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Sprint-Nextel Merger Poses Tech Challenges
The short-term outlook for Nextels enterprise customers under new, combined Sprint-Nextel management could prove difficult. But in the long term, the merger signals a...
Wait and See Persists on Copyright Issues
The U.S. Supreme Courts decision to take up the legal implications of file-sharing is one of those events whose impact in the political world...
Sprint Nextel: Best of Both Worlds?
The announcement Wednesday in New York that Sprint Communications Co. L.P. and Nextel Communications Inc. will merge, creating the third largest wireless provider in...
Solving the Sprint + Nextel Equation
Sprint and Nextel announced their intention to merge today, forming a network embracing 35.4 million subscribers and reducing Americans national mobile network options to...
E-Card Holiday Virus Packs Ugly Punch
A new virus strain masquerading as electronic Christmas cards is accounting for one in every 10 e-mails hitting in-boxes, security experts warned Wednesday.The W32/Zafi-D...
Microsoft Releases New Visual Studio Preview
Microsoft Corp. has made available a new build of its Visual Studio 2005 integrated development environment.
The Redmond, Wash., software giant released the latest version...
New Browser Hole is a Phishermans Delight
Our top vulnerability this week is a worm that performs a grab bag of techniques to infect computers. Find out how it does what...
IBM to Provide NYSE with Extreme Availability Processing
IBM and the New York Stock Exchange announced this week that they are collaborating on a new order management and messaging system in support...
Symantec, Veritas Merger Signifies Major Shift
The rumored merger of storage software giant Veritas Software Corp. and information security behemoth Symantec Corp. may be a sign of things to come.
According...
Webroot Adds Bandwidth Throttling to Anti-Spyware Offering
Looking to cement its place as a legitimate contender in the enterprise anti-spyware space, Webroot Software Inc. has beefed up its Spy Sweeper Enterprise...