Monthly Archives: July 2004
Old PCs Can Come Back to Haunt You
Thanks to Dell and HP, the world got a little cleaner this week.Both computer makers this week announced programs in which they will be...
Nurses Say IT Efforts Ignore Their Needs
Nurses are the largest group of health care providers in the United States, with 2.7 million professionals. But so far, their IT needs have...
A Light, Super-Affordable Tablet PC
In a move that could alter the landscape of the Tablet PC market, newcomer Averatec has extended its notebook product line to include a...
Oracle Injects 10g Technologies Into Applications
Oracle Corp. is pushing grid computing beyond its Oracle 10g database and application server to encompass the companys enterprise applications.
At the companys semiannual Analyst...
Businesses Weigh Impact of Microsofts IM Deal
Microsoft Corp.s plan to let users of its Live Communication Server 2005 collaboration software swap instant messages directly with users of America Online Inc.s...
Freescales IPO Sputters on Worries of Chip Slowdown
Freescale Semiconductor Inc. suffered the first mauling of grumpy bears worried about a slowdown that a semiconductor industry organization says is due to arrive...
Bush Signs Identity Theft Bill
President Bush signed a new identity theft bill into law Thursday that adds two years to prison sentences for criminals convicted of using stolen...
Opinion: Mobiles Catch the Security Bug
Mobile devices are the next target for virus writers and hackers, said Sal Viveros, wireless security evangelist at McAfee. Malicious code attacks on wireless...
New Trojan spreads Via Spam
E-mail security firm MessageLabs Inc. this week expressed concern over the Trojan Backdoor-CGT that spreads through spam."The scary thing about this is that it...
Privacy Groups Tag RFID
Officials from the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday addressed a U.S. House subcommittee about...