Monthly Archives: July 2005
SpreadFirefox Site Hacked, Data Leaked
The Mozilla Foundation marketing site SpreadFirefox.com, which is designed to promote adoption of Firefox, was hacked over the weekend, officials said in an e-mail...
SCO Memos Could Provide Little Smoke
A recently unsealed e-mail in the SCO vs. IBM case reveals that a 1999 study of Linux code by a SCO-employed consultant found no...
Oracle Defends Its Math on Multicore Discount
Oracle Corp.s vice president of pricing and licensing defended the math behind the companys new and comparatively stingy 25 percent rebate on multicore processors,...
IBM Enhances zSeries Systems
SOMERS, N.Y.—Far from fading into the IT history books, mainframe systems are still going strong, and, in fact, new features and capabilities are on...
Coalition Publishes Spyware Guide
Like pornography, spyware has been one of those things that most people cant define but know when they see. No longer.
The Anti-Spyware Coalition, an...
Movable Type Works to Block Blog Spam
With a focus on adding administrative control and spam-fighting features, the maker of Movable Type is updating the popular Weblog-publishing software.
Six Apart Ltd., which...
VeriSign Buys Security Firm iDefense for $40M
VeriSign Inc. said on Thursday that it has acquired security intelligence firm iDefense for $40 million in cash.
iDefense specializes in developing security intelligence about...
Pixsy Looks to Expand Image Search
A new photo search engine called Pixsy is aiming to widen the reach of image gathering for creative professionals, agencies and publishers.
With Pixsy, users...
Vonage, AT&T Top VOIP Ratings
Vonage was found to be the most reliable VOIP vendor in a study released this week, with AT&Ts CallVantage Service lauded as having the...
Vonage Voice Mail Vanishes During Site Upgrade
A new build of the Vonage Web site is preventing users from accessing their voice mail accounts from the Web.
Other users also began reporting...