Monthly Archives: August 2004
Court Rejects Seagates Trade-Secret Suit
A bid by hard disk maker Seagate Technology LLC to prevent a former executive from joining rival Western Digital Corp. has been rebuffed.
In a...
Microsoft Set to Launch Refreshed Whidbey Preview
Its not yet time for Beta 2, but the "Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with the Team System" will include the beta bits...
Federal Sweep Nets Spammers, Cyber-Criminals
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it has taken action against more than 150 individuals accused of spamming and other Internet-related crimes,...
Wi-Fi Surpasses $1B in Quarterly Revenues
Researchers at In-Stat/MDR reported this week that the Wi-Fi market has experienced five years of healthy growth since 802.11b emerged as the dominant wireless...
Wi-Fi Battle Turns to Access Point, 802.11n
Intels announcement of its triband Wi-Fi client module wont have a significant effect on the wireless landscape, industry sources said. Meanwhile, the wireless fray...
EU Legislation No Match for Spam
The European Union is introducing regionwide legislation to stop spammers, but even the most enthusiastic member states are not expecting prosecutions any time soon.
Spam...
I Come to Bury Sender ID, Not to Praise It
It must have seemed like a good idea at the time: The effort to create an effective standard for SMTP authentication relied, and still...
ADSL Takes on Wireless in Britain
The condemned man always talks a good fight. "Its great news," they assure me.Its tempting to be cynical about ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line)....
Windows XP SP2 Has a Dangerous Hole
Windows XP Service Pack 2 promises to raise the security bar for the sometimes beleaguered operating system. Unfortunately, one of the new features could...
Server Sales Continue to Soar
Server sales and shipments jumped again in the second quarter, with IBM topping the revenue chart and Hewlett-Packard Co. shipping the most units, according...