Monthly Archives: July 2004
The Best PCs From the Best Vendors
For years, weve asked you to tell us how the companies that supply your tech needs are doing. This year, for our "17th Annual...
A New Direction for Java
When someone asks where Java technology is going, its reasonable to ask in reply, "Which Java do you mean?" The attractive upsides and the...
Java Releases Ramp Up Productivity
Advanced interactive programming environments, such as LISP machines or Smalltalk workstations, were admired during the late 1980s for their extraordinary productivity, but they were...
Java Platform to Speak Windows
Only Visual Basic has been addressing the mass market of the corporate developer," said Sun Microsystems Inc.s executive vice president of software, John Loiacono,...
Security Researchers Debunk Atak Worm-Al Qaeda Link
A new variant of the Atak worm, initially dubbed Atak.B, has been reported by most antivirus companies. However, the buzz around the malware—with its...
Alternate News Feed Supporters Stick with IETF
Developers behind the XML syndication format called Atom have moved forward with their work to create a Web standard through the Internet Engineering Task...
Lawsuits Brew over Red Hats Accounting Changes
Its being a long week for Red Hat executives, as no fewer than 10 law firms have announced their intentions to launch stockholder class-action...
Linspire Gives Linux IM a Voice
Linux vendor Linspire Inc. has released PhoneGaim, a free software program that adds voice-over-IP functionality to the Linux-based Gaim instant messaging client.Linspire, aka Lindows,...
Predictive Modeling Needs Drug-Trial Data
Hospitals would like to peer into the future, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is making these glimpses possible, in a sense....
Intel Pushes Back Centrino 2 into 2005
Intel Corp. has pushed back the release of its next-generation Centrino mobile platform, aka "Sonoma," according to sources close to the company. The chip...