Monthly Archives: September 2004
Microsoft Changes Its Tune on Porting SP2 Fixes
Microsoft has been reticent to commit publicly on how, when and whether it would make the browser-specific security fixes that it delivered as part...
Oracle Stretches PeopleSoft Offer
For the twelfth time since the whole saga began last year, Oracle has extended its tender offer for PeopleSoft.
Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Oracle Corp. announced...
Nokia Announces Wireless GPS Module
Its buried in paragraph six of the press release for Nokias latest smartphone (the 6670, if youre curious), but Nokia did announce the LD-1W...
Report: Making Electronic Health Records a Reality
Urged on by clients—mostly large health care provider organizations such as Childrens Hospital of Orange County and the Phoenix Childrens Hospital—consultant firm Capgemini recently...
Panda Chooses Mailshell for Stopping Spam
Anti-virus and security product maker Panda Software said Thursday that the company is dropping its own anti-spam technology to use an OEM anti-spam solution...
Exploit Code Appears for MS Graphics Flaw
Just a week after Microsoft released a patch to plug a security flaw in the way at least 13 of its programs handle the...
Phishers Spoof FDIC Site to Collect Card Info
A phishing scam that appeared Thursday claiming to help protect consumers against debit-card fraud and identity theft has experts worried about the increasing skill...
Sony Counters Samsung Experience with Qualia
NEW YORK—Samsung unveiled its new high-tech showroom Wednesday to a select group of media and analysts. Located in New Yorks swanky Time Warner Center,...
Notebook: Scaled-Down Diskcon Centers on CE
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—The Diskcon show here was all about small: small devices, small attendance, small profits.
Changes in this industry arrive slowly, and some attendees...
SBC to Build Voice-and-Data Network for Ford
SBC Communications announced Sept. 21 that it has won a contract to build a converged voice-and-data network for Ford Motor Co. The planned three-year...