Monthly Archives: September 2006
Microsoft Completes Prototype of Malicious Code Zapper
Microsoft Research has put the finishing touches on "BrowserShield," a program designed to zap malicious code before it can attack Internet Explorer users. (The...
Eclipse RCP Adoption Nearly Triples
The Eclipse Foundation announced the results of a recent survey on Sept. 5 that shows a dramatic increase in adoption of the Eclipse Rich...
Intel to Lay Off 10% of Work Force
Intel on Sept. 5 announced that it will lay off about 10 percent of its work force, following the conclusion of a sweeping internal...
PowerFile Ships New Active Optical Drive Appliance
PowerFile, which makes optical drive archive appliances for digital storage, introduced on Sept. 5 its Active Archive Appliance, which uses an "active" mode method...
Microsoft Confirms New Word Zero-Day Attack
Theres another Microsoft Word zero-day attack under way.
Microsoft on Sept. 5 confirmed that malicious attackers are exploiting a new, undocumented flaw in Word 2000...
Samsung Ships Samples of New NAND Flash
Samsungs semiconductor division announced Sept. 5 that it is shipping 1GB and 2GB samples of MoviNAND—an embedded combination of NAND flash memory, a multimedia...
Microsoft Adds Anti-phishing Tools to IE 7
Microsoft inked an agreement with whitelist specialist Digital Resolve on Sept. 5 to help its next-generation Internet Explorer 7 Web browsing software and Windows...
The Buzz – 18
Options ScandalShould Steve Jobs be concerned?For those keeping score of the options-backdating scandal at home, Apple Computer and Pixar are two of a slew...
iAnywhere Upgrades Everything
Few products retain a coherent vision and a top-flight technical team long enough to celebrate a Version 10 release; even then, its a dubious...
Loquation, Loquation, Loquation
Gonna make a move to a town thats right for me," falsettoed the Funkytown Furball. The Kitty was ready to trade in his press...