Monthly Archives: August 2004
Feature-Rich VOIP in the Works
With voice-over-IP services popping up like summer weeds, providers are predicting that rich feature sets will ultimately win new customers.
To that end, WorldWide Telco...
IT Admins Not Trusting SP2 Security
More than two years after company officials claimed Microsoft Corp. would emphasize security over features in all products, the whopping update to the companys...
NetGear Switch Stands Out in Price
In an interview last month, NetGear CEO Patrick Loh told eWEEK Labs that 2004 would be the year of Gigabit Ethernet.A few weeks later,...
Telco Plan Boon for Business?
A new plan to overhaul the byzantine payment system that carriers use to complete one anothers calls could be a boon to enterprises but...
Royal Philips Improves the Digital Memo
Royal Philips Electronics is aiming to make dictation easier with new voice recognition capabilities in its Digital Pocket Memo 9450 handheld recorder.The devices voice-command...
Where is the Windows 2000 Service Pack?
With the release of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, Microsoft has taken a significant step toward removing the security holes and insecure configurations...
E-Voting: Its Security, Stupid
Last month, Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America, reportedly stated that the open-source movement is using the issue of e-voting...
SP2 Is Security Milestone
Windows is by far the most prevalent desktop operating system, and security—often due to flaws within that environment—is the most prevalent IT headache. Consequently,...
IT Pros Take Wait-and-See Stance on SP2
eWEEK labs asked members of the eWEEK Corporate Partner Advisory Board whose companies are running Windows XP whether and when they are planning to...
No SP2-Style Security Updates for Windows 2000
Although Microsoft Corp. deems the security improvements included in Windows XP Service Pack 2 important enough to divert the companys resources from "Longhorn," these...