Monthly Archives: May 2007
Top Threat: Windows Hacktivation
Symantec is reporting on a Trojan horse that mimics the Windows activation interface.What they are calling Trojan.Kardphisher doesnt do most of the technical things...
MS Open-Source Patent Claims: Here We Go Again
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer claims that "Linux violates more than 228 patents. Some day, for all countries that are entering WTO , somebody will...
Symantec Aims to Ease Strains of Compliance
Symantec has upgraded its Control Compliance Suite with the addition of new features to automate the assessment of procedural controls and gather and translate...
BI Vendors Court CFOs
Top-tier business intelligence vendors are beginning to court chief financial officers of the world through new and upcoming tools designed to help answer crucial...
Is Google Sexist?
Google's search algorithms have an odd tendency to promote men over women, says Dave Wischnowsky at the Chicago Trib. A reader wrote in to...
Bluegrass Musicians Sue YouTube
Another day, another lawsuit. This one comes from the famous bluegrass mandolin player David Grisman, a friend and erstwhile bandmate of the late Jerry...
Suns Gosling: Java Is Open Source and Doing Just Fine
James Gosling, the creator of the Java language, is a Sun Microsystems vice president and fellow. Gosling spoke with eWEEK senior editor Darryl K....
SAP Snags 2 Companies, Partners with SunGard
At its annual international Sapphire user event, this year held in Vienna, SAP is stressing several themes centered on the notion of helping companies...
Cognos Now Is Newest Member of Cognos BI Family
Cognos is putting its Celequest acquisition to work.
At its annual user conference in Orlando this week, Cognos announced May 14 a new family of...
Virtual Iron Adds Virtual LAN Support
In the latest release of its virtualization software, Virtual Iron is introducing support for virtual LANs to help companies consolidate more virtual machines on...