Monthly Archives: October 2005
Skype Patches High-Risk Security Holes
Multiple security flaws in the popular Skype voice chat application could put millions of users at risk of computer takeover attacks, the company acknowledged...
Maxtor Breaks 500-GB Barrier
Maxtor Corp. said Monday that it too had entered the half-terabyte storage market, announcing drives for the PC, CE and enterprise markets.Seagate also recently...
Tibco Expands Retail Portfolio with Acquisition
Tibco Software Inc. announced Monday the acquisition of Velosel Corp., a buy that moves the company into the MDM (master data management) realm and...
IBM Pushes Button on Xbox 360 Chips
IBM said Tuesday that it has begun production of the microprocessors that will serve as the brain of Microsoft Corp.s next-generation video game and...
IBM Offers WebSphere for Geronimo
IBM Corp. Tuesday announced two open source initiatives around its application server offerings and standards in the storage community.
The Armonk, N.Y.-based company announced a...
Decru Launches Fibre Channel and SCSI Security Appliances
With new storage security appliances aimed at Fibre Channel and SCSI backup, Decru is making headway in its effort to create an enterprise-wide security...
Sun to Expand Market for its Linux Variant
Sun Microsystems Inc. has big plans for its Java Desktop System and on Tuesday announced a new program that will allow its desktop Linux...
Microsoft Opens Book on Publications Search
Microsofts MSN Internet search group detailed its new effort to catalog books, academic materials, periodicals and other print resources on Tuesday.
Dubbed as MSN Book...
Getting Started as a Big-Time Security Whiz
Since my e-mail address gets put at the end of many of the things that I write, I (understandably) receive e-mails from people. Some...
Google Tests its Reputed eBay Killer
Search giant Google, Inc. tipped its hand this week to Google Base, its much-rumored auction service that many people believe is meant to compete...