Monthly Archives: July 2005
Oracle Buys Up Retail Forecaster
Oracles purchase of ProfitLogic on Tuesday was a shot across the bow to competitors, signaling not only that the company is determined to rule...
Military Picks CA for Hefty Anti-Spyware Contract
Millions of U.S. military computers will be protected from spyware using software from Computer Associates, the company said Wednesday.
The Defense Information Systems Agency awarded...
MS Ships Killbit Workaround for IE Security Hole
One week after confirming a code execution flaw in its flagship Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft has shipped a "killbit" package to disable the affected...
Microsoft-Claria Rumors Could Be an Inside Job
There is there a battle going on inside Microsoft over the possible acquisition of Claria, the worlds largest spyware company.
Thats one of the lines...
Microsoft Provides Hotfix for Tablet PC Leak
Microsoft released a patch Tuesday that fixes a memory leak problem that has frustrated users of Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005. Microsoft said...
SCO vs. IBM Trial Date Set for 2007
If you thought that the SCO vs. IBM case was on its last legs, think again.
In the latest chapter of the case, Judge Dale...
Financial Institutions to Share Identity-Theft Data
Due in large part to the rash of identity-theft cases involving financial powerhouses such as Bank of America, Ameritrade and ChoicePoint, the financial industry...
Law and Order on the Internet
Of the many discouraging aspects of computer security, one of the worst is that offenders are rarely punished at all, let alone seriously. I...
Picking a Desktop for Your Business or Home
At last count, Ive got two-dozen computers in my home office, including six on my desk.How do I do it? Well, let me just...
Bleeding-Edge Linux Desktop: SuSE Linux Professional 9.3
Novell Inc.s SuSE Linux Professional 9.3 desktop gives not only other leading Linux desktop distributions like Xandros a run for their money, but also...