Sean Gallagher

While word of a major vulnerability in the fabric of the Internet leaked out a bit sooner than folks at the Department of Homeland Security would have liked, there isnt a whole lot to panic about. The threat posed by an exploit of the TCP has already been addressed where it matters most—at the core […]

Will open source become the predominant development model for software? “Its just a matter of time,” Lotus founder Mitch Kapor told an audience of software developers this morning. The audience of more than 300 was gathered at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., for PyCon, a conference organized by volunteers from the Python community. The […]

/zimages/4/17485.gif Justifying the purchase of new technology is usually a highly individual process: The acquiring company has the final say whether to adopt or not. That will not be the case with radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags. If you work with Wal-Mart or the Department of Defense (DOD), the decision’s already been made for you. XLS […]

Just when you thought the Windows security picture couldnt get any worse, Microsoft confirmed Friday that source code from its well-worn Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 operating systems had been leaked on the Internet. On Feb. 10, the company announced two new security holes that affect all of the companys desktop and server operating […]

Just when you thought the Windows security picture couldnt get any worse, Microsoft confirmed Friday that source code from its well-worn Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 operating systems had been leaked on the Internet. On Feb. 10, the company announced two new security holes that affect all of the companys desktop and server operating […]

NEW YORK—Like the floor wax that is also a dessert topping, Amazon.com wants to be more than just a retailer. “Amazon is a retailer, a development platform and an outsourcing solution,” said Tom Killalea, the companys vice president of infrastructure. Soon, Amazon will be able to add another title to its collection: pure-Linux enterprise.Killalea announced […]

Toymaker Little Tikes always got new products onto store shelves. But many werent ending up under the Christmas tree. Earlier prototyping changed that. Matt Smith got an introduction to performing under pressure in October. The University of Toledo engineering student, working with The Little Tikes toy company in a cooperative-learning program, was asked to quickly […]

Chairman William Killgallon of toymaker Ohio Art is expecting his companys stocking to be filled with lumps of counterfeit goods this holiday season. Killgallon isnt happy about it. Ohio Art, which sells about $37 million worth of playthings such as Etch-a-Sketch tablets and the Betty Spaghetty family of dolls, has spent millions over the years […]

Did you know that: The main problem is sharing, at allSecurity and government regulations are driving law enforcement and intelligence agencies to share sensitive information over great distances, instantly. But sharing data effectively means sharing it safely. One way is with replication, creating a constantly updated copy of information on the computers of a trusted […]

Youd think the news that Microsoft Corp. faces a half-billion dollar judgment against it in an intellectual-property lawsuit brought by a one-man company and the University of California would have competitors of the Redmond Menace cackling with glee. And, indeed, there may have been some electronic high-fives exchanged when the news of Eolas Technologies Inc.s […]

After Novells announcement this week that it plans to acquire Ximian, industry observers might be forgiven a collective “Huh?” At first glance, the two seem to be the least-compatible of couples. Novell is first and foremost a server company; Ximian is primarily a Linux desktop company best-known for Linuxs GNOME visual interface. Novell has been […]

The way Suns Java programming language has been developed is something of a paradox. Sun owns the core code behind Java, which is used to create applications that can run across an almost-unlimited number of computers in a “distributed” environment, such as the Internet. But a majority of the underlying technology for the version most […]