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Firefox 1.5 Beta Gains Needed Features While Firefox 1.5, released in Beta 1 this month, doesnt look like it will be an earth-shattering new version, it is shaping up to be a welcome upgrade that addresses some shortcomings of the open-source Web browser. At first glance, the browser looked the same to me, whether I […]

S. “Soma” Somasegar, Microsoft Corp.s corporate vice president of the developer division, and Paul Flessner, the companys senior vice president of server applications, are responsible for the Visual Studio 2005 tool set and SQL Server 2005 database platform, respectively. As Microsoft moves toward a Nov. 7 launch of both products, along with BizTalk Server 2006, […]

“Government is trusted with reserving for its citizens the integrity of their public records,” you said in your Sept. 19 editorial (“States Open Document Dispute Raises Legacy Questions”). However, government is also required to exercise fiscal responsibility with the money provided to it by its citizens. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts proposal to mandate that all […]

Thank you for the intelligent article on standards [Jim Rapozas Tech Directions, “High Stakes for Standards,” appearing on eWEEK.com as “FEMAs IE-Only Form: Just What Katrina Victims Dont Need,” Sept. 19]. I am a (mostly) retired software engineer who has been screaming about standards for years. I was beginning to think I was a lone […]

Scot Petersen states in the Sept. 12 “This eWEEK” column that the FEMA response to Katrina was an “abject failure.” Im no fan of the Department of Homeland Security and its Federal Emergency Management Agency division, but I think they are being unfairly blamed for the response to Katrina. From what I understand, many companies […]

In regard to Jim Rapozas Sept. 5 Tech Directions column on reverse engineering (“What Is Reverse Engineering?”), its almost impossible to have your cake and eat it, too. You cant [differentiate] the people who want to open your code to steal it from the people who simply want to create a security patch, so a […]

Given that the new open-source approaches to spam filtering are capable of virtually eliminating unwanted e-mail and preserving the good stuff, why do many companies continue to struggle with spam? Jonathan Zdziarski, the developer of the DSPAM open-source Bayesian spam blocker, believes IT departments of most small- to medium-sized businesses are afraid to try free […]

The single most common—and most damaging—error in IT security practice is the failure to approach it from a strategic perspective. IT security is a complex and competitive endeavor. Attempting to address individual issues without a clear and consistent sense of the larger picture is like trying to play chess without being able to see the […]

Microsoft on Tuesday announced a sharp reorganization of the company into three divisions in order to streamline decision making and speed to market. The software giant will realign several existing units into three core divisions—Platforms and Services; Business; and Entertainment and Devices—that better represent Microsofts goals, said Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO. In addition, Ray Ozzie, […]

Microsoft Corp., in a nationwide sting operation, nabbed eight resellers it said were pedaling pirated software, the company announced this week. Microsoft filed eight lawsuits against companies in Arizona, California, Illinois, Minnesota and New York alleging copyright infringement and trademark violations for selling pirated Microsoft software, including Windows XP, Windows NT Server Version 4.0, Office […]

If Global Warming, the H5N1 Virus, killer hurricanes, the possibility of Joe Liebermans running for president in 2008, and the never-ending quagmire in the Middle East dont have you scared to the point of considering being a guest on the Jerry Springer show, how about this recent revelation from a press release: “Overweight employees could […]

Version 4.0 Builds on PhpEd Strengths For a long time, one of the biggest weaknesses of the popular PHP Web scripting language was its lack of a good editing environment. However, this has changed greatly in recent years as popular authoring environments have added PHP support and as robust dedicated PHP editing tools have entered […]