Monthly Archives: November 2005
Cisco Boosts Network Security With Technology Buy
Networking equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. said on Wednesday that it has agreed to purchase the Intellishield Alert Manager technology from Cybertrust Inc., security...
Windows OneCare Security Goes Live
Microsoft Corp.s Windows OneCare PC security bundle is now available to the general public.
The consumer-facing tool, which features virus scanning, firewall protection, data backup...
Linksys Wi-Fi Rivals Fast Ethernet
Cisco Systems Inc.s Linksys division is offering new Wi-Fi hardware that offers throughput and data transfer rates that rival Fast Ethernet, albeit with proprietary...
TimeData CDP Adds Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Support
Continuous data protection software vendor TimeSpring Software Corp. is the first out of the box to offer full Microsoft SQL Server 2005 support for...
RightNow Touts Open-Source and On-Demand Apps
Using open-source technology in combination with on-demand applications is the way for corporate IT departments to save the money they are currently spending on...
Bill Gates Is Not the Next Linus Torvalds
When people stop whining that Microsoft isnt becoming an open source company, Ill be able to stop writing columns like this one, in which...
Welcome to Computer Hell
Conventional wisdom says columnists should write about their own problems. But who pays any attention to conventional wisdom?
For the past month or so, Ive...
RIM Officials Confident BlackBerry Wont Shut Down
BlackBerry prospects blackened this week as a U.S. District Judge rejected Research in Motion Ltd.s request to delay an ongoing patent infringement case, but...
Firefox Faces Uphill Battle, Analysts Predict
The Mozilla Foundation is planning a renewed marketing push around the latest update to its Firefox open-source Web browser in order to boost the...
Podcast Hijacked, Held for Ransom
In an assault reminiscent of the early days of the Internet, Podcaster Erik Marcus recently found that his RSS feed had been inexplicably redirected.
According...