Monthly Archives: August 2004
BEA Loses Chief Technology Officer
BEA Systems Inc. has suffered its second major loss in two weeks, as its chief technology officer has decided to leave the company.
Scott Dietzen,...
MSN Desktop Search on the Horizon
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Expect Microsoft Corp. to launch its own desktop search product by the end of the year as it more aggressively enters the...
Linux Apps to Run on Solaris 10
SAN FRANCISCO—Sun Microsystems Inc. will be adding Linux application compatibility to its forthcoming Solaris 10 operating system with its new Project Janus.
With Janus, administrators...
Linux Companies Address IP Concerns
SAN FRANCISCO—While almost no one at the LinuxWorld tradeshow believes The SCO Group Inc.s Linux-related copyright lawsuits are going to go anywhere, Linux companies...
NASA Preps for Launch of Smart ID Tags
U.S. Department of Defense deployed smart-card ID tags in 1999, but the rest of the U.S. government just recently started to use the technology....
RIAA Given Green Light to Identify Some File-Sharers
U.S. District Judge Denny Chin of Manhattan ruled that Cablevision and other ISPs must hand over IP addresses of alleged file swappers to the...
IBM to Release Java Database to Open-Source Group
IBM has bequeathed to the open-source movement something it desperately needs: a full-featured, enterprise-ready Java database.
The company on Tuesday announced it is releasing its...
Research Says Linux Servers Mostly Hack-Free
A majority of Linux servers have never been infected with a virus and have never been compromised by a malicious attack, according to new...
Company Settles Suit Over Flood Of Pop-Up Ads
A San Diego company accused of using pop-up ads to sell software to block the ads last week settled a civil case with the...
Software Warranty Woes
Tony Scott, the chief technology officer of the worlds largest automaker, General Motors, is never shy about using his companys roughly $3 billion annual...