Monthly Archives: March 2005
Microsoft Advocates for Patent Reform
Microsoft went public on Thursday with a number of proposals designed to overhaul the U.S. patent system and make it better suited to the...
Mobile Phones Go Corporate with Avaya Partnership
Mobile professionals increasingly rely on mobile devices to do business. For those who are often on the road, they have become the primary connection...
Patents Cast Shadow on Future Development
Software patents, in the idiom of the Star Wars saga, are the Dark Side of the Force. If everyone would forswear their power to...
GPS Phone to Take the Stage at CTIA
Moments after the tsunami struck the shores of Sri Lanka in December, the Tidal Wave Rescue Center launched an effort to locate as many...
Identity Theft Bill Puts Companies On Spot
The pressure from Capitol Hill on corporate America to clean up its act with regard to safeguarding sensitive customer information continues to increase, as...
Microsoft Expected to Launch Small-Business Effort
Microsoft Corp. is developing a channel program targeting some of the smallest companies in the SMB (small and midsize business) space.
The vendor is not...
Next Xbox Starts to Take Shape
While still hesitant to spill its guts on the next Xbox, Microsoft gave a few hints of whats to come on Wednesday at the...
F-Secure Shines BlackLight on Malicious Rootkits
Finnish anti-virus specialist F-Secure Corp. on Thursday announced plans to add rootkit-detection features to its product suite, joining a growing list of security vendors...
Proposed Utah Law Has ISPs Up in Arms
A proposed Utah bill that would force Internet service providers to filter and block any material and Web sites deemed "harmful to minors" has...
The Magneto Mystery
The word on the street is that Microsoft will leak a rather low-key public beta test of its "Magneto" wireless e-mail product at CTIA...