Jim Rapoza

Improved performance, better standards support, and cookie and privacy control capabilities are pretty much all thats new in the recently released patch to Microsoft Corp.s Internet Explorer. Oh, wait. Its not a patch. Its Internet Explorer 6.0, a whole new version of the browser, although probably only because someone at Microsoft decided that Windows XP […]

Like professional athletes who seem to discover religion after every indiscretion, Microsoft has found security—again. When breaches occur, the born-again Microsoft issues, maybe, a couple of new patches and a couple of workarounds. This time, after the little Code Red, uh, imprudence, Microsoft has also added a very useful tool to its standard redemption rites. […]

Now is a lousy time to be in charge of network security. And not just because of the regular occurrence of dangerous new problems such as Code Red and its progeny. No, the worst part about being a network security manager is dealing with the constant barrage of reports on new security risks from the […]

If youre waiting for Netscape to release a browser that will make everyone jump ship from Microsofts Internet Explorer, keep waiting. However, if you are looking for an improvement over the buggy and slow Netscape 6.0, Version 6.1 should be a welcome upgrade. In my tests, the release version of Netscape 6.1 was fairly stable, […]

Web services are coming—at least they are if companies such as IBM, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc. and every other Web application, server or portal vendor have anything to say about it. However, although solid core standards such as XML (Extensible Markup Language) and SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) will provide the base for Web […]

Here at eWeek Labs, we are constantly on the lookout for products that will be of value to IT workers. With that in mind, what in the heck are we doing reviewing a pair of pants? What indeed! Well, um, these arent just any pants; theyre the new Dockers Mobile Pants. Although cargo pants may […]

Just when you thought your product waters were safe, Microsoft Corp. enters. High-end content management vendors such as Interwoven Inc. and Vignette Corp. wont suffer any Microsoft-induced bites in their market share, but low- to midtier vendors may have reason to fear. Microsofts Content Management Server 2001, which shipped this month, is mainly a repackaging […]

For publishers, engineers and anyone else who needs to send very large files (100MB to 1GB-plus) over the Internet, performance and reliability can be big problems. After all, no one wants to wait a couple of hours downloading a large file and then have to start all over again if something goes wrong two-thirds of […]

As a reborn security company, Novell Inc. has some pretty good products to tout. But businesses should make sure that Novells claims arent exceeding reality. eWeek Labs recently met with Novell to discuss its forthcoming iChain 2.0, which is shaping up as a strong competitor to other access-control products such as Netegrity Inc.s SiteMinder. iChain […]

In my reviews of XML standards and Microsofts .Net products, Ive consistently questioned whether Microsoft will support the standards and, if so, how fully. Well, just about two months after the release of the key XML Schema standard, it looks as if Microsoft is going for full support of the standards, rather than its more […]

For the most part, the improvements Netscape has made in the beta of Version 6.1 of its namesake Web browser are aimed at everyday users. However, one development bodes well for businesses: Netscape 6.1 finally includes some basic LDAP support. When Netscape 6.0 shipped last year, I was pretty harsh on the company for its […]

BROWSERS Like the old man in the movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” the Netscape browser has been proclaimed dead many times, only to quietly respond, “Im not dead yet.” The latest news pushing the browser to an early grave came from Netscape itself, when company officials said that in six months you wont […]