Monthly Archives: December 2004
A Year Is Not Enough for Tech Predictions
Those who dare to make year-ahead predictions should remember Bill Gates accurate 1997 observation: "There is a tendency to overestimate how much technology will...
Tools Block Code-Busting Crooks
The concept of adding security to the coding phase of application development is catching on, with new companies delivering tools to help developers test...
Microsoft and Sun: Détente Takes Time
Sun Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. officials said they have reached a number of significant milestones since announcing their landmark settlement and technical collaboration...
Simplicity Eludes Group Work
The future of collaboration is XML, but we still lack products and services that bridge the gap between enterprise data and tools people like...
Where We Stand: The Year in IT
As each year draws to a close, we summarize in this space where we stand on the most important issues facing the IT community....
It Was a Very Good Year
From: [email protected]: Monday, December 20, 2004 12:13 AMTo: eWEEK readersSubject: Of Martell, Mitnick, Macanudo, Messman"And nothing has changed, and everything has changed," Spence crooned...
Real Answers Needed to Solve Spam
Spam gained a nefarious twist this year with the development of phishing scams, but phishing wasnt the least of IT departments problems. They faced...
IBM Assures Customers They Wont Get Burned
In preparing to sell its Personal Computer Division to Lenovo Group Ltd., IBM is assuring customers that they will not get burned in the...
IBMs Big Ticket to China
Theres a lot more than what meets the eye with IBMs deal to sell its Personal Computer Division to Lenovo Group Ltd. for $1.75...
Xerox and EDS Bank $40 Million
Xerox and Electronic Data Systems announced last week a $40 million contract to supply Barclays with EDS Workplace Management Services solution. The solution delivers...