Monthly Archives: February 2005
Will Googles AutoLink Go Far or Too Far?
Its been said that if Microsoft is the operating system for your computer, then Google is the operating system for the Internet. That may...
AOL Launches Local Search
America Online Inc.s local search service is open for business.
AOL on Thursday publicly launched its local search after previewing its plans earlier this month...
Is Cash Losing Its Cachet?
Credit card companies, through consumer promotions and lower fees for retailers, have been whittling away at the last few cash-friendly refuges.
And as though George...
Cell Phones Morph into Imaging Devices
See over there, at the Realeyes3D booth? Whos that geek shooting down attacking biplanes with his phone? Going "yakka-yakka-yakka-yakka!" and whooping with delight?
Yes. It...
ARJ File Bug Threatens Trend Micro Scanners
A bug in ARJ file parsing in Trend Micro virus-scanning products could lead to a heap-based buffer overflow and potentially to the execution of...
EU Patent Crisis: Pressure Mounting to Scrap IT Changes
The European Parliament has unanimously passed a fresh motion calling for the European Commission to take action over the European Unions controversial IT-patenting initiative,...
Intel to Highlight Dual-Core Chips at IDF
Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are jockeying for position as they prepare to roll out dual-core versions of their processors over the...
A Drive-Thru Supermarket
In the middle of Albuquerque, N.M., sits a 170,000-square-foot chunk of land that is slated to be the site for a new kind of...
Buffer Overflows Patched in Cyrus Mail Server
The Carnegie Mellon University has released a new version of its widely deployed Cyrus IMAP Server to fix a series of potentially dangerous code...
Microsoft, Symantec Jostle for Security Supremacy
The wave of consolidation that has swept through the security industry in the last 18 months has cleared the way for a handful of...