Monthly Archives: September 2005
OpenOffice.org Update Sees the Light of Day
While some office suite users are still waiting for OpenOffice.org 2.0 to arrive, its parent organization has quietly released OpenOffice.org 1.1.5.
The latest OO.o (OpenOffice.org)...
Dell Launches Several New PCs Overseas
Dell is not-so-quietly venturing into waters it had not previously sailed. This week the worlds largest personal computer maker augmented its already considerable personal...
Oracle Database 10g Update Tackles Security, Compliance
/zimages/6/114596.jpgSAN FRANCISCO—Everybodys taking the heat on security.
Regulations require that databases be audited, while data encryption too often means a drag on performance and multiple...
Novell Announces Stock Buyback
Novell unexpectedly announced on Thursday that its board of directors had approved a share repurchase program for up to $200 million of Novell common...
The Downside of Citizen Journalism
I am not a big fan of the "citizen journalism" being practiced on the Internet these days. One of the tenets of "real" journalism...
Google Wi-Fi Would Have a Big Impact
Heres the question of the week about Google, the little "search engine" company thats morphed into a big interesting Internet company: Will the company...
Symantec Buys Anti-Phishing Vendor
Symantec on Thursday announced plans to purchase WholeSecurity, a deal that adds behavior-based and anti-phishing technology to its Internet security product roster.
Financial terms of...
From Gooey Designs to GUI, IT Helps Ice Cream Chain Deliver
The managers at one of the nations fastest-growing ice cream chains pride themselves on customers who know exactly what they want sweet-wise when given...
Phone Companies Report on Katrina Response
As the country braces for Hurricane Rita, which is expected to hit land Friday or Saturday, lawmakers in Washington continue their struggle to understand...
US-CERT Malware Naming Plan Faces Obstacles
US-CERT, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, will begin issuing uniform names for computer viruses, worms and other malicious code next month, as part...