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Dell Draws Ire Over Canceled Customer Care Boards

Dell customers are grieving over the computer maker's decision to shut down its Customer Care message boards As the Customer Care boards have been an integral part of the company's Community Forum, the service shutdown has some questioning Dell's commitment to its customers....

SCO Spins Linux E-mail Memo Claims

A 2002 e-mail claims a SCO Group investigation failed to uncover any evidence that Linux contained copyrighted Unix code Groklaw yesterday posted an e-mail dated August 2002 penned by SCO Group engineer Michael Davidson. The message allegedly made its way to one of the company's senior vice presidents and then on to SCO Group CEO Darl McBride....

Poll: Consumers Prefer Blu-ray to HD DVD

The Blu-ray Disc Association is trumpeting a survey it commissioned to demonstrate its lead in the DVD standards war. The poll suggests that as the battle between Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD heats up, consumers prefer Blu-ray as their format of choice Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates conducted the poll in which consumers were given a side-by-side co...

VeriSign Buys iDefense for $40 Million

Internet security firm VeriSign has acquired Reston, Va.-based security intelligence firm iDefense for approximately US$40 million in cash iDefense provides special intelligence information about network-based security threats and vulnerabilities to financial services firms, government agencies, retailers and other large enterprises. The company em...

Sun 'Open-Sources' Its Authentication Technology

Sun Microsystems earlier this week announced plans to open source its Web site authentication and Web single sign-on (SSO) technologies through the Open Source Web Single Sign-On (OpenSSO) project The company's goal is to empower Java technology developers to participate in the evolution of these security components and ultimately include them in e...

VeriSign Acquires iDefense in $40 Million Deal

Internet security firm VeriSign today announced it has acquired Reston, Va.-based security intelligence firm iDefense for approximately US$40 million in cash iDefense provides special intelligence information about network-based security threats and vulnerabilities to financial services firms, government agencies, retailers and other large enterpri...

Survey Shows Consumers Favor Blu-ray Over HD DVD Format

The Blu-ray Disc Association is trumpeting a survey it commissioned to demonstrate its lead in the DVD standards war. The poll suggests that as the battle between Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD heats up, consumers prefer Blu-ray as their format of choice Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates conducted the poll in which consumers were given a side-by-side co...

Blu-ray Disc Association Slaps HD DVD in Consumer Poll

The Blu-ray Disc Association is trumpeting a survey it commissioned to demonstrate its lead in the DVD standards war. The poll suggests that as the battle between Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD heats up, consumers prefer Blu-ray as their format of choice Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates conducted the poll in which consumers were given a side-by-side co...

Firefox Experiences Its Own 'Patch Tuesday'

The Mozilla Foundation yesterday urged users to download the latest security update to Firefox, its popular open-source Web browser Firefox 1.0.5 is a security update that addresses several bugs and makes improvements to the software's stability, according to Mozilla. In all, the new version addresses 12 vulnerabilities, including Javascript origin...

Skype, Boingo Planning VoIP for Hot Spots

Voice over Internet Protocol provider Skype Technologies and wireless hot spot operator Boingo Wireless have announced a new service that combines each company's technologies Currently a beta service, Skype Zones is a custom version of Boingo software that will allow Skype's 45 million-plus users to access Internet telephony via Boingo's worldwide ...

Microsoft Launches PC Entertainment Devices

In a bid to bolster its move from the office to the living room, Microsoft today said it would unveil two new hardware devices for PC entertainment Microsoft Hardware has developed a three-in-one control center for a Windows XP-based Media Center PC with remote, keyboard and mouse capabilities in one device designed exclusively for the living room....

Skype, Boingo Team to Bring VoIP to WiFi Hotspots

Voice over Internet Protocol provider Skype and wireless hotspot operator Boingo Wireless today announced a new service that combines each company's technologies Currently a beta service, Skype Zones is a custom version of Boingo software that will allow Skype's 45 million-plus users to access Internet telephony via Boingo's worldwide network of 1...

The Enterprise Server Battle: What IT Managers Should Know

The battle between Microsoft- and Linux-based servers just got a new twist. It is spelled N-O-V-E-L-L. While many IT managers are still arguing about which platform is fundamentally better, Novell is hoping to generate a buzz around its new Open Enterprise Server system Open Enterprise Server is a Linux-based alternative to Microsoft Windows Server...

Good Targets RIM With Sprint, Microsoft, IBM Deals

In a move to grab market share in the BlackBerry segment, Good Technology today announced partnerships with Sprint, Microsoft and IBM Good Technology provides wireless hand-held computing software and services in competition with Research in Motion. Good peddles GoodLink wireless corporate e-mail service and develops support software applications a...

IBM Unveils Dual-Core PowerPC Processor

IBM last week unveiled details about a dual-core version of its PowerPC processor at the Power Everywhere forum in Tokyo. Big Blue is targeting entry-level servers, clustered environments and the embedded market with its new product The PowerPC 970MP is a dual-core version of IBM's PowerPC 970FX. It is a 64-bit, symmetric multiprocessing (SMP)-capa...

Microsoft Back on Midmarket Bandwagon With Server System

In a move to cater to midsize businesses, Microsoft today announced a Windows Server System bundle aimed at companies with 50 to 250 PCs. The software giant is hoping to gain the traction in the midmarket that it has achieved with its Small Business Server The Windows Server System offering includes Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, Microsoft ...

Adobe Reader Flaw Depicts Emerging Vulnerability Trend

Adobe Systems yesterday reported its Reader contains a vulnerability that would allow an attacker to remotely execute malicious code. A security flaw in the dominant document-sharing software could allow hackers to seize control of a computer system Adobe Acrobat Reader is a program for viewing Portable Document Format (PDF) documents. Under specia...

Microsoft Debuts New Digital Imaging Suite

Microsoft yesterday launched its Digital Image Suite 2006, a package of tools designed to help consumers organize, enhance and share digital images Microsoft is hoping to gain greater traction in a growing digital imaging market. PMA Marketing Research predicts consumers will take 25 billion digital photos this year alone, and that's not counting a...

Cisco's AON Seeks to Add Intelligence to Middleware

Cisco Systems entered the middleware market when it launched its Application-Oriented Networking (AON) in late June. The technology is designed to add intelligence to the network so it can better understand business-application communications to support more effective and efficient business decisions Cisco's approach to AON is based on technology t...

China Joins International Anti-Spam Pact

Beijing has officially joined international efforts to fight spam. The Chinese government yesterday adopted the London Action Plan on International Spam Enforcement Collaboration The purpose of the Action Plan is to promote international spam enforcement cooperation and address spam-related problems, such as online fraud and deception, phishing, an...

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