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Microsoft Downplays Office Encryption Weakness

A security researcher has issued an alert for a "serious security flaw" in the way document encryption is implemented in Microsofts Word and Excel...

EDS, Towers Perrin Spin Off HR Outsourcing Firm

Moving to address the growing human resources outsourcing market, Electronic Data Systems Corp. is teaming with HR consultancy Towers Perrin on a joint venture. In...

Flash, Debt Drag AMD into the Red

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Tuesday that it recorded a fourth-quarter loss as the company tried to pay down debt. Processor sales hit a...

Intel Reorganizes With Hope of Inspiring Buyers

As many times as Intel has reorganized lately—four times since 1997 according to published accounts—I have to wonder whether it really matters how the...

McData Acquires Storage Networking Rival

In an attempt to round out its portfolio and compete more effectively with key competitors, storage networking vendor McData Corp. has announced intentions to...

Honeypot Project: Unpatched Linux Systems Last Longer than Windows

The Honeypot Project has added fuel to the debate over which is more secure—Linux or Windows—with findings that unpatched Linux systems can be on...

i2 Eyes Tools for Demand Planning, Inventory Mgmt.

NEW YORK—i2 Technologies Inc. is readying new tools for retailers in the areas of demand planning and inventory management, according to a company executive. Meanwhile,...

Microsofts Exchange Roadmap Takes Another Turn

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced an update to the product roadmap for its Exchange messaging server that rolls Exchange Edge Services—once intended as a...

VeriSign Faces Four Contenders for .Net

Four competitors are officially vying to wrest the management of the .net domain away from VeriSign Inc.ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and...

Stem-Cell Gold Rush Spreads Beyond California

The $3 billion that California will spend over the next 10 years on stem cell research has been repeatedly described as a 21st-century gold...