Monthly Archives: September 2004
Microsoft Media Players to Boast Bigger Drives
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—A hardware designer for Microsoft Corp.s Portable Media Player team said that by 2007 the players would be designed with at least...
The CA Indictment Trail Gets Longer
Rarely in the history of American business has a major a U.S. corporation had to make such sweeping admissions of management misconduct and offer...
No Time Like the Present for Next-Generation Authentication
Now that the Internet Engineering Task Forces MARID (MTA Authorization Records In DNS) standards process has collapsed—without even the hint of a consensus—its time...
TCS Announces New BlackBerry Financial Service
TeleCommunication Systems, a wireless financial market data provider based in Annapolis, Thursday announced a financial data streaming service for BlackBerry devices called marketStream.
Alexis Davis,...
Symantec Holes Open Up Firewalls to Attacks
Symantec Corp. has warned of a string of security holes in its Firewall/VPN Appliance and Gateway Security products, less than a month after its...
Wiretap Law Should Apply to VOIP, Too
Which do we need more: VOIP or the ability to wiretap terrorists and criminals?
Given that weve lived this long without VOIP (voice over IP)...
Analysts: Disk Drive Industry Ripe for Mergers
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—The disk-drive industry faces a dilemma: It should be thriving, but its not. But while analysts say the industry would be better...
Nextel Introduces BlackBerries to MBA Students
How have your BlackBerry and other personal communication technologies changed the way you do business?
Thats the question being asked this year at the University...
Authentication Standards Continue to Vex Security Pros
Following the announcement that the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) had pulled the plug on its MARID (MTA Authorization Records In DNS) working group...
Tracking Service Aims to Ease Product Returns
One of the most logistically challenging situations for any large retailer is the return. Newgistics Inc., a Texas retail service firm, this week launched...