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OS Upgrade Options
With Microsoft Corp. playing fast and furious with support for Windows 98, companies still running this outmoded operating system have more reason than ever...
Windows 98: What Now?
Microsoft has bowed to customer pressure and extended support for Windows 98, but Microsofts original announcement—that it would pull the plug on support for...
MOM 2000 Plug-In Consolidates Data
System Management Arts Inc. has added a useful new plug-in to its sprawling Application Services Manager suite that consolidates information gleaned from Microsoft Operations...
Big, Fat Geek Wedding
Having once awoken in Nevada to find himself wed to his old high-school cafeteria lunch lady after a chance meeting and a wild night...
Chips Zero In on Mobile Users
Chip Makers Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Transmeta Corp. are unveiling a wider range of processors as they jostle one another to...
Locking Down SQL Server 2000
While the Blaster worm and Sobig virus garnered the lions share of attention and fear last year, 2003 began with a worm that caused...
Security Vendors Seek More
The recent flurry of acquisitions may be just the opening rumbles of a major shake-up that could change the face of the security industry...
Partnership Aims to Strengthen Cockpit Doors
Shortly after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Congress and the Federal Aviation Administration moved quickly to batten down the hatches of airplanes—literally.Backed...
F-Secure Software Locks Down Desktops
F-Secures Internet Security 2004 software suite provides an easy-to-use firewall/anti-virus utility for Windows desktop users.Internet Security 2004, which shipped last month, can be downloaded...
New DHS Border Plan Scrutinized
As the Department of Homeland Security works to iron out wrinkles in its new biometrics-based, border-entry program, experts familiar with the technology and the...