Discussion threads on 2004-02

Notebooks to dial up built-in phones
'Cord-cutting' frays phone revenues
'Hardware glitch' causes AIM to twitch
200 days to fix a broken Windows
3GSM: Rumors, ringtones and research
Actuate adds non-techy component to tool
Adobe server software puts a lock on docs
Adobe software to plug into grid computing
Adware ploy dupes IMers with bin Laden 'news'
Alienware gets serious
Alleged Belgian virus writer arrested
AMD compatibility no problem for Intel chip
AMD cuts prices, power of Opteron chip
AMD, Microsoft pair up for security
Anti-piracy group targets Kazaa parent
Antipiracy law heads for EU vote
Antispyware vendors come under fire
AOL courts teen green with Red
AOL ditches broadband offering
AOL links with Apple on video IM
AOL turns up heat on sunshine state spammers
Apple faces lawsuits over iPod batteries
Apple lays off undisclosed number of workers
Are you ready to pay for e-mail?
Army backs down on classified data threat
AT&T looks for an image makeover
AT&T supports 'alternative' broadband
AT&T to launch VoIP nationwide
Battle of sexes (and toy penguins) in Linux move
Bids in MikeRoweSoft sell-off going, going…down
Big Blue gives 90-nano boost to PowerPCs
Bill Gates must be laughing
Blade PC company links up with IBM
Bush budget sweeps in tech, cybercrime
Businesses are tuning into wireless
Cable loses broadband ground to DSL
California lawmaker introduces RFID bill
California regulators advance VoIP plans
Can Microsoft deliver on CRM?
Can nanotubes keep PCs cool?
Cellular merger won't let users off contract hook
Check Point warns of firewall flaws
China gears up for RFID
China threatens to block junk e-mailers
Chips must enter a new dimension
Chips the rage at two SF conferences next week
Chips to ride on faster HyperTransport
Cingular swallows up AT&T Wireless
Cisco and Microsoft make small business together
Cisco earnings sound drumroll for recovery
Clues point to single MyDoom culprit
Code attacks Windows vulnerability
Collaboration service adds Web conferencing
Comcast offers $66 billion for Disney
Comcast-Disney: Consumers lose out
Comcast: Growing a family empire
Conflicting technologies may stall cell mergers
Court doesn't extend database protection
Court: DeCSS ban violated free speech
Court: eBay's off the hook over feedback
Covering tracks: New privacy hope for P2P
CRM: Be careful what you wish for
Currency events--budgetary black hole
Cybersecurity vendors form policy advocacy group
Dell aims for rapid growth in China
Dell asks PC buyers nuclear questions
Dell beats estimates by a penny
Dell designing lower-priced storage
Dell has no plans to use AMD chips
Dell launches desktop replacement notebook
Despite bounties, no virus arrests yet
Disney rejects Comcast offer
Display technologies focus on low power
DRAM probe picks up steam
Dusty brands make a rerun in TV market
E.U. to give Microsoft leeway
Eclipse forms independent board
Electronics makers see signs of recovery
Ethernet switch firms fall victim to falling prices
EU approves German grants to AMD
EU fighting yesterday's war against Microsoft?
EU said to reject Microsoft settlement proposal
Europe deals blow to Rambus' patent hopes
European train operator considers Wi-Fi
Ex-Intel worker sentenced in terrorism case
Ex-ViewSonic employee sentenced to one year
Experts: Don't panic over Windows flaw
Experts: Windows leak not a security risk
FBI spotlights digital piracy
FCC to limit VoIP regulations
FCC: 'Pure' VoIP not a phone service
FDA endorses ID tags for drugmakers
Federal bill targets offshore labor
Feds step up push to wiretap VoIP calls
Feeling blue? Maybe it's your cubicle
File-swapping lawsuits loom in Canada
Filter promises spam feast without e-mail famine
Finding a way to fry spam
Flat panels to outpace CRTs in 2004
For eMachines, a gateway to the future
For Intel, 32/64-bit chips a long time coming
For the U.S., a 3G wake-up call in Cannes
Fortunes rise with security wake-up call
Free Net calling goes beyond the PC
Garage sale-ing for a Mac supercomputer
Gartner: Outsourcing to grow, but deals to shrink
Gates predicts death of the password
Gates: "Everything" impacted by security concerns
Gates: Days of passwords numbered
Gateway services reach out to little guys
Gateway's edge: Try anything once
German company digs IBM's T-Rex
German finance unit chooses Linux
Global chip equipment sales rise 48 percent
Good revamps wireless messaging software
Google co-founder bugged by IPO speculation
Google crowned highest-impact brand
Google gurus join Forbes billionaire club
Google spurns RSS for rising blog format
Google tops the search charts
Google, EFF rally in trademark case
Group sees Linux users unfazed by SCO suits
Growing pains hit Dell's customer service
Guerrilla tactics in browser wars
Guest-worker visas come under fire
Guilty plea for eBay pirate
H-1B visa limit reached
Hanging on the edge--IT security
Health care's paper tiger
Hitachi puts new twist on small drives
Hitachi(//'dies drives, both big and small
Hole opens way to free MSN Premium
Home-networking lab to study remote workers
How can you compete with open source?
