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Phishing Dips into Yahoo IM

Further evidence emerged this week that phishing attacks are spreading far beyond e-mail inboxes. They also are using instant messages in the quest to...

Report: Follow the Leader Brings Trouble in Retail RFID

As the young RFID retail market moves through its experimental stages to eventual full deployment, many retailers "are finding problems and frustrations" because they...

Yahoo Search Embraces Content Sharing

Yahoo has created a search site for finding digital content that can be reused and shared for free. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company Thursday will announce...

Report: RFID Is a Lost BI Opportunity

RFID is designed to make supply chains more efficient and sophisticated, but the torrent of new product data created by radio-frequency identification systems is...

The Enterprise Strikes Back!

Enterprise organizations are being attacked by a barrage of information technology challenges. From security to storage to regulatory compliance to outsourcing strategies, todays enterprise...

Software Patents and Mutually Assured Destruction

Have I mentioned that I hate software patents? Why, yes, I have. Many times. Im also a realist. Maybe someday, PUBPAT (the Public Patent Foundation) and...

Yahoo Expands Desktop Search

Yahoo Inc. has taken its first step to move desktop search beyond the data sitting on a users hard drive. Late Tuesday, Yahoo updated its...

Oracle Earnings Soar as It Adds PeopleSoft, Retek Assets

Counting the first two months of income generating from its newly acquired PeopleSoft assets, Oracle on Tuesday reported that third-quarter revenue and earnings soared...

HP Snags Online Photo Service Snapfish

Following closely on the heels of the Yahoo/Flickr announcement, Hewlett-Packard has announced its acquisition of Snapfish, a leading online photo service. "This combination of HPs...

Mac OS X Patch Includes IDN Browser Fix

Apple has rolled out a security update to correct nine potentially serious vulnerabilities in the Mac OS X operating system. The update, which carries a...