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Sony Electronics, maker of the first portable music device in the Walkmancassette player, has switched course on the format of its latest digitalplayers, which will now support the consumer format of choice: MP3 Sony's MP3 move is a departure from supporting only its own Atrac format,which is among a number of proprietary alternatives that, while t...
The tech industry is buzzing with rumors that search engine giant Google might be developing an Internet browser, with the speculation fueled by the company's recent hiring of former Microsoft employees as well as other factors As part of a surge of hiring in the wake of its recent blockbuster IPO, Google hired three new employees with impressive b...
While American minds may be opening to various self-help pharmaceuticals, from Viagra for erectile dysfunction to Wellbutrin for depression, American feet aren't equally comfortable walking the aisles of brick-and-mortar drugstores to get the goods, some studies show Enter Drugstore.com, a site launched in 1999. Not only does it offer privacy in pe...
A consortium of French Linux firms are poised to work on developing a highly secure Linux operating system for business, defense and government use The effort is being funded by the French Ministry of Defense, which chose Paris-based Linux vendor Mandrakesoft as the project leader. The other French companies include Bertin Technologies, Surlog, Opp...
This week, the General Accounting Office (GAO) released a study on the outsourcing of jobs overseas, prompting at least two Seattle-based unions to call for government action But while protectionism might be a typical reaction, America's future depends on embracing trade....
There are many common threads that tie together shopping for an analyst firm and kicking the tires of a sports utility vehicle. The power promised by the marketing behind both is impressive The trick is finding one that fits what you want to accomplish. Both have high expectations associated with them. And, as any test drive can quickly show, somet...
In my last article, Sarbanes-Oxley: Avoiding Its Pitfalls, I talked about alleviating the fears of well-meaning management. This article addresses the concerns of sincere board members of publicly held corporations and privately held companies. It provides guidance to enable board members to focus on making a contribution, rather than attempting to avoid civil and criminal liability by running afoul of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)...
Open-source spam killer SpamAssassin 3.0 has been released, and while the new version has more features than its predecessors, it is in the licensing where it deviates the most from past versions Previously, the software was available under either the GPL or the Perl Artistic License. For 3.0, which was released Wednesday, SpamAssassin has chosen t...
Touting research that showed the world's DSL broadband connections grewby more than 30 million subscribers in the year ending in June, the DSLForum claimed the broadband technology is doubling and dominating broadbandcable connection growth Analysts pointed out that there was a sizeable gap between DSL and broadband cable deployments, which used to...
A little more than a week ago, JPMorgan Chase withdrew from a seven-year, $5 billion Internet technology outsourcing agreement it inked in 2002 with IBM. It decided to pull IT inside However, this decision represents an anomaly in the outsourcing industry. All news reports verify IBM's accomplishment of agreed-upon milestones in the JPMorgan contra...
Online malice again was targeted at one of the backbones of the Internet, with the launch of a denial-of-service attack against credit card processor Authorize.net reportedly coupled with an attempt to extort money to halt the barrage Authorize.net, which offers credit card processing services to online merchants and through third-party software pr...
Global communications systems equipment supplier Andrew Corp. today updated its previously issued earnings guidance for the fourth quarter, noting it now expects a loss of 4 cents to 8 cents per share The company attributed the loss to slowed purchases by two big customers planning to merge, higher cost for raw materials and startup costs for new p...
While consumers have been slow to move to digital TV, that hasn't deterred Congress from trying to goose the transition process That process includes snatching back spectrum currently used to broadcastover-the-air analog TV channels -- a process that, under current law, issupposed to occur by 2007 -- but only if 85 percent of the households inAmer...
Last Sunday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, signed a bill that strengthens California's antispam laws. Senate Bill 1457 amends the current laws by making it an offense to send advertising in a spam e-mail either from California or to a California e-mail address in the following circumstances: Where the advertisement contains or is accompan...
If you ever feel in need of a lesson in humility, try reading through the TCP/IP RFCs and related literature. I have two questions I have no idea how to answer but rather naively expected that reading this material would help. It didn't, in truth because I didn't understand most of it; so now I'm asking you to explain the issues to me The two quest...
For those who think the SCO Group v. IBM lawsuit has gotten too ugly to watch, there is a fresh fight in the open-source arena over the ownership of Mambo Mambo, an open-source content-management system, is maintained by developers at the Mambo Group, and its copyright is owned by Australian firm Miro....
AMD and IBM are extending their microprocessor manufacturingcollaboration deal another three years and will now continue workingtogether on next-generation computer chips through 2008, according to aSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing from AMD this week The extension, which has yet to be approved by IBM's board of directors,builds on a ...
Sun Microsystems has unveiled its latest computing-on-demand initiative, offering access to processor power for US$1 an hour, as it becomes the latest major tech firm bidding to make real the vision of computing power as a commodity that can be bought and sold as needed Sun said it envisions computer processing power becoming another utility that c...
Cingular Wireless, AT&T Wireless and Triton PCS today said that they have signed an agreement -- contingent on the closing of Cingular's acquisition of AT&T Wireless -- that will give Cingular expanded wireless service in Virginia and Triton PCS added coverage in North Carolina and entry into the Puerto Rico MTA A nonbinding letter of intent regard...
Cingular Wireless, AT&T Wireless and Triton PCS today said that they have signed an agreement -- contingent on the closing of Cingular's acquisition of AT&T Wireless -- that will give Cingular expanded wireless service in Virginia and Triton PCS added coverage in North Carolina and entry into the Puerto Rico MTA A nonbinding letter of intent regard...
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