Monthly Archives: March 2007
NewsGator Partners with /n Software to Provide RSS Platform
NewsGator Technologies Inc., an RSS (rich site summary) provider, announced March 8 that it has penned an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) agreement with /n...
Credit Card Unions Team with Security Companies to Protect Data
A shared branching network controlled by credit unions from around the globe has forged a partnership with two security vendors in the name of...
FlipStart Is Cool but Clunky
Announced this week by Paul Allen-backed FlipStart Labs, the FlipStart is what the company calls a super compact PC but is also what most...
Don’t Trust GnuPG Encrypted and Signed E-Mail
Core Security Technologies has discovered a flaw in GNU Privacy Guard—the open-source cryptographic software system that's part of the GNU software project and at...
What We’ve Got Here Is a Failure to Communicate
Why do most IT projects fail? Poor communication, finds a Web survey released by CompTIA on March 6.Twenty-eight percent of the more than 1,000...
Friendster Drops Yahoo, Adds Google for Search, Ads
The 35th-largest social networking site has dropped Yahoo and partnered with Google for search and ad serving, according to Reuters.The partnership calls for text...
Passwords Still the Bane of the Help Desk’s Existence
What clogs the phone lines and causes the most headaches for help desk professionals? Without a doubt, they already know: forgotten passwords. Confirmation came...
Virtual Management Calls Up New E-Mail Tech
Virtual Management, a provider of voice-based services, on March 6 announced a new technology that will allow users to listen to and compose e-mails...
Google Summer of Code 2007 Heats Up
Have an open-source project that you need some help with? Well, Google is kicking off its third Summer of Code, an innovative program that...
JavaScript Hole Found in Firefox, SeaMonkey
The Mozilla Foundation reported on Monday that a critical JavaScript bug in the Firefox browser and in the SeaMonkey Internet application suite could allow...