Monthly Archives: March 2005
Microsoft Loses Key Windows Architect to Google
One of Microsofts key Windows architects has defected to Google. But at least so far, no one is talking about what Marc Lucovskys new...
SCO Must Restate 2004 Earnings
SCO announced on Thursday that it would be restating three of its quarterly financial statements for 2004 because of accounting errors.
The SCO Group Inc....
Flex Fabs Keep Intel Humming
SAN FRANCISCO—Who knew that semiconductor manufacturing fabs could turn on a dime?
Intel Corp., long known for its grinding manufacturing strategy, revealed that it has...
Health Sites Found Lacking in Services
On a scale of 1 to 10, health care and pharmaceutical Web sites score a measly 5.8, according to an evaluation of more than...
Paying for Flaws Pays Off for iDefense
Internet security specialist iDefense Inc. has released a reverse-engineering tool to the open-source community as part of its controversial strategy of buying the rights...
Alliance Simplifies Ultrawideband Debate
SAN FRANCISCO—The WiMedia Alliance and the Multiband OFDM Alliance ultrawideband group joined forces on Wednesday, simplifying the debate surrounding the wireless technology.
Analysts said the...
eBay Redirect Becomes Phishing Tool
Online auctioneer eBay, a prime target for phishing schemes, has been used as an unwitting accomplice. A flaw in eBays server configuration paves the...
Company-Name Police Part II
The first thing I need to do here is to correct some misstatements from a recent column titled, Should VeriSign Be the Name Police?...
HIPAA Compliance Not Achieved
Despite the April 20, 2005 deadline for compliance with the Security Rule of the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), only 30 percent...
Cell Phone Users Put Porn in Their Pockets
Youve read all about mobile content. Its the hottest thing in mobile and wireless right now. And whats hottest about it is streaming video.Well,...