Monthly Archives: November 2004
Register.com Branches Out into Data Backup
Register.com Inc., which made a name for itself as a domain name registrar, is branching out into the data backup field with an offering...
2004: A Tumultuous Year for Enterprise Apps
The past year has been remarkable for the number of issues in the enterprise applications software story that still remain unresolved from a year...
Microsoft Scraps Plans for Windows 2000 SP5
Microsoft Corp. has scrapped plans for Windows 2000 Service Pack 5.Instead, the software giant announced that a Windows 2000 Update Rollup will be released...
Kazaa Rates as Worst Pest on CAs Spyware List
Computer Associates International Inc. has launched a list of the worst spyware threats as part of a new program to combat unwanted software "pests."...
Oracle Puts Forth Slate for PeopleSoft Board
Oracle Corp. has announced its candidates for PeopleSoft Inc.s board of directors, in a plan that would allow Oracle to take control of PeopleSofts...
A Year-End Look at Retail
In many ways, 2004 will be seen as a technological turning point for retail: the year that many technologies that have been hyped for...
Novell, CCIA Evidence May Be Tossed Out in MS EC Case
A European judge will hold a closed-door meeting today to discuss the lifting of sanctions by the EU in its anti-trust ruling against Microsoft...
An Explosive Year for VOIP
Remember 2004 as the year that VOIP finally penetrated mass consumer consciousness, as friends in normal walks of life began to gain a dim...
Symbian Skulls: A Virus by Any Other Name?
Whether you call it malware or a badly written application, the skulls that showed up on a Symbian-based Nokia 7610 phone prove the battle...
Health IT: Unlocking the Logjam
Nearly everyone agrees that done well, health IT will save both lives and money. But right now, the technology often costs doctors more than...