Discussion threads on 2004-03

'Software as a service' is buzzword at confab
'Witty' worm infects, dies quickly
10-Gigabit Ethernet comes alive
A network of one's own
A tale of two cases
Acer goes wide with new notebook
Actuate turns to China for Linux support
Adobe adds bar codes to PDF forms
Adobe e-doc format under siege
Adobe turns its back on Mac again
AIM add-on sparks privacy concerns
Akimbo seeks obscure entertainment du jour
AMD boosts low-power Athlon
AMD gets behind free hot spots
AMD renovates Athlon 64
Analyst: Dell to jilt Intel for blade design
Analysts sour on PeopleSoft's prospects
Antitrust chief tries case against Oracle
Antivirus firm secures lists after virus leak
AOL goes wireless in Canada
AOL launching bill payment service
AOL subscribers, sales keep sliding
Apple delays global launch of iPod mini
Apple delivers Xserve G5
Apple misses ship date for Xserve G5
Apple silences beeps, hissing
Apple told to halt 'world's fastest' claims for G5
Apple wants patent on iPod interface
Apple, Adobe drifting apart
Army to Gates: Halt the free software
As scandal dies down, MCI fights for a comeback
As spring arrives, virus spreads seeds far and wide
Ashcroft ready to clean up the Internet
AskJeeves denounces paid inclusion
At Purdue, cooling chips with mini lightning storms
AT&T begins selling Net phone service
AT&T shops for new partners
AT&T Wireless' text messages cross Atlantic
Attack concerns slow Microsoft's pace
Attempt to extradite online 'pirate' blocked
Attention, Wal-Mart shoppers: 88-cent downloads
Aussie watchdog eyes Oracle's PeopleSoft bid
Avaya offers SIP to corporate messaging
Baby Bells win another battle
Bagle latches on to antispam ploy
Bagle spreads new threat
Ballmer in urgent EU settlement talks
Ballmer should have cried 'foul'
Ballmer: All companies should be allowed to innovate
Ballmer: Search was our worst mistake
Banned DVD copiers get spam treatment
Baseball league lands Microsoft, AOL deals
BayStar confirms Microsoft referral to SCO
BEA bets on cutting-edge tech
BEA thinks simple with WebLogic revamp
Besieged PeopleSoft suffers exodus of execs
Big Blue offers non-IBM versions of management apps
Big firms are raising voice, says IBM
Bill aims to curb offshoring
Board recommends expensing of stock options
Breaking the myths of managed services
BREW to pipe Hotmail into cell phones
Broadband overtaking dial-up in major cities
Broadband powerline service gains backers
Bush official defends outsourcing
Bush to nominate new patent office head
Business as usual for PC makers
Businesses rally against stock option plan
Cable taps into wiretap law
Camera lens mimics human eye
Canada, HP tussle over defense department dealings
Cell phone glitches give Iraqis hang-ups
China dismisses U.S. chip complaint
China leads in worldwide DSL market
China pulls plug on two blog sites
China sets up Windows, Linux labs
China's search engines take on Google
Chinese PC maker goes with AMD
Chip group steps up academic research push
CIO jury's verdict on IT spending
CIO Jury: Will Microsoft change its ways?
Cisco beefs up security
Cisco to buy security start-up
Civil liberties groups blast biometrics
Clie to plug into USB upgrade
Code attacks Cisco vulnerabilities
Cognos picks up U.K. consulting firm
Comcast to acquire TechTV
Coming back to haunt them
Commodore 64 gets a 'guardian angel'?
Computer Associates, others sign SCO licenses
Computer Sciences on Indian hiring push
Congress cracks down on P2P porn
Consumers challenge FCC antipiracy rules
Cops missing out on IP benefits
Corel sets WordPerfect update
Could server breach delay Gnome?
