Monthly Archives: September 2004
eBay Domain Hijacker Arrested
Police in Germany arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with the hijacking of eBay Germanys domain. The man admitted he requested a DNS (domain...
Longhorn Delay Is Linux Gain
When Microsoft Corp. announced last week it was scaling back the feature set for the next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, it may have...
IT Labor Boomerangs Back Home
For all its promise of cost savings, enterprises disillusioned and dissatisfied with offshoring IT labor are starting to bring that work home.
Language barriers, time...
EMC, Veritas Tune Mail Archiving
EMC Corp. and Veritas Software Corp. are building up their respective e-mail archiving offerings through development and acquisition to give customers more stringent control...
Microsoft Sees Open-Source Threat Looming Ever Larger
Microsoft Corp. is facing growing pressure from open-source software across every segment of its business—a competitive threat that could have significant consequences for its...
Suppliers, Competitors Balk at Wal-Marts RFID Lead
Many companies have queued up quickly behind retail giants Wal-Marts RFID mandate. But others now look much less willing to toe the line. Certainly...
Wi-Fi Wanderlust
From: [email protected]: Monday, September 6, 2004 12:02 AMTo: eWEEK readersSubject: Many fish RNC for Wi-Fi links but in vain;Ballmer declares searchkriegSpence escaped from the...
Florida Town Rises from Hurricane Wreckage with VOIP Triple-Play
Homestead, Fla., made news on Aug. 24, 1992, as the community hardest hit by Hurricane Andrew. Just south of Miami, its residents certainly hope...
Research Firm Reveals Multiple Flaws in DB2
Next Generation Security Software Ltd. has announced Multiple High Risk Vulnerabilities in IBM DB2. IBM has released new "Fixpacks" to address two of the...
QRS Jilts JDA, Hooks Up with Inovis
With little more than a month left for JDA Software Group Inc. to close on its $100 million acquisition of QRS Corp., QRS pulled...