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On the very day that "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" officially topped video game rental charts, other headlines point to research into the impact of such violent games on user behavior. Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine researchers have already determined in previous studies that exposure ...
Microsoft is aggressively pursuing Novell NetWare customers with discounts, new migration tools and services for Windows Server 2003. Industry analysts called the strategy a smart one, indicating that the majority of enterprise NetWare users -- at a crossroads of moving to SuSE Linux with Novell or ...
Dell and Microsoft have struck a partnership aimed at making it easier and faster for enterprises to update their server software with security patches and new releases. The companies said they will work to merge Dell's OpenManage 4 systems management software and Microsoft's Systems Management Serv...
In an unaccustomed role as challenger, Microsoft unveiled its search engine this week to some glitches and complaints -- nothing new for the software giant -- and the new presence prompted Google to respond immediately. The result is a bit of a role reversal as the upstart turned dominant player, Go...
Microsoft yesterday released a patch aimed at protecting its ISA (Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000), an enterprise-level firewall and Web cache server, and Proxy Server 2.0, which serves as an Internet gateway for networked computers. The affected software includes Microsoft Proxy Serv...
Computer Associates yesterday announced the launch of its eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware r5. The new product integrates CA's eTrust Security Management software portfolio with a revised version of the PestPatrol anti-spyware application CA acquired in an earlier buyout. The software, with a retail p...
Aiming to keep all-important software developers eager to work on its platform and to stay ahead of Java-based rivals, Microsoft is laying the foundation for what it sees becoming "software factories" where specific applications can be quickly customized from a base of existing code. The software gi...
Yahoo and Adobe announced a partnership this morning in which each will leverage the other's user groups. When Adobe windows pop up on computer monitors and laptop screens, prompting consumers to update their Adobe packages, they now will have the opportunity to download Yahoo's desktop search toolb...
Telecommunications carriers clearly see the future: Voice over IP (VoIP) services. This technology enables them to roll out high-speed multimedia services to consumers and businesses faster and at a lower cost than traditional Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) services. While those features a...
Antivirus software is a required component for safe computing. Security experts warn that an unprotected computer straight out of the box and connected to the Internet will catch multiple virus infections in its first twenty minutes online. Antivirus software programs, however, are only reliable if ...
Computer Associates (CA) has introduced a usage-based pricing model for its portfolio of mainframe management software products. The overhauled pricing strategy is called Measured Workload Pricing and moves the software industry another step closer to utility computing. "Our FlexSelect licensing pro...
AT&T acknowledged today that it is testing alternative operating systems to the Windows platform it now uses, but said the review is not specifically related to security concerns. Mike Dickman, AT&T spokesperson, said reports suggesting AT&T might be considering scrapping Microsoft Windo...
When was the last time you updated your anti-virus software? Even if you update your AV software frequently, there's still a gap between the time a virus is released into the wild on "day zero" and when virus fighters can update their programs to squash the malware. To truly secure a network, what's...
ATI Technologies, the three-dimensional graphics pioneer, today announced HyperMemory, a technology that allows a PC to use system memory for graphics processing. HyperMemory uses the high-speed bi-directional data transfer capabilities of PCI Express to store and access graphics data in system memo...
For companies burdened with legacy systems they can't seem to get rid of, this could be the jackpot they've been waiting for. A Los Gatos, California, startup maintains it has perfected a program that allows software applications compiled for one processor and operating system to run on another proc...