Monthly Archives: December 2004
Industry Leaders Build PhishNet to Stop Identify Theft
International law enforcement and numerous industry leaders have joined forces to fight the growing problem of "phishing" scams. Digital PhishNet is a collaborative enforcement...
Major Vendors Explore MegaGrid Frontiers
While grid computing vendors Sun and IBM are taking the reins of the utility computing market, the competition is collaborating to provide proof-of-concept projects...
HP Embraces Open Source as Well as Linux
Efrain Rovira, Hewlett-Packard Co.s worldwide director of Linux marketing, wants one thing perfectly clear: HP is taking Linux very seriously.
"Linux is a very important...
Business and Politics Mix Badly in California
It may hold the promise of curing a number of diseases, but Proposition 71, the California ballot initiative that will raise $3 billion to...
AOL Locks Out IM Users
America Online Inc. has confirmed that it mistakenly deactivated a number of AOL Instant Messenger accounts this week as part of its regular cycle...
IBM Rivals See PC Market as Two-Horse Race
There remain many questions around IBMs sale of its personal computing division to China-based Lenovo Group Ltd. However, one thing agreed upon by most...
Xandros Desktop OS 3 Deluxe Edition
The Sum of the PartsWe frequently get the same question from our readers in the ExtremeTech forum: I want to get rid of Windows,...
Microsoft Preps Five Windows Patches
Microsofts monthly patch day for December will produce security updates for five vulnerabilities affecting Windows users, the company said Thursday.
In an advance notice, the...
Novell Expands Support of Netlines Open-Xchange Server
Novell Inc. and Netline Internet Service GmbH are expanding their current relationship in a move that will see Novell sell, maintain and support Netlines...
Cisco Buys Routing Software Startup BCN Systems
Cisco Systems on Thursday agreed to buy up the remaining portion of routing software startup BCN Systems that it didnt already own.
The Santa Clara,...