HP aims to throttle Net threats
HP brings new chips to servers
HP inks printer deal with Ford
HP plans Opteron servers, AMD partnership
HP profit rises on servers, PCs
HP pushes IT management strategy
HP reassures that quarter's on track
HP seals Michigan schools deal
HP set to unveil Opteron server
HP sets up India call center
HP to bolster utility computing effort with buyouts
HP to unveil new Itanium, Unix servers
HyperTransport group ups data transfer speeds
IBM asserts businesses set to spend
IBM backs 64-bit Intel chip plan
IBM delivers autonomic tools
IBM expands Linux push on servers
IBM mainframe sales surge
IBM plans second Blue Gene supercomputer
IBM puts a bundle on the finance industry
IBM rises, Sun sinks in server market
IBM sells climate research supercomputer
IBM sets out to make sense of the Web
IBM to ship 4GB microdrive
IBM tops server speed test
IBM urges Sun to make Java open source
IBM's second Blue Gene/L for a Dutch telescope
IBM's storage momentum continues
IBM, Sony update lightweight laptops
ICANN 'disappointed' in VeriSign
IE pfishing patch foul-up--who's to blame?
IE security patch nixes some apps
Instant Messaging--prime target for attacks
Intel adapts to changes ahead
Intel blurs line between desktops, notebooks
Intel chip aims to cut optical costs
Intel connects chips with optical fiber
Intel cranks out new Pentium 4
Intel leans more on big buyers, Asia for revenue
Intel offers peek at future chips
Intel reveals new 64-bit server chip
Intel strengthens phone push
Intel to expand flash memory efforts
Intel to kick off Centrino campaign
Intel to speed lagging Linux support
Intel uncorks home-networking plans
Intel's exotic adventure
Intel, AMD comfy during fourth quarter
Intel, Movielink co-star in Web movie push
Iris scanning to begin at German airport
Is broadband set to make power lines sing?
Is security getting any easier?
Is your PC ready for Longhorn?
IT workers resist overseas outsourcing
iVast sale highlights MPEG-4 woes
Janet Jackson's flash dance tops Web search
JBoss lands $10 million in funding
Judge accepts expanded SCO lawsuit
Judge: DVD-copying software is illegal
Jury clears IBM in toxics trial
Justice Department staff opposes Oracle bid
KDE adds Safari feel to desktop Linux
Landmark P2P ruling back in court
Latest MyDoom picking up pace
Lawyers call for filters in P2P piracy case
LCD glass maker pumps in $600 million to expand
LCDs poised for prime time
Level 3 problem leads to Net slowdown
Lindows mobilizes Centrino support
Lindows wins one against Microsoft
Lindows.com drops letters in European revival
Linux group releases enterprise guidelines
Linux makes inroads into India
Linux server sales show high-end trend
Linux servers at risk from trifecta of flaws
Losing ground in the innovation race?
