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According to a paper by security expert Robert Moskowitz, the new WPA security scheme designed to protect 802.11 wireless networks has a fundamental flaw. The problem isnt with the scheme itself, but with how keys are exchanged. Using a Pre-Shared Key (PSK) scheme — as opposed to 802.1X — can leave a network wide open […]

MCI is considering a partnership with wireless carriers to provide services to customers, according to MCI CEO Michael Capellas. He said any agreement would likely be with a carrier that is not tied to local telephone companies. WorldCom, which has been doing business as MCI, last week won court approval of its corporate reorganization. Read […]

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced the adoption of Bluetooth Specification Version 1.2. The new version introduces adaptive frequency hopping, which allows Bluetooth to more efficiently coexist with other 2.4 GHz technologies like 802.11b and 802.11g. Consumer products based on the new specification are expected to begin shipping in the next quarter. Bluetooth […]

Its been a year since the Tablet PC launched. Since then, the platform has grown and gotten even better with the addition of Centrino, new designs and new form factors. Join PC Magazine editors in an eSeminar on Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. EST for a look back at the advances over the years and […]

The Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) division has set itself an ambitious roadmap, running through calendar 2006. And company officials detailed a number of its upcoming milestones at its worldwide partner conference last month. Much of MBS work will involve stitching together products from Great Plains, Navision, FRx Software and bCentral — all of which are […]

Watch out, Macromedia. Here comes Microsoft “Sparkle.” According to press reports, Sparkle is an animation toolset that will likely emerge as part of the Longhorn wave of products/technologies. Some are describing Sparkle as a Macromedia “Flash killer.” Microsoft officials declined to comment on Sparkle. But heres what Microsoft Watch uncovered: Microsofts graphics subsystem for Longhorn […]

The digital revolution is shredding, forever, the curtain that once hid all sorts of information about corporate behavior, operations and performance from public view. Yet few companies are ready to handle the new scrutiny—and this transparency is proving to be increasingly costly and upsetting for companies struggling with new levels of exposure. In their just-released […]

As Microsoft Corp. rolls out its first-generation Windows rights-management service (RMS) designed to keep confidential documents, e-mail and other corporate data, the company is working on its second iteration of the technology, which will be part of its Longhorn wave. At the RSA Europe 2003 show in Amsterdam, Microsoft officially launched its RMS Server and […]

Network Appliance Inc., aka NetApp, will acquire Spinnaker Networks Inc. for $300 million in stock, officials said Tuesday. The deal will expand Network Appliances technology holdings. Currently, NetApps. storage servers currently can cluster only two nodes, however Spinnakers software allows for hundreds of nodes on a single cluster, explained Suresh Vasudevan, senior director of software […]

Intellectual Property The recording industry filed 80 more federal lawsuits around the country last week against computer users it said were illegally sharing music files across the Internet. Those 80 people were among 204 who had been threatened with lawsuits earlier this month by the Recording Industry Association of America. The RIAA said the remaining […]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Sybase Enterprise Portal 5.1 For companies that want a powerful and highly extensible EIP with strong data integration capabilities, Sybase Enterprise Portal provides very good capabilities with broad platform and standards support. Excellent user interface; robust portal capabilities; good portlet creation features. Interface for managing user rights is not intuitive. KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS […]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Plumtree Corporate Portal 5.0 Providing some of the most complete options and capabilities found in an EIP, Plumtree Corporate Portal 5.0 regains Plumtrees spot at the top of the portal heap. Plumtree Corporate Portals ASP.Net option makes the product attractive to companies that dont want to go with Java servers. Excellent portlet creation […]