Monthly Archives: February 2005
Microsoft to Modify Windows XP Product-Activation Policy
Microsoft is continuing its crack-down on Windows pirates, and is modifying its product-activation policies to do so.
Product activation, which Microsoft first introduced with Windows...
IBM Preps Enterprise Search Update
IBM is previewing its next mission in enterprise search—letting third parties develop industry applications on its search platform.
By opening its corporate search technology to...
Search Engines Succeed at Stoking Frustration
Matt Hicks story about the blossoming of "vertical" search engines got me thinking about what I want when I search and what Im not...
Firefox Gets Major Security Makeover
The Mozilla Foundation late Thursday rolled out a major security update to fix several known cross-site scripting and domain-spoofing vulnerabilities in the upstart Firefox...
Where Is Microsofts Yukon Beta 3?
Microsoft has been willing to share many details in advance about its next-generation SQL Server database product. But theres one thing officials with the...
HP Introduces Storage Essentials to Unify Storage Management
Hewlett-Packard on Thursday unveiled Storage Essentials, its new software suite ticketed to cement the control of storage growth and optimization within HPs Adaptive Enterprise...
Sprint to Offer Phone for Use on CDMA, GSM
For frequent international business travelers, Sprint this week announced it will offer a handset from Samsung Electronics Co. that works on both its CDMA...
Microsoft Pitches New Low-Cost, Entry-Level Database Edition
Facing ever-stiffer competition in the database price wars, Microsoft Corp. is introducing an edition of its upcoming SQL Server 2005 upgrade that will provide...
Mandrakesoft Buys Conectiva for Global Growth
Linux provider Mandrakesoft today announced its acquisition of Brazils Conectiva for $2.3 million in stock in an effort to expand its global market and...
Security Flaws Haunt Open-Source Projects
Multiple vulnerabilities in two popular open-source projects—phpMyAdmin and phpBB—could put users at risk of cross-site scripting and information disclosure attacks, security researchers warned Thursday.
According...