Low-tech 'hack' takes fizz out of Pepsi-iTunes promo
Luring businesses with low-price laptops
Lycos offers office space for lease
Lycos restructures, cuts U.S. staff
Macromedia updates Web conferencing product
MandrakeSoft ordered to drop trademark
Manufacturing, banking to lead IT spending
Merrill Lynch raises targets for PCs
Michigan Net ballots get vote of approval
Microsoft Australia launches security blitz
Microsoft balances patents, standards
Microsoft considering update dubbed 'XP Reloaded'
Microsoft cracks down on source-code traders
Microsoft dooms Jupiter, readies BizTalk
Microsoft enlists developers in security push
Microsoft faces antitrust probe in Japan
Microsoft issues catch-up patches on CD
Microsoft launches 64-bit preview OS
Microsoft may bow to overseas price pressure
Microsoft offers cut-rate Windows
Microsoft on every DVD?
Microsoft picks new fight with Linux, IBM
Microsoft places bet on Whitehorse
Microsoft plans new Xbox Live features
Microsoft plans to work on cash pile
Microsoft rebuts RealNetworks charges
Microsoft releases early IE fix
Microsoft rings up retail software deal
Microsoft server unit flips to quarterly loss
Microsoft shrugs off MyDoom attack
Microsoft snags XML-related patent
Microsoft teams with RSA on password protection
Microsoft tests InfoPath update
Microsoft tracks possible Windows code leak
Microsoft updates portal package
Microsoft wards off voice-data lawsuit
Microsoft warns of widespread Windows flaw
Microsoft, Disney partner on digital media
Microsoft, Intel weave networking standard
Microsoft, Volante ally for auto e-processing
Microsoft-Lindows spat heads north
Mini-hard drive specialist lands $51 million
MLB throws high heat at Web portals
Mobile industry sees hope again for 3G
Mobiles move to ward off file swappers
Mozilla holds 'fire' in naming fight
MS damage control on Japanese probe
MSN to swat pop-ups in Europe
Much ado about patching
Munich breaks with Windows for Linux
Music industry's search orders on trial
MyDoom author may be covering tracks
MyDoom downs SCO site
MyDoom knocks out SCO site
MyDoom sparks talks of security's future
MyDoom-A tops the virus list
Napster: 5 million songs sold
Net ads take 'slow, steady course'
Netsky causing billions in damages
Netsky.B infections spread
Networking gear makers vie for federal cash
New antipiracy technology may be on horizon
New fight in battle over Net-access tax
New security law sacrifices privacy
New viruses feed on MyDoom infections
Nextel to test '4G' broadband service
No coffee, but here's another Bagle
Nokia buys control of smart-phone company
Nokia, IBM flip-open business mobile phone
Nokia: Bluetooth flaw gnaws at phone security
Nortel sees breaks in China
Novell evangelizes Linux in Europe
Novell offers absolution to IBM in SCO spat
Novell raps SCO claims
Office speaks Hindi
Offshoring: Good business, bad politics
Online ad sales hit new high
Open-source advocate: Release Java code
Openwave links to Microsoft features
Opsware forecasts jump in revenue
Oracle begins shipping 10g database
Oracle bid puts pressure on PeopleSoft
Oracle exec to address PeopleSoft user group
Oracle executive makes Justice Dept.'s point
Oracle pitches merger to PeopleSoft shareholders
Oracle raises PeopleSoft bid--again
Oracle raps Justice Department
Oracle says customers wary of bird flu
Oracle ships 10g database, cuts price
Oracle woos shareholder group
Oracle's cloudy crystal ball
Oracle, feds tangle over market definition
Orange offers bike with hands-free phone
Overcoming the challenges of RFID
Palm pitches celebrity connections
Paris eyes open-source switch
Patch management: Find the weakest link
Patents raise stakes in search wars
Patriot, Intel in patent squabble
PC links to move on the double
PC shipments to rise in 2004, says Gartner
Pentagon scraps Net voting plan
PeopleSoft recommends 'no' on Oracle bid
PeopleSoft rejects revised Oracle bid
PeopleSoft rethinks exec stock options
PeopleSoft to triple staff in India
PeopleSoft tools tackle performance, data
PeopleSoft urges Oracle nominee rejections
Piracy fighters raid offices of Sharman, others
PKI's alive and kicking
Playing games with VoIP
PlayStation spammers settle charges
Prescott: It's the cash not the cache
Printer market takes off in China
Program shields anonymous flaw sleuths
Pushing the evolution of wireless networks
Qwest unties DSL from its phone service
Rambus wins major round in FTC case
RealNetworks, MLB talks dissolve
RealPlayer flaws open PCs up to hijackers
Record label runs ring tones around wireless carriers
Red Hat delivers test of 2.6 kernel Linux
RIAA steps up file-trading suits
RIAA sued under gang laws
RIAA to face MyDoom's music?
