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In a letter sent to VeriSign on Friday, ICANN CEO Paul Twomey told the domain registry that it had until 6 PM Saturday to comply with a request to take down the SiteFinder service. At some point on Saturday, VeriSign complied with the request and turned off the redirection service for mistyped .com and .net domains Having failed to convince VeriSig...
SGI, the latest distributor of Linux under fire from SCO Group and its source-code claims, has met SCO's threat to pull SGI's license for Irix by removing portions of the code in question and counterclaiming that SCO's position is "absurd." Mountain View, California-based SGI's vice president of software, Rich Altmaier, wrote in the "Letter to the ...
Competitors IBM and EMC have announced they will share some of the code underlying their storage and server software in a bid to make their systems work together more smoothly. The companies said the deal, which includes limited sharing of programming interfaces, will provide enterprise customers with more flexibility by allowing them to mix and m...
Cisco Systems has been synonymous with routers for nearly 20 years. With more than 90 percent of the enterprise market, according to Yankee Group vice president Zeus Kerravala, the company is the incumbent vendor -- and a smart one as well "The only way for [another vendor] to overtake them is for them to falter, and I just don't see them making th...
Corporate demand for computer security experts is growing -- and so are the options available to higher-education students and IT professionals who want to increase their expertise without overstepping legal or ethical boundaries At present, financial institutions worldwide allot 6 percent of their total IT budgets to security, according to a repor...
In conjunction with WebEx, Yahoo is now taking orders for its Business Messenger service. The company will host a demonstration of the service during the Instant Messaging Planet Conference October 15th and 16th at the San Jose Convention Center Yahoo also announced that two clients already have started using the service, which combines Yahoo's ins...
Having failed to convince VeriSign to voluntarily suspend its Web redirection service that began September 15th, the body that oversees all domain registrars is now pointing to contract violations and demanding that VeriSign halt the service The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) sent a letter to VeriSign and a message to I...
While fans of the Psion series of PDAs and palmtop computers have hailed the devices as the future of handheld computing, the Psion systems have caught on mainly in Europe, with the European market favoring a clamshell design and a thumb keyboard for its PDAs The Diamond Mako -- a rebranded U.S. version of the Psion Revo -- did have some widespread...
While computer attackers are taking advantage of a recent vulnerability in Internet Explorer, Microsoft has yet to release an update that can patch exposed systems. However, there are workarounds that users can employ to protect their systems The software security holes that affect Internet Explorer versions 5.01 through 6.0, first disclosed in Aug...
Once again, computer attackers are taking advantage of a recent vulnerability -- this time an unpatched flaw in Microsoft's widely used Internet Explorer browser -- to have their way with vulnerable Windows machines through malicious programs known as Trojans The software security holes that affect Internet Explorer versions 5.01 through 6.0, first...
IBM and Siebel Systems have announced plans to work together to offer low-cost, on-demand and hosted customer relationship management services, a move the companies say will bring world-class software within reach of many small and mid-size companies. The offering, known as Siebel CRM OnDemand, will be sold at a monthly price of US$70 per user and...
A California woman has filed what could become a class-action suit against Microsoft, claiming the software giant's flaw alert and patching system is inadequate and fails to protect consumers. The action, being handled by a California attorney known for taking on big business on behalf of consumers, stems from an apparent case of identity theft th...
Various instant messaging (IM) products are readily available around the Internet, and because of the wide variety of options, the Internet has the potential to turn into a modern-day tower of Babel, with everyone using different IM products. Programmers, however, are busy working to fix this potential problem with all-in-one software applications that allow users to communicate with friends and colleagues who use different platforms like MSN, AOL and Yahoo...
When the Web was young and designers were eager to prove their technological talents, chaos ruled. Pages often were too busy or featured large graphics that brought site visitors' browsers to a grinding halt. Because layouts were not standardized, surfers had to hunt for information, and abandoned shopping carts were commonplace Now that the Web ha...
A brand synonomous with music piracy is about to reemerge from the scaly bosom of bankruptcy. A beta version of Napster, brought to its knees by music industry litigation over copyright violations, will be launched next Thursday by its white knight, Santa Clara, California-based Roxio Roxio, well known for its CD-burning software for both PC and Ma...
Seeking an advantage in its brutal battle with Dell for dominance in the consumer computing market, Hewlett-Packard has announced it will launch a US$300 million worldwide ad campaign aimed at the average technology user. The push is designed to support HP's August release of nearly 150 different consumer products, ranging from digital cameras to ...
In mid-September, International Business Law Services (IBLS), a privately held company that provides global Internet legal services and acts as a clearinghouse for e-commerce-related legal information and resources, held its Strategic Global Summit for E-Commerce. The two-day conference featured legal experts from the United States, Japan, Latin A...
They have their networks locked tight, their data hidden behind firewalls and their e-mail scanned by virus protection software. But too many IT managers and security officers overlook a crucial security risk: the telephone system. As voice over IP (VoIP) setups become more common within enterprises, the risk of compromise of phone services is on the rise...
The iBOT mobility system, called the Ferrari of wheelchairs, is now helping disabled users break through physical barriers. The iBOT can climb stairs, bump up curbs, glide through gravel and even elevate a seated passenger to reach the top shelf at a grocery store To help get the iBOT out on the market, the Food and Drug Administration expedited th...
Despite criticism of its technical and legal tactics, the Recording Industry Association of America is continuing its campaign of lawsuits against individual Internet file traders accused of copyright infringement Opponents of the strategy, which so far has consisted of nearly 1,500 subpoenas and 261 lawsuits, claimed a victory when the RIAA agreed...
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