Monthly Archives: December 2004
Microsoft Tests Brown Wrapper Porn Rule with Spam Suits
Microsoft on Thursday fired off seven lawsuits against a band of unknown spammers who allegedly sent millions of sexually explicit e-mails to Microsofts MSN...
Wozniaks Wheels of Zeus Tackles Enterprise Data Encryption
Steve Wozniaks Wheels of Zeus is beginning to roll, and enterprise data protection is one destination on the Apple Computer Inc. co-founders mind.Wozniak offered...
Google Launches Revamped E-Mail Groups
Google Inc. turned on the switch Thursday to its new e-mail list service that combines the Usenet archive with the ability to create and...
Critical PNG Flaw Haunts Netscape
America Online Inc.s efforts to kick-start renewed interest in its Netscape browser got off to a rocky start with researchers warning of a "highly...
Customers Win in Database Vendors Race to Linux
Two splashy Linux announcements coming from major database vendors underscore the fact that Linux is profoundly shaking up the database market.First, Oracle on Tuesday...
AOLs Singingfish Fine-Tunes Multimedia Search
America Online Inc.s audio and video search division is getting ready for prime time as it focuses on becoming a destination site.Singingfish Inc., which...
Holiday Retail Web Site Performances: Steady but Slow
If the "Max" in Office Max is supposed to refer to the amount of time its e-commerce server takes to respond, its aptly named.
And...
Microsoft Delivers XP SP2 for Embedded Devices
On Wednesday, Microsoft announced it had released to manufacturing the version of its Windows XP Service Pack 2 for embedded devices.
Called "Windows XP Embedded...
MSN Launches Blog Service with IM Ties
MSN began rolling out its Weblog service late on Wednesday in a move likely to rattle the still-emerging market for blog-creation tools.With the new...
Sun and Microsoft: Fixing Each Others Flats?
Some eight months have passed since Sun Microsystems and Microsoft signed their landmark settlement and technical collaboration agreement, and a number of significant milestones...