Roadblocks could slow RFID
RSA polishes RFID shield
Sales of Net phone gear surge on VoIP
Sales on upswing for faster wireless gear
Salesforce trumpets megadeals ahead of IPO
Salesforce.com draws closer to IPO
SAP ratchets up homeland security push
SAP replaces head of key initiative
SBC, Yahoo target small business
Schwarzenegger pushes recovery plan
SCO adds copyright claim to IBM suit
SCO claim reaches $5 billion
SCO selling Linux licenses online
SCO waits for MyDoom attacks to end
Se habla open source?
Search on for source of leaked Windows code
Search wars are about to get personal
Second NetSky worm on the loose
Security chief asks if success will spoil the Net
Senate panel hears VoIP arguments
Sharman to challenge court order
Software allows game copying
Sony Ericsson phones open to 'snarf' attack
Sony reveals $1.14 billion microchip plan
Source code opens window to old IE flaw
Spam keeps cookin'--despite new laws
Spam seen as security risk
Sprint PCS looks toward outsourcing
Sprint races into satellite orbit
Sprint turns to IBM for customer service
Spyware cures may cause more harm
Standards urged for e-tail commissions
State agency warns of security breach
STMicro travels further into India
Storage giants tout new wares
Study: Identity theft worries consumers
Study: IT spending to improve in 2004
Study: Linux attacks outpace Windows
Study: More spam served up to cell phones
Study: Spammers turning blind eye to the law
Success isn't patented
Sun brings StarOffice into desktop Solaris orbit
Sun caches in with processor plans
Sun CEO: Open source is our friend
Sun co-founder defends offshoring
Sun expands program to lure HP buyers
Sun plans Java ID cards for PCs
Sun plans revenue growth, cost cuts
Sun pushes standardized cell phone Java
Sun puts price tag on acquisitions
Sun renames N1, ponders pricing switch
Sun revamps servers with UltraSparc, Opteron
Sun to boost Java ID plan for PCs
Sun to buy Opteron server maker, reclaim co-founder
Sun to develop networked home PCs
Sun to discuss next-generation 'Rock' chip
Sun's Tiger aims to tame Java programming
Sun, Big Blue reach out to developers
SuSE chief gets promoted within Novell
Teaching old routers new tricks
Tech execs look to expand--outside U.S.
Tech firms band together on ID theft
Tech show spotlights business software
Testing begins on Microsoft's Virtual Server
The Microsoft-Google incident
TiVo cuts prices on flagship recorders
TiVo replays pricing move, ups storage
TiVo watchers uneasy after post-Super Bowl reports
TiVo wins Pause Technology patent suit
TiVo-like devices to get booster shot
Tower Records files for Chapter 11
U.K. reveals Microsoft bargaining tactics
U.K. teen escapes jail for nuclear hacking
U.S. to block Oracle bid for PeopleSoft
UK club hides Windows defectors
UK unions organize against offshoring
VeriSign aims to filter out the fakes
VeriSign says online fraud growing fast
VeriSign strikes Microsoft authentication deal
VeriSign sues ICANN to restore Site Finder
VeriSign works to ID kid surfers
VoIP needs a reality check
VoIP players team up against regulation
VoIP: It's not so easy to listen in
W3C risks patent tussle in standard push
Washington Post lets domain registration lapse
Week ahead: MyDoom end is nigh for SCO
Week ahead: Security, wireless enter the spotlight
Why 802.11 is underhyped
Wi-Fi market surges on consumer sales
Wi-Fi phones lack carrier support
Will Apple bite on Motorola's PowerPC chip?
Will Feds make a call on VoIP?
Wind River, Red Hat team for embedded Linux
Windows code up for grabs
Windows plan underscores Microsoft struggle
Wireless content gets new security spec
With new notebook, Dell says 'game on'
Xerox to license document software
Yahoo composing music download plan
Yahoo dumps Google search technology
Yahoo, AOL push IM on cell phones
Yahoo, Sendmail to test new antispam system
yankee with links
Zone Labs updates PC security management