Monthly Archives: June 2006
Viper Bites at Last
IBM has let "Viper" out of the bag, unleashing the next-generation DB2 9 data server with XML handling capabilities that Big Blue claims will...
VOIP Scam Highlights Growing Security Issue
When federal law enforcement officials arrested two individuals June 7 for running a scam in which they allegedly sold discount voice-over-IP services delivered secretly...
Selecting a Small Business Startup Desktop
While June is traditionally the time that grads think about what to do next, summer days also bring out the "what if" questions in...
Microsoft Patch Day Dozen
Microsoft plans to release a dozen security bulletins June 13 to provide fixes for a wide range of critical software vulnerabilities.The June batch of...
Louisiana Stamps out Food-Stamp Fraud
In Louisiana, more than 600,000 residents have been receiving food stamps each month, at a cost of $600 million annually to the federal government.
In...
Group Eyes Fortress-like Hard Drives
Headline-making data losses may someday be a thing of the past, thanks to widespread use of data encryption, hard drive makers hope.
The Trusted Computing...
Dell XPS Notebook Impresses with Big Design, Big Price
Every once in a while I get a notebook that blows me away with its visionary concept and bold design. Grand in every sense...
Data Losses May Spur Lawsuits
From the nations largest financial services institutions to the local YMCA, legal and privacy experts maintain that organizations that inadvertently or secretly expose their...
Using Open Source to Make Money on Generic PCs
Say youre in the business of making PCs. And, you want to make money at this business.
Its not easy. There was a time in...
Avaya Ups the IP Phone Ante
Avaya borrowed a page from cell phone makers playbook on June 8 when it launched the latest additions to its line of one-X IP...