Monthly Archives: May 2005
Critical LISTSERV Holes Patched
E-mail list management vendor L-Soft on Thursday released a new version of its popular LISTSERV software to fix a range of "highly critical" security...
Surround-Sound Ads Make Their Way to Retailers Registers
With American retailers preparing to replace their aging point-of-sale units at record rates, a retail POS vendor called VeriFone wants to flood checkout lanes...
Whos Afraid of the Big Bad Chase?
When JP Morgan Chase—the nations largest issuer of credit cards—announced last week that it was incorporating contactless payment capabilities in all upcoming credit cards,...
HP, Lenovo Bring Out Dual-Core Business PCs
HP and Lenovo are among the PC makers rolling out business desktops armed with Intel Corp.s new dual-core Pentium D processor and accompanying chip...
Media Leaders Embrace New Directions at D
Jim Louderback and I attended The Wall Street Journals "D: All Things Digital" conference this week. Jim left Tuesday to attend the Future in...
Microsoft: Netscape 8 Breaks IE
America Online on Thursday confirmed that a bug in its new Netscape 8 Web browser was breaking certain XML configurations in Microsofts IE.The issue...
PC Makers Get Choosy with Latest Intel Gear
PC makers are making management decisions when it comes to building new desktops around Intel Corp.s latest business PC platform.
Starting on Thursday, two of...
Windows Update Skimps on Wi-Fi Security Compliance
The confusion over Wi-Fi security certification and interoperability has moved into a new gear, with Microsoft shipping a Windows XP update that is not...
SCO and Novell Get Their Day in Court
Novell got its day in court Wednesday in its attempt to knockout SCOs Unix copyright claims.
In the U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City...
Wal-Mart CIO Describes How the Retailer Implements IT Programs
Wal-Mart Executive VP and CIO Linda Dillman says the retailer takes "a development approach" to implementing large-scale IT initiatives.With Wal-Mart being centralized, it has...