Monthly Archives: September 2004
Linux Standard Base Takes on Industry Fragmentation
Following the release Tuesday of a new interoperable version of Linux, analysts said the standard should go along way towards preventing a serious roadblock...
FindWhat.com Dials the Phone for Search Advertising
FindWhat.com Inc. on Tuesday launched a new search-based advertising program that lets advertisers pay based on phone calls to their businesses rather than on...
Novel Worms Burst onto the Scene: One Sniffs, Another Talks
Anti-virus companies are warning of a new variant of the Sdbot mass-mailing worm that installs a network sniffer in order to grab unencrypted passwords,...
Maxell to Raise Prices on Tape Media
Maxell said Tuesday that it believes rising costs and shrinking margins will make a price increase "inevitable" on all magnetic tape products.
The company is...
Microsoft: Study Shows Visual Studio .Net Tops WebSphere
ORLANDO, Fla.—Microsoft Corp. has commissioned a study showing that its .Net development environment is more productive than comparable Java environments, a top company executive...
Google Maps Local-Search Improvements
Google Inc. on Tuesday updated its local search service with a focus on maps and providing more relevant results.
Google Local combines results from the...
Microsoft Graphics Bug Threatens Systems
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday offered patches for two serious vulnerabilities in its products. One of the security breaches—taking advantage of the action from a...
Oracle Income Grows on Database Software Sales
Oracle on Tuesday announced a 16 percent increase in its first-quarter net income, attributing the gain to demand for its database software, Oracle Database...
AdviceAmerica Upgrades Web-Based Advice Engine
AdvisorVision 4.0, introduced Tuesday by AdviceAmerica Inc., delivers actionable, personalized and institution-compliant wealth-planning advice using a proprietary, knowledge-based rules engine that can be customized...
CPOE Failure Offers Lessons
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a Los Angeles hospital, shut down its computerized physician order entry system in early 2003 after only a few months of...