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These are indeed tumultuous times, particularly with international and local political conflicts shaping what appears to be a turning point in U.S. history. Clearly, technology is helping to define these changes at the global level, especially with third-world countries coming online every day and technology transforming the way first-world countries communicate and interoperate. But in discussions about technology in the IT press, ethical questions about technology's role are often sidelined or folded into questions about technology's benefits from the perspective of efficiency, information handling or processing power.
In the latest example of a small software firm with cutting-edge technology being scooped up by a big-name tech player, privately held Trigo Technologies has agreed to be acquired by IBM, where its technology will become part of Big Blue's burgeoning middleware portfolio Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Trigo, which is based in Brisbane, Calif...
Research firm IDC has predicted overall PC semiconductor revenue, from desktop and mobile units combined, will grow 18 percent to US$53.6 billion in 2004, marking the highest annual growth rate expected during the study's forecast period. From 2003 to 2008, IDC forecast, the PC semiconductor market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.8 percent, rising from $45.4 billion to $66.1 billion over those five years...
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 post, owned by Boston-based BVWebTies and marketed b...
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 computers at any time. Marching orders sent to infected m...
How secure are application service providers (ASPs) -- and is too much of that answer riding on customers' usernames and passwords? A recent survey by organizers of the Infosecurity Europe conference showed that 90 percent of office workers would reveal their passwords to a stranger -- in this case, an interviewer at the Waterloo Station in London ...
Predicting where an industry is headed is a tricky endeavor, especially if that industry is e-commerce. Many signs point toward a bright future: Online shopping activity is soaring, holiday seasons are becoming positively merry, and customer service seems to be evolving well. On the other hand, some customers still fear identity theft, site usability is a continuing issue, and establishing an online brand is far from simple...
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 its operating system for antitrust violations. Ac...
Software giant Computer Associates is refuting reports that it is among a handful of companies that have agreed to buy a license to run Linux from SCO Group, which has sued companies that have refused the license on the basis of its claims to owning certain source code used in Linux SCO backpedaled from confirmations last week that CA was among the...
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 once was at the top of the PC stack. But Dell got ...
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, a division of Reed Elsevier PLC, found that vendors...
Home improvement guru and media mogul Martha Stewart was found guilty Friday of charges that she obstructed the investigation into her 2001 sale of nearly 4,000 shares of ImClone, a close friend's company, just before the stock plummeted in value Stewart was found guilty of conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of justice and two counts of ma...
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 The Redmond, Washington-based software giant claims it has w...
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 a new way to communicate and learn from each other...
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 less than 3 percent of global spending on inform...
The heated battle between The SCO Group and the open-source community took another turn this week as an e-mail became public that seemed to imply Microsoft helped SCO raise millions of dollars for its legal war against open source. The latest twist in the SCO saga arose when an outspoken open-source backer posted an e-mail between a SCO executive ...
A quiet trading day on Wall Street segued into a small dip after market close Thursday when semiconductor leader Intel narrowed its first-quarter revenue expectations. This morning, however, Intel's stock dropped more steeply, shedding more than 2 percent of its value on the news. Intel announced Thursday that its revenue in the first quarter will...
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 Security. "The body is a dynamic place that profi...
The U.S. federal government can be a lucrative market for many vendors in the IT hemisphere, thanks to its constant demand for technology, certain agencies' willingness to sign long-term contracts for products and services, and the current focus on data security. One might even say the path to government contracts is paved with gold -- and crater-size potholes...
The White House push to secure the U.S. digital infrastructure does not exclude IT systems of federal agencies, according to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which released its Federal Government Information Security Report to Congress this week The OMB is required to submit the yearly report to Congress as part of the Federal Information...
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