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Seeking to capitalize on the public beating Microsoft's Windows platform is taking as the Blaster worm frustrates thousands of computer users, Sun Microsystems has opened registration for its Project Mad Hatter open source desktop system. Making no bones about the fact that the move is a response to "yet another massive security vulnerability" in ...
Back in the 1950s and 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, work on federal contracts fueled the development of the high-tech industry, from communications satellites to mainframe computers However, from the 1970s to the late 1990s, long after the initial government-funded push had faded, the computer industry's main source of revenue came from dev...
Security software developer Zone Labs announced IMsecure Pro, a security package that the company is calling the first comprehensive instant messaging (IM) security system for the most popular messaging services, such as AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. IMsecure Pro is designed to ensure that IM conversations are private a...
Interoperability of different Web services specifications came closer to fruition with this week's release of the Basic Profile 1.0 by the Web Services Interoperability (WS-I) organization Covering commonly used Web services specifications, including SOAP 1.1, WSDL 1.1, UDDI 2.0, XML 1.0 and XML Schema, the Basic Profile provides guidelines for how...
As some antivirus vendors raised their alert rating on a Windows worm that has infected thousands of home and corporate computers, the spreading code continued to take over machines that might be used in an attack on Microsoft The worm -- referred to as MS Blast, Blaster and LovSan -- does not require that users inadvertantly launch any executable ...
There was a bit of the old flash and dazzle in this year's eTail 2003 East conference in Boston and a healthy dose of optimism all around. After three long years of subdued events and lower turnouts, the robust, upbeat crowd seemed to sense things were heading in the right direction again. From the dais, speakers tossed around the word "profitabil...
PeopleSoft has amended its spate of lawsuits against would-be buyer Oracle to include new charges that Oracle deliberately interfered with its customer relationships. The move comes amid increasing doubt that Oracle can overcome two significant obstacles to its proposed takeover of PeopleSoft: regulatory squeamishness about the bid and apparent sh...
The SoBig.E worm, released two months ago on the Internet, continues to spread from unprotected computers. Some Internet security analysts fear that this latest variant of the SoBig family -- much like possible future variants of the new Microsoft Blaster or LovSan worm that began to proliferate early this week -- will cause long-term threats to Internet security...
Google has announced that sales of its Google Search Appliance (GSA) increased 200 percent over the course of the last year. The enterprise-focused product, which integrates hardware and software into a stand-alone appliance dedicated to search technology, first became available early last year Google also provided a list of high-level business and...
E-mail marketing remains one of the most cost-effective ways to deliverlong-term profitability for the online channel, but its existence could beat risk if the flood of spam is not brought under control. Executives at the eTail2003 conference in Boston, say permission marketing via e-mail almost always provides easy-to-measure results, positive RO...
The e-commerce landscape may have changed dramatically in recentyears, but both pure-play e-tailers and multichannel retailers arestill focused on finding ways to convert more surfers to buyers, accordingto keynote addresses and interviews at the eTail2003 conference in Boston, where E-Commerce Times reporter Keith Regan is on the scene Still, alth...
A widely anticipated threat materialized this week as a worm that exploits a Microsoft Windows flaw began infecting some of the millions of vulnerable machines around the world. Experts said the relatively simple "Blaster" worm -- also referred to as "LoveSan" -- was spreading at a steady pace Monday but was not infecting machines at the same rate...
Although ciphers long have been a staple of spy thrillers and mysteries, data encryption now has gained a real -- and critical -- foothold in the business world "Encryption and authentication are playing a very important role, in particular with most businesses moving online and adding business processes online," said Ed Kim, product line manager f...
It's official: Web services technology has gone mainstream. The technology -- which consists mainly of software designed to let business systems communicate with each other across the Internet without human intervention -- is already making a huge impact on how companies share information and conduct business online In December of last year, 52 per...
Privacy advocates and foes of the Recording Industry Association of America's campaign to subpoena the names of file-sharing computer users from universities and service providers have won a small battle in the war over online music trading. A U.S. District Court has invalidated the RIAA's subpoenas to two Massachusetts universities The court uphel...
In an effort to provide businesspeople with an affordable, all-in-one mobile device, T-Mobile USA and Research In Motion have introduced the triband BlackBerry 7230 wireless handheld For many business travelers, the ability to use the same device for wireless voice and e-mail connectivity while traveling globally would be a big step forward. The Bl...
Consumer information held by Acxiom, one of the largest collectors and processors of such data, was reportedly accessed and downloaded recently by an intruder who broke into the company's massive database Law enforcement officials, who notified Acxiom of the breach, have arrested a suspect in Ohio. Acxiom claims the unlawful access to files contain...
Saying it wants to simplify consumer electronics and expand their use, Hewlett-Packard has embarked on an ambitious product rollout, introducing some 100 offerings in the at-home video, digital photography and entertainment spheres. In addition to those products, many of which are focused on HP's traditional strengths in imaging and printing, HP's...
Blades are usually thought of in terms of slicing-and-dicing, as in knives, or movement, as in fans or propellers. Now, however, the term has taken on new meaning in the computing sphere. Whereas traditional servers are stand-alone devices, blade servers use a modular architecture that places the server on a single board, or blade, that includes processors (typically, one to four CPUs) and memory. The blades then are stacked together in a rack...
Although it will be some time before broadband is available to every house and company in the United States, the adoption rate of high-speed Internet access is healthy and growing steadily However, significant hurdles have kept adoption lower than it could be. Most rural areas and some suburban areas cannot get broadband, making the service predomi...
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