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Technology's global impact is hardly limited to Internet communication and speedier business cycles. One uncelebrated truth about the information age is that hundreds of thousands of electronic items are disposed of daily -- and not always properly. "No one thinks about throwing away a five-year-old car," Robert Houghton, president and founder of ...
The Swen computer worm is turning out to be a bigger problem than earlier expected, using a brief head start on computer antivirus defenses, as well as complex abilities and an effective masquerade, to infect Windows machines and spread via e-mail to many users The worm, also known as "Gibe" or its more technical name of "w32.swen@mm," takes advant...
You might have been given the impression from reading another column published on this network that all of the open-source community is openly against Microsoft and wants you to move right away to GNU or Linux software The simple truth is that the open-source community was and is quite happy doing what it does on its own without interference from t...
IBM and GE Interlogix, a division of General Electric that designs, develops and manufactures physical security devices, such as digital video systems and access control boxes, have announced they are teaming up to provide integrated security solutions to their customers Juan Cabezas, senior vice president of global management and strategic relatio...
Similar to the action toys of two decades ago, prototype ThinkPad notebooks from IBM can be transformed from the traditional notebook form factor to a disconnected desktop with a more comfortable keyboard and separate monitor While the models, which Big Blue showed off at a trade show this week, are not yet slotted for production, they follow a tre...
Despite the recent success of computer worms, such as Blaster, that have pounced on newly discovered vulnerabilities, a new threat that looks remarkably like a legitimate security e-mail from Microsoft is using a two-year-old vulnerability to infect thousands of computers. Known as "Swen" or "Gibe," the mass-mailing worm has hit thousands of Windo...
Two and a half years after America Online scored a coup emblematic of the rise of the Internet by acquiring media giant Time Warner, the board of directors has voted to drop AOL from its name and stock-trading ticker symbol While the move is a largely symbolic gesture, which the company and observers said does not indicate Time Warner is any closer...
At first glance, the consumer PC market can seem quite polarized. At one end of the spectrum are big players like Dell, HP, IBM, Apple and Gateway, and at the other are small companies that assemble standard components, house them in a generic-looking white box and sell the result cheaply. However, it is the middle ground that may be most worth watching...
Computer hobbyists for years have tweaked their computers' innards to squeeze out extra bits of performance. Known as overclocking, the practice has long been a holy grail to users who demand maximum performance from their systems Overclocking does pose hazards to computer hardware, which is largely the reason that business users have not tradition...
At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday, Big Music squared off with ISPs on a bill that would modify how copyright owners can pursue digital pirates through the courts The bill, filed by Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas), would require copyright holders to file a civil lawsuit before obtaining a subpoena to gather personal informat...
Widely used DB2 database software from IBM -- which often stores critical data, such as credit card information -- has flaws that would be "trivial" for attackers to exploit The holes, uncovered by Core Security, a network security firm, involve simple stack-based buffer overflows and are triggered by sending a long command-line argument to two vul...
Setting aside bitter competitive rivalries, executives at Microsoft and IBM have joined forces to showcase advances in standards that will allow widespread use of Web services to help companies interact with each other. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and IBM's top software executive, Steve Mills, briefed reporters on the advances, particularly in t...
In recent weeks, high-profile arrests of hackers and malware authors have trained a spotlight on the sometimes-shadowy underworld of computer crime.The Internet may seem like a more dangerous place than ever before, but Web security administrators can greatly reduce the number of vulnerabilities that allow hackers to illegally enter, deface and destroy Web sites...
The Internet community is failing to see the value of domain giant VeriSign's SiteFinder service, which redirects users to a VeriSign site with a search tool instead of producing the traditional error message for mistyped or nonexistent Internet addresses The service, known as "wildcard" functionality, is fouling efforts to block unwanted e-mail, o...
Following the same pattern of predictions as the one that led to last month's devastating Blaster worm, security analysts have begun to focus on the new crop of Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities and the attack tools created to take advantage of them -- all of which could indicate that a potential new family of computer worms is in the works One wee...
With interest rates so low, banks around the United States are shouting the same mantra to people seeking shelter: Why rent when you can buy? In the technology world, the equivalent motto for the current zeitgeist should be: "Why innovate when you can buy?" After all, a recent spate of intellectual property case settlements sends some very scary me...
Intel has previewed its next wave of computer chip advancements, promising to bring server virtualization technology to the desktop and professing its readiness for the convergence of wireless and multimedia technologies. The centerpiece of Intel's annual developers forum was a preview of Vanderpool technology, which will enable a single chip to a...
Processors continue to get faster and faster, but the frontside bus (FSB) remains one of the biggest bottlenecks on system performance. Most major manufacturers, including Intel, Motorola and AMD, are trying to develop methods to sidestep FSB limitations As one of the most important processing channels, the frontside bus is the primary interface th...
In the beginning, there were basic Web sites -- text arranged (sort of) on a page, with a piece of clip art dropped haphazardly into the mix. Then the Web development pendulum swung the other way. Graphics became king, and text was relegated to a supporting role -- sometimes even a cameo. Although the two elements have achieved relative balance in recent years, text still must conform to design, and as Web sites grow in complexity and scope, Web developers must rely more on programs to help them get the job done...
A significant step to broaden the use of PC Cards in desktop computers was taken today by the PCMCIA industry standards group The PCMCIA group -- a nonprofit trade association founded in 1989 to establish technical standards for PC Card technology and to promote interchangeability among computer systems -- announced the first version of its standar...
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