Monthly Archives: November 2005
Microsoft Adds PC Security Tools to Windows Live
Microsoft has fitted an anti-virus and PC clean-up utility into the new Windows Live initiative as part of a larger plan to shuttle customers...
Moglen: GPL 3.0 Rewrite Drive Is No Democracy
NEWTON, Mass.—Users will be free to comment on the upcoming complex and technical draft versions of the GNU General Public License 3.0 in an...
Firefox Blazes New Browser Trail
A test version of a new Firefox browser is now available. New features include improved pop-up advertisement blocking and faster back and forward Web...
Cisco Reports WLAN Vulnerabilities
Certain wireless LAN access points from Cisco Systems Inc. are vulnerable to attack due to an authentication glitch, the company reported Tuesday.
The problem applies...
Security Patch Watch: Cisco IPS, Net BSD, OpenVPN
Cisco Systems Inc. has released a patch for an issue that exists in one of the components of the companys intrusion protection sensors.
In an...
CIOs: Keep Your Open Source Outta My Database
NEWTON, Mass.—A panel of CIOs at the Open Source Business Conference here on Tuesday said theyre spreading the open-source love all around, but the...
Wyse Advances Server-Based Computing Vision
Thin-client vendor Wyse Technology Inc. is continuing its migration away from appliances and toward software.
Wyse President and CEO John Kish is in New York...
Sun Unveils Enterprise Tape Drive
Sun Microsystems Inc. on Wednesday unveiled its new T10000 enterprise tape drive.
Sun is guiding the product and other technology gained through its Storage Technology...
Culturing Relevant Data at Johnson & Johnson
When the CIO of a $3 billion unit of Johnson & Johnson decided to make knowledge management a priority, he knew he was in...
Political Animal: Massachusetts IT Office on the OpenDoc Defensive
The proposal to standardize on the OpenDocument Format for all state offices in Massachusetts came under scrutiny Monday, when a special committee session was...