Court orders SCO to show more code
Court puts DVD-copying decision on hold
Court rebuffs FCC's new telecom rules
Court rules in Oracle's favor on access to evidence
Cracking Windows passwords in seconds
Cropped Windows already exists
CRTs to take backseat in rear-projection TVs
Customers squeezed as ISPs pull trigger on viruses
Cybersecurity liability seen increasing
Date set for Oracle antitrust suit
Debate rages over Internet phone fees
Defense Dept. hires IBM for radio tags
Dell 'learns lesson' from Indian call center chaos
Dell fixes flat-panels on the fritz
Dell resumes shipments of Inspiron 9100, XPS
Dell sees green in EPA computer, recycling pact
Dell takes cue from rivals with VMware deal
Dell TVs not meant to flatten rivals
Dell two-timing Intel? A misunderstanding, it says
Dell unveils new NAS server
Dell's success in the details
Dell-Oracle alliance pushes Linux in China
Desert wins the race of robot cars
Device puts both hands on the PC wheel
Digital Envoy sues Google
Divide between U.S. tech firms, China--a great wall?
DNA card takes the mystery out of meat
Do you have IM etiquette?
Document shows SCO prepped lawsuit against BofA
DVD-copying sales ban reinstated
E-mails give peek at Microsoft strategies
E-voting terminals face Super Tuesday test
EC ruling to speed up future actions
EC's Microsoft ruling--a big mistake
EC's statement on end of Microsoft investigation
EDS financial probe deepens
EDS to sell division for $2 billion
Eisner loses Disney chairman role
Ellen Hancock to join EDS board
EMC's Tucci takes home millions
Employees still swapping at work
EU chips in for nanotech project
EU fines Microsoft millions of dollars
EU group set to recommend against Microsoft
EU passes tough new antipiracy law
EU planning massive fine against Microsoft
EU ruling could be key to Microsoft's future
EU set to deliver ruling against Microsoft
EU slaps record fine on Microsoft
EU's Microsoft ruling could come next week
EU's statement on Microsoft
EU, Microsoft fail to agree on deal
EU, Microsoft in conflict over clause
EU-Microsoft battle doesn't perturb U.S.
Europe comes out against Oracle deal
Ex-WorldCom CEO surrenders to FBI
Extra headaches of securing XML
Fair play needed in personal war games
FAQ: What's ahead for Microsoft
Faster Fujitsu drive plays catch-up
FBI adds to wiretap wish list
FBI pushes for broadband wiretap powers
FCC releases Net phone guidelines
Feds hand out Webcasting rules
Feds reject Eolas browser patent
File-sharing lawsuits go abroad
File-swap 'killer' grabs attention
FileMaker update sorts out storage
Filter flaw vexes Hotmail, Yahoo
Firm develops disposable, paper PC
Five new Bagles spreading
Fixes are in for OpenSSL
Flaw stymies Norton Internet Security
Forgent claims JPEG patent
Former Calif. official charged in Oracle debacle
Four new Bagle worms added to Internet soup
Fractal stupidity
French firm builds power line network
Full-court press for HDTV begins
Gadget gives iPods gift of recording gab
Gartner forecasts scanty software spending
Gates dismisses Disney rumors
Gates foresees 'almost free' hardware
Gates reports on security progress
Gates to unveil Windows Mobile update
Gates: Internet firms riding a 'mini bubble'
Gateway adds fingerprint sensor to notebook
Gateway completes eMachines buy
Gateway to cut more jobs
Get hip--improve voice coverage, wireless execs told
Google gets the glory in search referrals
Google takes searching personally
Google to offer gigabyte of free e-mail
GOP clerks nabbed Democratic data, says probe
Government, industry debate cybersecurity remedies
Great disappearing act--online privacy
Greenpeace UK makes 'sensible' switch to Linux
Greenspan: Offshoring laws could harm U.S.
Groove jumps to Microsoft beat
Group tries to rally 802.11 patents
Health case could help out Microsoft appeal
Hitachi to unveil 400GB drive
Hitachi toughens up its laptop drives
Hotmail, MSN Messenger hit by outage
How to keep a secret
How to: Uninstall Brilliant software
HP designs portables to take a punch
HP expands Linux PC line to Asia
HP files patent suit against Gateway
HP pushing hard in China
HP says it beat cost-cutting targets
HP slims down business PC lineup
HP snaps up software firm in buying spree
HP targets small and midsize businesses
HP to put blade servers on a diet
IBM bets on software development technique
IBM fund retrains to fight U.S. job drain
IBM heeds message to integrate IM, e-mail
IBM heightens vertical middleware efforts
IBM issues fix for ThinkPad hard disks
IBM lands utility deal in India
IBM opens up its Power line
IBM plans profusion of new blade servers
IBM seeks copyright judgment against SCO
IBM settles NY toxics case
IBM to beef up integration software
IBM to charge up Power at chip event
IBM to unveil Opteron workstation
IBM, JBoss eye new Java plan
ICANN approves wait list for desired domains
ICANN surveys proposed Net domains
ICQ gets 'friendlier' with new service
IDC: Software vendors chart licensing sea change
IDC: Tech's fortunes are on the turn
If ICANN can't, who can?
