Monthly Archives: September 2006
Prep for Windows Vista Now
Jim Allchin, co-president of Microsofts platforms and services division, has sent an open letter to developers citing the "tremendous opportunity" that Windows Vista gives...
Intel Plots Its Next Move
Intel, after a series of moves designed to increase its efficiency, is attempting to get back down to business at its annual fall Intel...
RSS Security Deadline – 1
As we here at eWEEK Labs evaluate the next generation of Web browsers, operating systems, collaboration tools and other interactive applications, one feature keeps...
Microsoft Lures Second Security Guru
Microsoft has added another high-profile IT threat researcher to its growing security team by luring Jimmy Kuo, a former research fellow at anti-virus software...
Looking to Lock Down RFID
In 2005, the actions of a small-town school district in Northern California set off a chain of events that could lead to groundbreaking legislation...
Web Attacks are Biggest Threat
Attacks that capitalize on vulnerabilities in popular Web browsing software, targeted malware and phishing efforts dominated the first half of 2006, according to Symantecs...
Unpatched IE Hole Swarmed
The newest zero-day flaw in the Microsoft Windows implementation of Vector Markup Language, or VML, is being used to flood infected machines with a...
Oracle Vs. SAP: War of Words
Oracles better-than-expected earnings report Sept. 19 for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 inspired some SAP bashing from CEO Larry Ellison, but a look...
OSDL Takes on Bad Patents
Open Source Development Labs isnt sitting idle while overbroad software patents that threaten open-source developers and users are issued.So says Diane Peters, OSDLs general...
Office 2007 Gets UI, Performance Boosts
Microsofts Office 2007 Beta 2 technical Refresh introduces performance enhancements as well as user interface tweaks—most notably, more intuitive ways to work with the...