Monthly Archives: November 2004
What Will Re-election Mean for High Tech?
Is the re-election of President George W. Bush good or bad for high tech?
In strict business terms, its good. Very good. Seen from a...
Does Microsoft Have the Right (Document Management) Stuff?
Microsoft has said little about its Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) directions since it launched RMS 1.0 a year ago.
But on Thursday, Microsoft ended...
Adobe Eyes Linux Desktop Strategy
Signs are pointing to a growing interest in desktop Linux and open-source software at Adobe Systems Inc., the maker of popular imaging and graphics...
Wireless Eyes Watching Airport Security
With fears of terrorism still in the air, vendors at this weeks International Security Conference touted new surveillance technologies being used in transportation and...
Health IT Needs Creative Economists
The solution to health IT problems is not in silicon but in accounting ledgers.
The CEO of Wellpoint Health Networks Inc., Leonard Schaeffer, recently described...
IMlogic Helps Hedge Funds with IM Compliance
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) imposed new regulations late last month on private investment pools, also known as hedge funds. The ruling...
Novells Engineering Boss Departs Linux-Networking Company
Evidence of Novell Inc.s corporate culture clash surfaced on Thursday, as the company said Chris Stone, Novells vice chairman, would leave the company. Stone,...
Virginia Seeks to Send Spammer to Slammer
LEESBURG, VIRGINIA—The first felony convictions for spam in U.S. history were handed down when a jury in America Online Inc.s home county convicted a...
Mozilla Releases New Version of Thunderbird
While the Mozilla Foundations Firefox Web browser garners most of the headlines, the open-source groups Thunderbird e-mail client is also attracting users attention. Mozilla...
Microsoft Gives a Heads-Up on Security Fixes
In its first use of a new policy on security-update disclosure, Microsoft on Wednesday announced that next weeks scheduled security updates for the month...