Monthly Archives: November 2005
Webroot: Good News and Bad
The face of spyware is changing as adware infection rates level off and targeted Trojans and system monitors become more prevalent. So says the...
Office Files Will Be Open
Microsoft Corp. will finally make its Office file formats open to all.The Redmond, Wash., software company next month will submit the Microsoft Office Open...
Solaris 10 to Get PostgreSQL
Sun Microsystems Inc. has lived up to its promise made earlier this year to include an open-source database with its Solaris 10 operating system.The...
Teed Up for 06: Data Breaches, Spyware
Before leaving for the Thanksgiving holiday, Senate panels approved bills on two data privacy issues that were debated all year—data breach notification and anti-spyware...
A Healthy IT Outlook
Initiatives in digital handling of medical information, for example by the military, and driven by the lessons of large-scale natural disasters like this seasons...
Virtuozzo Software Gets 64-Bit Support
Vendors continue to bring more virtualization options into the data center.SWsoft this month upgraded its Virtuozzo for Windows software, bringing the capabilities for that...
Business Briefs: Microsoft Looking for New Chief of MBS Unit
Microsoft is on the hunt for a new chief for its Microsoft Business Solutions unit.Doug Burgum, senior vice president for the Business Solutions Group—who...
Microsoft Promotes Cross-Platform Accessibility Tech
Microsoft Corp. is in the process of transitioning from its old accessibility model to a new model supported in Windows Vista.
Microsoft is moving from...
Microsofts Business Solutions Unit Settles In
With the release of its Dynamics GP 9.0 suite earlier this month and additional Dynamics releases expected throughout the coming year, Microsoft Corp. is...
Pair of Apple Products Leaves Sour Taste
Researchers at eEye Digital Security have taken a bite out of two popular Apple Computer Inc. products, flagging two critical vulnerabilities in the iTunes...