In Oracle suit, DOJ overlooks an old foe: Microsoft
Information overload
Insurance firm to offer open-source seminars
Intel CEO pushes for R&D, education spending
Intel chips take a new number
Intel envisions TiVo-like wireless PCs
Intel executives get bonus boost for 2003
Intel narrows its revenue projections
Intel settles Intergraph suit for $225 million
Intel to debut new chip for four-processor servers
Intel to drive home chip-numbering system in May
Intel to join Liberty Alliance
Intel to reunite notebook, desktop chip architectures
Intel, others to stop shipping Wi-Fi to China
Interior Dept. back online as judge mulls site security
Invasion of the robots
Is EU looking at yesterday's Microsoft?
Is SCO's case crumbling?
ISP hammers Bob Vila site with spam suit
ISS gives thumbs-up to PeopleSoft directors
IT workers--an unhappy group
iTunes song swap helper vanishes from Net
Japan broadcasters adopt video codec for mobile
Java camp takes cue from Microsoft
JBoss hopes to expand 'ownership' of open source
Jini wishes may finally come true
Jobs draws $1 paycheck again
Judge seeks expert witness in Oracle suit
Judge: File sharing legal in Canada
Judge: Kazaa can be sued in U.S.
Juniper to invite Cisco to 'Pepsi' challenge
Kodak sues Sony over digital cameras
Kodak's 3D display plans come into focus
Lawmakers take aim at spyware
LCD panel shortage easing up
LCD TVs keep flying off shelves
Legal experts urge spam leniency
Lenovo wins Olympic Games deal
Letter to the Editor: No IBM-Groklaw connection
Lindows asks court to nix overseas lawsuits
Lindows routes OS over file-sharing networks
Linux gets Intel help with Centrino
Linux-based handheld debuts in India
Loudeye snags antipiracy start-up
Lucent wins $75 million Iraq contract
Macromedia Flash effort does slow burn
Macromedia flexes Flash muscle
Macromedia to test Linux support
Major ISPs unite in spam fight
Making sense of outsourcing and offshoring
Man arrested for extorting Google
Massive German sweep targets pirates
McDonald's Wi-Fi recipe could define industry
Microsoft bids for eBay developers
Microsoft co-founder funds ET search
Microsoft cuts prices for Malaysia
Microsoft delays database, tools delivery
Microsoft denies using monopoly in trial
Microsoft launches BizTalk Server 2004
Microsoft lays out management software plan
Microsoft looks to unite PC, Xbox games
Microsoft loses bid to move RealNetworks trial
Microsoft maps out wireless offering
Microsoft mobilizes on wireless video
Microsoft move undermines Oracle bid
Microsoft moves beyond patches
Microsoft Office gets China boost
Microsoft partner confirms Xbox hard drive fate
Microsoft pitches sports for smart watches
Microsoft plans new Windows Server update
Microsoft prepares 'iPod killer' for Europe
Microsoft preps new search services
Microsoft puts new face on small-business site
Microsoft releases Office XP fixes
Microsoft speaks in tongues
Microsoft takes spam fight to court
Microsoft to preview new mobile Windows
Microsoft tries new tack in license deals
Microsoft updates business offerings
Microsoft wants to know who your friends are
Microsoft weighs in on Oracle, DOJ case
Microsoft's two-front legal war
Microsoft, Nokia aim for mobile domain
Microsoft--the host with the most?
