Monthly Archives: May 2004
IBMs Ad Attacking Oracle Omits Migration Costs
I loved the "May Day! May Day!" ad IBM took out in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times last Friday and...
Microsoft to Merge Caller ID With SPF Anti-Spam Scheme
Microsoft this week agreed to merge its Caller ID for E-mail anti-spam proposal with another of the leading domain authentication schemes, Sender Policy Framework...
Big Business Weighs Feds Involvement In Software Flaws
Business Roundtables Security Task Force last week released a set of principles and an action plan aimed at building a more unified defense against...
Report: Tweens Less Likely to Pirate
Young children are less likely than teenagers to illegally download music, movies and software from the Internet, according to a poll conducted by Harris...
Treasury Department Issues Report on Phishing
The U.S. Treasury Department this week issued a report on "phishing." Recent phishing e-mails have purportedly come from government agencies, legitimate financial-sector firms, Internet...
64-Bit Virus for Windows Uses Odd Method
Symantec has identified the first virus that successfully infects 64-bit Windows executables, posing the first threat to an operating system that industry observers say...
Yahoo Toolbar Combats Spyware
Watch out, spyware. Yahoos gonna nab you.
Yahoo Inc. on Thursday joined the fight against unwanted software that monitors users Web surfing, alters their home...
Agere Develops Hard Disk for Mobile Phones
Agere Systems Inc. recently announced new hard disk drive integrated circuit technology for mobile phones and other consumer devices. The companys TrueStore RC1100ULP channel...
HP Brings NAS to Microsoft Exchange
Hewlett-Packard Co. this week announced a network-attached storage (NAS) system designed to consolidate Exchange Server 2003 data on Windows Storage Server 2003-powered NAS systems....
HP Mixes Serial ATA and SCSI Drives in Entry-Level SAN Line
Hewlett-Packard Co. this week introduced an update to its entry-level MSA line of storage arrays that can use either SCSI or Serial ATA drives....