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Sonus Networks today announced the Nasdaq Stock Market has denied the company's request for additional time to file its Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2004. Due to the extended time required to complete its recent detailed financial review and restate its historical financial results, Sonus previously announced that it would be unable to ...
Microsoft has introduced a new version of Windows XP designed for computers sold in emerging markets -- and analysts contend that is a sign that the Redmond, Washington-based software giant is worried about threats to its leading market position by Linux as well as to its bottom line by pirates Popularly known as "XP Lite," the new stripped-down ed...
It could happen in an airport when you walk from a seat in the waiting area to a newsstand. Or it could happen when you park your car in front of a client's office and rush in to pick up a needed report. Or it might happen when you walk across the room in the local coffee shop to grab cream for your latte. When you return, you make a startling revelation: Your laptop computer is gone...
Recently, there have been a number of interesting cases dealing with the liability of an ISP for the misdeeds of a user In the case of CoStar Group v. Loopnet Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit found that ISPs are not liable for copyright infringement when they passively store data. Specifically, the court found that "the automa...
Oil prices and warnings from some key technology companies weighed on U.S. stock markets Wednesday, ending a two-day rally Markets had performed well both before and after the Federal Reserve, as expected, raised interest rates on Tuesday. Upbeat comments on the economy that accompanied the report inspired confidence in investors Tuesday afternoon....
A Web services specification moved closer to World Wide Web Consortium(W3C) standard status this week as Microsoft, IBM, BEA, SAP and SunMicrosystems submitted the latest version of the WS-Addressing spec The companies said the spec will allow organizations to buildWeb services applications by defining a standard mechanism forexchanging Web service...
SCO's litigation against IBM and other companies over the use ofLinux has led many in the open-source community to consider the softwarecompany an enemy. But recently SCO has been attempting to clarify its position on theissue, noting that it not only uses open source in its products but also has contributed to open source in the past and will con...
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) scored modest gains against rival Intel in the tug-of-war for personal computer market share, using its edge in the low-end processor market to make up some ground The shift toward lower-end PC sales may be a seasonal fluctuation, one that may be reversed by more spending on higher-end machines in the U.S. and elsewhere...
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the trade group for the US movie industry, said Tuesday it has settled lawsuits with 321 Studios, a now defunct company which once made software which allowed consumers to make back up copies of DVDs and video games Earlier this month, 321 Studios ceased doing business as a result of pressure from s...
Microsoft plans to sell a discounted version of its Windows operating system to three Asian nations in a fight for market share with Linux The 12-month pilot program to provide personal computers running stripped-down versions of Windows XP to governments in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia will start in October....
The Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates by a quarter point, to 1.5 percent, on Tuesday afternoon. That much was widely expected. The real news lay in the accompanying statement, in which the Fed strongly implied that it would continue to raise rates in coming months Although the report acknowledged that recent economic news indicates s...
The most powerful three letters in the world today are www. No further explanation is required. There are also many other famous uses for this 23rd letter of the alphabet.
The best method known for getting people extremely angry at you is simply to be right where they're wrong -- especially if you give them any opportunity to read a moral subtext into whatever they're wrong about. It's sometimes okay be a tiny bit smarter than the people you work with, but it's always devastating to working relationships to be proven right if that makes people feel you are somehow morally better than they are...
At 5 a.m., German police kicked in the front door of the modest apartmenthouse in working-class Essen and, guns drawn, ordered an unsuspectingfamily out of bed. Then they hauled off a 22-year-old college student ashis stunned parents watched The intro is from a Boston Globe story that continues: "This wasn't a scene from a big-screen police thrille...
While eager to take advantage of the enhanced security features of Microsoft's long-awaited SP2 update, many corporate users of Windows XP will be cautious in activating it Microsoft did extensive compatibility testing aimed at ensuring SP2 would work with as many third-party applications as possible, but many network administrators plan to run the...
As expected, the U.S. Federal Reserve has raised short-term interest rates by a quarter of a point to 1.5 percent It says the rise in oil prices has curbed economic activity and softened the labor market but believes this will only be temporary and the economy can expect to expand down the track....
A new variant of the Bagle worm is spreading more quickly than anticipated, infecting computers in Brazil, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Taiwan and the United States. According to McAfee, the industry leader in antivirus software, the majority of infections occurred among home users, not in corporate networks. After receiving more than 150 repo...
Cisco Systems today reported its fourth quarter and fiscal year results for the periods ended July 31, 2004. Net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004 were US$5.9 billion, compared with $4.7 billion for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, an increase of 26 percent, and compared with $5.6 billion for the third quarter of fiscal 2004, an increase of 5.4 percent...
Computer viruses and variants have been known to reemergeafter a lull in activity, but the latest case, the Bagle.aq virus, highlights continued security problems. Many users are unaware that they are acting as a relay for malicious code, spam and more. The threat level for Bagle.aq was raised by antivirus giant McAfee, which said that the virus -...
The Federal Reserve increased interest rates by another quarter point and expressed optimism that the economic recovery remains on track, providing a spark for a late-day rally on Wall Street. In a widely anticipated move, the Fed boosted the benchmark federal funds rate to 1.5 percent, the second increase in about two months.
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