Microsoft: Appeal will take years
Mobile Net could draw Nokia, Microsoft closer
Monitoring the monitors
More Microsoft class-action documents on Web
Motorola moves units to China, India
Motorola to sell wireless gear in RadioShack
Mr. Gates goes to college
MSN Messenger, Hotmail on the fritz
MSN to shake up search ads
MySQL addresses open-source license problem
MySQL database to get high-end feature
Napster, IBM aim to save cache
Nebraska court puts Microsoft back in the dock
Net, cell phones hide drug traffickers
Netsky author signs off
NetSky variant a greater threat than thought
NetSky variants spark search for code
New board members light up Eclipse
New RIAA file-swapping suits filed
New vulnerabilities in Microsoft software
New Wi-Fi gadgets get whizzed up
New worm disguises as MS update
New worm moves at near-record speed
New York researchers opt for IBM blades
Next Net moves forward
Nextel pushes new 'push to talk' features
Nokia cuts 50 jobs, focuses abroad
Nokia eyes N-Gage turnaround
Nokia pledges to keep handsets coming
Nokia signs up for near-field wireless push
Novell announces new Windows, Linux tools
Novell eyes move into embedded Linux
Novell inks deals for IBM servers, HP PCs
Novell management tool going open source
Novell plans major Linux OS update
Novell plugs open source, dings SCO
Novell sets sights on 'complete Linux desktop'
Office update clogs spam filters
Offshore debates turning ugly
Old Microsoft DNA still at work?
Open source radicals--eat cake
Open Text adds IM to content management
Opera's browser finds its voice
Oracle hits analysts' quarterly estimates
Oracle joins race to bring RFID to retailers
Oracle outlines case for antitrust fight
Oracle rivals, Defense Dept. seek restrictions
Oracle to call on Microsoft in battle with DOJ
Oracle, Justice Dept. seek June trial
Outlook flaw riskier than thought
Outsourcing--readers strike back
Overture takes search ads to U.K. phones
P2P faces new legal scrutiny from states
Palmisano received $5.4 million bonus in 2002
PARC eases communications between devices
PARC founder George Pake dies
Passport to nowhere?
PeopleSoft neglect would cost Oracle $1.56 billion
PeopleSoft shareholders support CEO
Powell asks India to open up its markets
Pragmatism led CEO to sign SCO's Linux license
Problems mount for EDS
Procket loses star engineer
Profit, sales soar for Adobe
Programmer sues Kazaa for $25 million
Programmers to get taste of Visual Studio 2005
Qualcomm lands push-to-talk deal in India
Qualcomm strikes license deals for audio, video
Real hits Major League Baseball with lawsuit
Real's Glaser exhorts Apple to open iPod
RealNetworks swims against the current
Record sales down, but seen as stabilizing
Red Hat files suit against SCO
Red Hat revenue, profit rise
Regulators go after wireless spam
Report: Fewer flaws, but worms still squirming
Report: Microsoft ponders AOL purchase
Report: Offshore IT outsourcing helps economy
Report: Rise in virus attacks costs firms dear
Rewritable DVDs, old drives don't always play nice
RFID goes to war
RFID revolution: Are we close?
