Monthly Archives: February 2007
Alfresco Moves from Mozilla-Style License to GPL
Alfresco Software Inc., an open-source enterprise content management software company, announced Feb. 23 that it will offer its next release under the GNU GPLV2...
The Coal-Job Growth Connection
Business energy costs and the pains of reducing them are probably not at the top of the mind of the average cubicle-dweller, but this...
Most Critical Firefox Flaw Remains Unzapped
The most critical flaw in Firefox hasn't been addressed in the update released today.Mozilla's out with Firefox updates and is urging that customers upgrade...
A 40-Hour Work Week? How Quaint
"For many American knowledge workers, the 40-hour work week is as quaint a notion as the lunch hour," said Tim Fitzpatrick, a Lexmark vice...
All You Do Is Talk, Talk? Do It Wirelessly
With users relying on multiple devices for voice communication—be they cell phones, desk phones or VOIP services—the demand for flexible telephony devices will continue...
Office 2007 May Have Taken Its First Hit
And so it begins anew: Microsoft's security problems.In what looks to be the first remotely exploitable bug in an Office 2007 application, Microsoft is...
Google Had Me at Hello
Google, Google, Google. You had me at hello—or search—and you became a common verb in the process. But you continue to ply me with...
The Dissection of a Rootkit
Security analysts have been predicting that kernel rootkits, which cloak their activity by replacing a portion of a programs software kernel with modified code,...
Browsers Take a Bruising
Polish hacker Michal Zalewski has found yet another flaw in Mozilla's Firefox browser, this one having to do with memory corruption and possible system...
Look Out, Microsoft
We in the computer trade press remain ever poised to chronicle the next major battle between Microsoft and whatever company, governing body or new...