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What Price Security? US-VISIT
Attention taxpayers: The United States government is about to spend at least $10 billion to build a state-of-the-art nationwide computer system that will use...
Yahoo Proposes Anti-Spam Standard For Internet
When it comes to proposed technical solutions to spam, Im a pessimist in general and confirmed skeptic at heart. Such proposals, in their attempts...
Kattoon: January 12, 2004
Read this weeks Spencer column.
Oracle CFO Henley Appointed Chairman
Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp.s flamboyant chairman and CEO, is relinquishing his role as chairman of the board.
The companys board of directors announced late Monday...
IBM to Preview DB2 “Stinger” at LinuxWorld
IBM Corp. next week will give customers a chance to kick the tires of code-name "Stinger," the anticipated next-generation version of its DB2 Universal...
CRM Vendor Onyx Earnings Disappoint, CEO to Step Down
Onyx Software Corp. CEO Brent Frei announced Monday that he will step down from his position on the same day that the mid-market customer...
The Year of the Mobile Worker
UPDATED: It may be the year of the monkey in the Chinese calendar but according to the tech calendar, this is going to be...
Microsofts Services for Unix 3.5 to Tackle Linux
If Microsoft cant beat outright Unix and Linux, it can at least improve its interoperability with these operating systems. And from Redmonds standpoint, one...
Novell to Offer Linux Indemnification Program
Novell Inc. has decided to follow Hewlett-Packard Co.s lead and indemnify its enterprise Linux customers against possible legal action by The SCO Group and/or...
Intel Enters the SCO/Linux Wars on OSDLs Side
Now that The SCO Group Inc. has made good on its threat to send out letters to approximately 1500 companies for their use of...