing a new version of its remote-access software.
M-Business Anywhere version 5.5 adds support for Microsoft...
DOJ, Michigan Arent Necessarily Hypocrites
I was tickled pink to read last week that the U.S. Justice Department and the state of Michigan were enterprise-sized hypocrites.
Heres a recap of...
Microsoft Settles with InterTrust
Microsoft Corp. on Monday will announce that it has settled another outstanding lawsuit: It will pay multimedia anti-piracy company InterTrust Technologies Corp. a one-time...
HP Introduces Troubleshooting Tool
HP Services today launched a new tool in its arsenal of support services designed to simplify troubleshooting of everything from notebooks to printers and...