Monthly Archives: November 2004
Beware of Third-Party IE Patches?
The absence of an official patch from Microsoft for a known and widely exploited Internet Explorer flaw has spawned a cottage industry for homegrown...
CA Taps IBM Executive as New CEO
Computer Associates has tapped IBM software executive John Swainson to lead the company as its new chief executive, sources said.
The Islandia, N.Y., middleware software...
Yahoo RSS Upgrade Goes Live
Yahoo Inc. has gone live with its upgrade of its personalized home page service that focuses on aggregating news feeds.
The Sunnyvale, Calif., company made...
IE Exploit Targets Banner Ad Servers
The ubiquitous banner ad has become the latest delivery mechanism for exploit code targeting a known flaw in Microsoft Corp.s Internet Explorer browser.
During a...
Oracle Scores Majority of PeopleSoft Shares
Oracle Corp. early Saturday morning sent a letter to the PeopleSoft Inc. board of directors disclosing that it received tender offers for more than...
Shares Be Damned—PeopleSoft Fights On
Despite its suitors announcement that shareholders had tendered more than 60 percent of outstanding shares of PeopleSoft Inc., the beleaguered companys board of directors...
Linux Phishing Attack Circles Net
A bogus security bulletin and "patch" that circulated on the Internet late Friday marked the return of a phishing hoax aimed at Linux users.The...
Where America Shops Meets Where America Shoplifts
Theres no shortage of legitimate reasons why the Sears-Kmart merger will not cause anyone in Bentonville, Ark., to lose much sleep.
But most of the...
Remote Access Gets Safer, Easier
One of the smaller but more interesting items that came across the transom this week was an announcement of new Wi-Fi connectivity pricing from...
Stakes Get Higher in Search Ranking Game
LAS VEGAS—A casual observer might not give the rankings of search-engine results a second glance, but the thousands of Webmasters who gathered here this...