RIAA hits minor swap suit setback
RIAA site disabled for five days
Rights groups target antipiracy directive
RIM, Good Technology settle suits
Robot cars rev engines for Army race
Rollins to be next Dell CEO
Samsung chips to take on a 'blue' hue
Samsung predicts chip shortage
Samsung zooms in on camera phones
SAP plan could spawn software battle
SAP takes Oracle's side in DOJ battle
SAP to defend Oracle bid in letter
Satellite seeks broadband re-entry
SBC teams with UPS for Wi-Fi delivery
SCO could sue Linux-using court
SCO delays Linux user lawsuit announcement
SCO files suit against AutoZone
SCO files suit against AutoZone
SCO identifies Linux licensee
SCO recovers from MyDoom
SCO sets Linux licensing prices
SCO targets federal supercomputer users
SCO to buy back common stock
SCO to sue Linux user Tuesday
SCO's next target? Pick from the list
SCO's soap opera
SCO: Leaked e-mail a 'misunderstanding'
Search upstarts storm Google's gates
Security beyond the firewall
Security breaches: Blame the new guy
Security groups call for education, alert systems
Security product to strike back at hackers
Senators seek to define, then ban, spyware
Server compromise delays GNOME 2.6
Setback for Wal-Mart's RFID project
Setting the tone for vending machines
Share information securely
Shareholder advisory firm pans PeopleSoft CEO
Sharman's raided evidence ruled admissible
Siemens foresees growing handset market
So much for secure storage
Software buyers see more change
Software execs bash their industry's approach
Software start-up mines Explorer niche
Software targets PDF documents
Software's clogging up the system
Sony open for retail business
Sony plays up future of video games
Sony updates rewritable DVD drive line
Spam still a pain in the in-box, says survey
StarOffice update targets Microsoft
Start-up offers shelter to SCO targets
Start-up ups ante on Wi-Fi security
State Department questions EU's Microsoft ruling
States join spyware battle
Still unanswered questions in EU decision
Storage hardware sales on the rise
Storage overload--it's a losing battle
Study: IT spending looking better
Study: Open-source databases going mainstream
Study: Price gives DSL an edge in broadband
Sun plans per-citizen price for server software
Sun plans Solaris subscription pricing
Sun reconnects with baseball league
Sun reluctant to make Java open source
Sun signs StarOffice deal in India
Sun to hand out Web-ready Java tool
Sun to run game server prototype, Java contest
Survey: Linux programmers yawn at SCO
Suspicion arises of phone-damaging spam
Symantec to launch network gatekeeper
S{ : Rosy outlook for IT consulting
Tadpole takes leap to Opteron
Task force: Classes, security tool kit needed
Tech giants abuzz over VoIP for cell phones
Tech professionals group wary of offshoring
Tech spending to rise, say CIOs
Technology solution to slicing spam lags
The 'hot stuff' in security
The battle over triple 'x'
The brains behind IBM Web services
The earth is moving under Microsoft
The Eolas-Microsoft case--patent ending?
The full Monti
The Internet: Who's in charge?
The remedy vanishes?
The rethinking of computer security
The Russians are coming
There's trouble in Silicon Valley
Think DSL's fast? Watch VDSL
Time waits for no one, not even Microsoft
TiVo looks to tune in to advertisers
TiVo revenue up 85 percent; loss narrows
TiVo skips past naysayers
TiVo upgrade shares PC content
Torvalds, Linux users unfazed by SCO suits
Torvalds: Outside threats to Linux
Toshiba introduces dual-format DVD writers
Tough sell for wireless data services
Tracking tags may get congressional scrutiny
U.K. looking to Linux with help from IBM
U.S. carriers pick up the 3G pace
U.S. files WTO case against China's chip policies
U.S. politicos fire at EU's Microsoft ruling
U.S. tops international spammers' list
UK program teaches how to hack
UN looks to control the Net
United Nations ponders Net's future
University charges PeopleSoft with contract breach
Updates aim to defuse Bagle ploy
Variant of NetSky virus takes flight
VCs eye nanotech as next big thing
Vendor slammed for 'selling' patches
VeriSign to acquire messaging business
Via launches teensy motherboard
Viruses rock European businesses
VoIP sends a warning signal
Vonage hits AT&T with VoIP suit
Wal-Mart sells PCs with Sun's Linux
What Linux can learn from Windows
What we can do about outsourcing
What's the tech policy agenda for 2004?
Who says standards are sacred?
Who should govern the Net?
Wi-Fi and VoIP: Is sum greater than parts?
WiFly--ready for takeoff?
Will India price itself out of offshore market?
Will Microsoft cut Xbox price?
Will Net phone debate draw in other IP services?
Windows CE gets call for Net phones
Windows XP update gets face-lift
Windows XP variant is embedded in EU probe
Windows, Linux vie at the cash register
Wireless powwow takes aim at spectrum
Without J.D. Edwards, PeopleSoft lagged in 2003
Witty worm crawls through ISS firewalls
Witty worm frays patch-based security
Worm authors talk trash
Worm disguises self as Microsoft patch
Worms nibble away at ISP profits
Xbox price about to drop, says analyst
XML guru joins Sun software
Yahoo crawls deep into the Web
Yahoo cuts ties to Google in Asia-Pacific
Yahoo finds a friend in MSN
Yahoo puts local content on the map
Yahoo says bienvenue to Kelkoo
Yahoo takes a page from Google
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