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Centralized desktop management -- already a necessity to prevent adverse impacts from rolling out new applications or patches -- has become a critical part of fending off the latest worms and other viruses that can wreak havoc on an IT environment. OnDemand claims its latest WinInstall software is t...
A group of Europe's largest semiconductor companies and research centers has announced a project called NanoCMOS that will push developments in semiconductor materials, processes, architecture and interconnection through the use of nanotechnology. Participants in the project include Infineon, Philip...
After a rough start to the year, with serious security problems and European antitrust regulators aiming to separate Windows from the company's media player, Microsoft got a win this week as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rejected the patent claims of Eolas and the University of Califo...
According to Tom Ferguson, the Episcopal Church's associate deputy for ecumenical relations, religion not only has a distinct role in technology, but technology also can be vital in shaping religious communities. In his role in the office of interfaith relations at the Episcopal Church, Ferguson has...
BobVila.com has long been recognized as a magnet for homeowners starting home improvement projects, but it also may become a milestone for attorneys searching for ways to crank up their cash flow. Last Friday, the first lawsuit filed under the federal CAN-SPAM law targeted the home-improvement Web p...
The family of MyDoom e-mail worms remains an active threat because of compromised computer systems and unprotected personal computers even though the virus was programmed to shut down last month. As a result of the prevalent infections, the MyDoom creators still can mobilize a vast network of comput...
In an accusation reminiscent of Microsoft's U.S. antitrust case -- which dealt with the company's bundling of the Internet Explorer Web browser with the Windows operating system -- the European Commission has signaled it might penalize Microsoft or force it to separate its Windows Media Player from ...
I sit on a lot of PC company advisory boards, and, while this may surprise you, I actually point out Apple's competitive advantages on a regular basis. The problem for me is Apple's market share, which is at a tiny and stable 2.6 percent of the PC marketplace. Don't get me wrong, Dell is where Apple...
The mall's latest fashion trend is not carried at Liz Claiborne, Tommy Hilfiger or J. Crew. Instead, young adults are flocking into Best Buy and Circuit City for the latest accessory: camera phones. The product's low price and convenience have sparked a sales boom: Market research firm In-Stat/MDR, ...
Microsoft is making it clear that Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP -- a more than 220-MB software update dubbed "XP plus" and "mini-Longhorn" by some industry watchers -- will have a sizeable effect on other applications as it seeks to shut out security weaknesses in enterprise systems. Microsoft...
Two new technologies from the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) -- a Xerox subsidiary and spinoff company that has produced laser printing, Ethernet and the graphical user interface, among other innovations -- promise to make wireless connections simpler and safer while giving today's mobile devices ...
With John Kerry almost certainly destined to emerge victorious from the Democratic primary fray, he is turning up the heat on the hot-button topic of overseas outsourcing -- and the Bush administration is preparing to respond in earnest. The overall US$10 billion IT outsourcing market still makes up...
Ahhh-choo! Ahh, lucky you. Every time you are exposed to a virus, your immune system builds resistance to that particular bug. So, why can't we build computers that do the same thing? "If our bodies functioned like computers, we'd be extinct," said Steve Hofmeyr, founder and chief scientist of Sana ...
In a plot twist reminiscent of a soap opera, domain registrar GoDaddy is throwing its support to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which is being sued by competing registrar VeriSign. The lawsuit involves ICANN's demand that VeriSign suspend its controversial SiteFinde...
Like a city corner that has fallen victim to the graffiti tag signs of rival gangs, the Internet has now become the basis of a war of words and worms between virus writers, who are unleashing virus variants to eat one another's work and spread to more computers. The exchange among virus writers and ...