Monthly Archives: May 2005
University Presses Slam Google Print
University publishers have put out a call to arms over Googles plans to digitize copyrighted works from three U.S. university libraries.
An association representing 125...
AOL Suspends Trojan-Infected AIM Accounts
America Online on Tuesday confirmed the inadvertent suspension of an undisclosed number of Trojan-infected AIM screen names.
The company said its internal anti-SPIM (spam over...
Red Hat to Open-Source Netscape Directory
NEW YORK—Microsoft is hardly the only vendor working to assemble the technology pieces that could comprise next-generation digital identity management platforms.
Next week, Red Hat...
Nanotech Will Bring the World to Its Ears
New York—Researchers see nanotechnology in the future as a bridge to truly ubiquitous communications.
Jeffrey Jaffe, the president of Lucent Technologies Inc.s Bell Labs Research...
Lenovo Offers Business PC Customers a Little Help
One way that Lenovo Group, which recently acquired IBMs PC division, wants to attack the PC market is through closer collaboration with business customers.
The...
Samsung Develops Flash-Based Hard Drive
Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday that it had developed a solid-state hard disk based on flash memory.The new drives will be available in capacities...
Denial-of-Service Flaw Found in DNS Protocol
A high-profile security research outfit on Tuesday warned that a newly discovered flaw in the Domain Name System protocol could be exploited remotely to...
Microsoft Refreshes Avalon, Indigo Beta Builds
Microsoft Corp. made available for download on Monday an updated beta release of two of its future Windows subsystems: the "Avalon" presentation and the...
D: Event Brings an Abundance of Riches
Walt Mossberg provides very public technology advice to lieutenants and captains of industry through his columns in the Wall Street Journal. Mark Anderson provides...
Retailer Forced to Don New E-Commerce Garb
When K2 Inc., best known for selling outdoor sports equipment, bought outdoor clothing manufacturer Ex Officio LLC from The Orvis Company Inc. last year,...