Monthly Archives: September 2004
Best Buy Taking Baby Steps to Full RFID
Best Buy has gone public with its RFID plans, pledging to move all of its major suppliers to start delivering RFID-compliant tags for all...
Security Survey Finds Spammers Embracing Sender Authentication
Sender authentication does little to fight spam, according to a study released this week by messaging security firm CipherTrust. The study focused on the...
More Longhorn Fallout; More Technologies Delayed
By cutting the Windows File System (WinFS) feature out of both Longhorn client and server, Microsoft Corp. didnt affect only its next-generation Windows release....
Red Hat Names New CFO as Class-Action Suits Loom
More than two months after Red Hats chief financial officer resigned and the company announced a change in its accounting methods, the Linux distributor...
Oracle DBAs Brace for Urgent Patch Chores
More than a few database administrators will likely spending at least part of their Labor Day weekend installing the security patches Oracle Corp. released...
Report: VOIP, Security Features Shore Up Router Revenue
After suffering a 10 percent drop in revenue over the past quarter, the global enterprise router market is pinning its hopes on added VOIP...
Software That Figures Out The Right Price
A wide range of applications that help to automate pricing are making their way through retail operations. And its hardware improvements that are the...
CERT Recommends SP2 But Urges Caution
The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, known as CERT, this week recommended that Windows XP users install Service Pack 2 (SP2) using Windows Update...
Security Flaws In WinZip Could Allow Attacks
WinZip Computing Inc. recently revealed that Version 9.0 of its popular WinZip file compression program is vulnerable to a variety of security attacks. The...
Intel Warns of Lower-than-Expected Revenue
Intel said Thursday that it expects third-quarter revenues to be below forecasts, in an ominous indicator of the back-to-school and holiday season.
Santa Clara, Calif.-based...