Monthly Archives: January 2005
MySQL Bot Attacks Windows Systems
Malicious hackers have launched a zero-day bot attack against default Windows installations of the MySQL database engine, infecting vulnerable systems at the rate of...
Edify Voice-Enables Bank Customer Service
Are you wondering whether a check cleared? Call your bank and you may end up talking with "Kate," a virtual persona that lives inside...
NYSE Wants to Open Earlier
New York Stock Exchange Chief John Thain expects that expanding the trading hours would divert some business from London and other European capitals, which...
DoS Flaws Haunt BIND Server Software
The nonprofit Internet Systems Consortium has rolled out fixes for a pair of denial-of-service flaws in its BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) implementation of...
The Retail Morph
In many ways, CIOs are in the prediction business.
They must make one-, two- and sometimes even five-year plans for technology buying, when even a...
Windows Anti-Piracy Program a Genuine Triviality
When Windows Product Activation was announced for Windows XP, the predictions from some were dire. Surely, it was argued, this onerous burden and the...
McDonalds: Want VOIP with That?
A hungry consumer pulls up to the drive-through window in a California McDonalds restaurant and places a dinner order. The person taking the order...
OSDL, Oregon Launch Open Technology Incubator
A center for "open technology" startups will open in a Portland, Ore. suburb on February 1, the OSDL has announced. Funded by the City...
Amazon Rolls Out Multimedia Yellow Pages
Shoppers wanting to see a stores neighborhood before venturing out into a potentially rundown city street corner will be able to do that by...
Sponsored Links Extend Their Reach
Sponsored links may be a mainstay alongside search results and on Web pages, but the advertising format is increasingly appearing in new places and...