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Yahoo Confirms Planned Search Switch
Along with reporting strong fourth-quarter earnings last week, Yahoo Inc. also confirmed speculation that it will be switching its Web search to its own...
LinuxWorld 2004: Tuxs Graduation Day
Were all Linux users. Do you use TiVo to record the latest episode of The West Wing? Youre a Linux user. Did you Google...
Windows Bagle Worm Spreading Fast
A new Windows worm discovered Sunday is spreading rapidly, according to security experts and anti-virus firms.According to Ken Dunham, Director of Malicious Code for...
LinuxWorld Awards Nominees
LinuxWorld in NYC Javits Center doesnt open until January 20th but the finalists have already been announced for the LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards.These awards...
Biometrics, Trusted Computing Key to Securing Laptops, Handhelds
Now that the U.S. government has announced it is using fingerprint readers to authenticate foreign visitors, its time to revisit the use of this...
Oracles Linux Boss Gears Up for Grid
The latest Linux salvo to come from Oracle Corp. will arrive at LinuxWorld in New York on Wednesday.Thats when Dave Dargo, vice president of...
Mozilla 1.6 Released, Roadmap Readied
The Mozilla Foundation late on Thursday released the next version of its open-source Web-browser suite.
The Mozilla 1.6 release, out in a beta version since...
Microsoft Research Looks to Extend C#
Microsoft Research has been dabbling with a number of new programming languages and paradigms. Last year, the F# language was big news. Now, another...
The Linux Desktop Monoculture: This Is Better Security?
The sources of our computer security problems these days are diverse. But theres general agreement (even I agree to some extent) that one of...
Channeling the Weather
The only thing more bitter than the frosty winds endured through last weeks cold spell in the Northeast was Spence himself for not having...