Monthly Archives: November 2005
Microsoft Unveils New Apps for Industry Builder Program
To address its customers desire to have one source for product support—or more pointedly, someone to turn to if a third-party application provider goes...
Redmond Mulls Emergency Patch for IE Attacks
Microsoft Corp. is working on a plan to release an out-of-cycle patch to cover a gaping hole in its dominant Internet Explorer browser.
Sources say...
Tempe Launches Citywide Wi-Fi Network
City officials in Tempe, Ariz. hosted a "Cutting the Wires" ceremony on Monday, marking the initial availability of Tempes citywide wireless access network.
The WAZTempe...
GPL 3.0 Beckons Open-Source Community
The Free Software Foundation and the Software Freedom Law Center on Wednesday released the road map for the long-awaited revision of the GNU General...
Sun Gives Away Java Enterprise System, Other Software
Sun Microsystems Inc. has decided to make its Java Enterprise System, Sun N1 management software, and Sun developer tools available for development and deployment...
Security Patch Watch: Sun Java, Symantec, Cisco
Sun Microsystems Inc. on Wednesday released fixes for vulnerabilities discovered in the Sun Java Runtime Environment and in the Java Software Development Kit, which...
FTC Touts Anti-Spam Technologies
Internet users can be spared up to 95 percent of the spam sent their way if their ISPs use anti-spam filters, according to a...
Tax Scam Preys on Refund-Hungry Public with Real Gov Site
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers about a phishing scam that uses promises of tax refunds to steal sensitive financial information.
The IRS...
Apple Plugs Critical Safari Browser Flaws
Apple Computer Inc. late Tuesday shipped a massive Mac OS X update to correct security flaws in several Internet-facing components, including multiple code execution...
Yahoo Will Add RSS to Mail Service
Aiming to drive RSS adoption to a broader market, Yahoo Inc. is adding an RSS reader to its forthcoming Yahoo Web mail service, currently...