Discussion threads on 2004-05

'PearPC' looks to mix Apples and Wintel oranges
'Pirate Act' raises civil rights concerns
A desktop replacement in your hand
AMD boosts Opteron performance
AMD combats chip fraud in Asia
AMD embeds new Geodes, naming system
Antispam framework scores Microsoft endorsement
AOL previews new e-mail software
AOL to release new version of Netscape
AOL touts its virus-blocking stats
Apple creates division for iPod
Apple criticized for security advisories
Apple developers to catch Tiger's tale
Apple grooms Panther OS X
Apple issues Mac OS X security patch
Apple patented by Microsoft
Apple plans more job cuts
Apple seeks patent for see-through windows
Apple to slow pace of Mac OS X tweaks
Apple wins iTunes interface patent
Apple, Sony on a collision course?
Are IT departments doomed?
Are we ready for digital paper?
Army gunning for game players
AT&T proposes end to Bell dependence
AT&T to re-enter mobile market with Sprint
Athens Olympics braces for cyberattacks
Attacks on banks, insurance firms rise
Author leaves warning in latest Sasser worm
Bad laws, bad code, bad behavior
Ballmer touts new developer tools
BEA aims to turn it around
BEA earnings miss license target
BEA hopes to start open-source buzz with Beehive
BEA transforms mobile apps with Alchemy
BEA's growing pains
Blazing the trail to Longhorn Server
Bobax worm takes tip from Sasser
Bombast makes vendor claims even more suspect
Broadband leaps ahead of AOL
Bush names new FTC chairman
CA pins hopes on open source
Calif. Senate passes e-mail privacy bill
Calif. Senate passes RFID measure
California county to defy e-voting ban
California senate approves anti-Gmail bill
California toughens e-voting standards
Call for visa reform to aid U.S. research
Calling up a Net phone answer to 911
Can Microsoft bounty end viruses?
Can we really stop script kiddies?
Canadian bank backs away from SCO
China's pirates spoil the game for console makers
Chip-market recovery accelerates in March
Cisco bets on new high-end router
Cisco delivers high-end telecom router
Cisco investigates source code leak
Cisco to patent security fix
Cisco to update Wi-Fi setup
Cisco's $500 million router
Cisco, IBM to team on Internet telephony
Co-founders release Google 'owner's manual'
Comcast to launch phone service
Comcast tunes into Microsoft TV software
Cometa Networks to halt operations
Company looks to capitalize on free XML tool
Components maker gives PC a TV makeover
Computer Associates makes database open source
Congress moves on camera-phone porn
Congress mulls revisions to DMCA
Congressional panel to weigh digital copyright
Consortium to push biotech, nanotech collaboration
Cooperative project reports new top prime number
Could patents jeopardize the Liberty Alliance's royalty-free nature?
Court takes gag off antispam service
Customers await Sun-Microsoft integration
Cut in stock benefits disappoints Microsoft staff
Data-mining for terrorists sparks U.S. privacy fears
Database sales bouncing back
Defense Dept. asked to hand over Iraq images for Web
Dell aims at small firms with EMC box
Dell earnings meet expectations
Dell nears Sun in IBM-led server race
Dell releases multifunction printers
Dell's Digital Jukebox plays on Linux
Demand for memory to stay strong, Samsung says
Digital home redux
Does election fallout bode ill for India tech?
Does Gmail breach wiretap laws?
DoubleClick jumps into search
E-Data sues Getty Images and Corbis
Electronic Arts embraces Xbox Live
Eminem's copyright suit against Apple proceeds
Energy Dept. goes on supercomputer spending spree
Eolas strikes back; Microsoft prepares appeal
EU approves software patent changes
EU sees problems in Sony-BMG merger
FBI plans spammer smackdown
FCC wants to nab gaps in TV airwaves for wireless
Feds target P2P child porn
Fight over e-voting leaves election plans as casualties
First known 64-bit virus threat found
Flaws drill holes in open-source databases
Florida paves way for VoIP taxation
For digital-music devotees, a good battery is key
Former Informix CEO to serve two months
Fresh rivals take on Microsoft Office Goliath
From punched tape to megapixels
FTC testimony highlights file-sharing dangers
Game accessory sales up slightly, study says
Game handhelds to take spotlight at E3
Gates calls for 64-bit software support
Gates courts CEO crowd
Gates settles antitrust violation for $800,000
Gateway countersues HP over patents
Gateway releases budget servers
Geico sues Google, Overture over trademarks
Give Fiorina a break
Global server sales rise 7.3 percent
Google blog somewhat less than 'bloggy'
Google brings back the buzz
Google IPO mania slows SEC Web site
Google offers advice to writers of adware
Google preps new tool to juice revenue
Google tests waters with 1,000GB e-mail limit
Google to sell banner ads
Google's ad plans provoke grumbling
Google's desktop bet
Group of tech execs rallies 'round Bush
Hats off to the hard drive
Heading South at Nortel
High court to rule on Net wine sales
Hotmail appears unreachable
House requests e-vote probe
How to stop viruses? Build a 'killer bot'
HP brings OpenVMS to the SuperDome
HP buys IT training firms
HP debuts RFID services
HP expands open-source support
HP reports profit growth, raises sales forecast
HP to launch built-to-order gaming PC
HP to pay $105 million to settle Canada dispute
HP's 'adaptive enterprise' still murky for some
IBM asks for quick rejection of SCO claims
IBM chief says Big Blue's growth to top industry's
IBM continues gains in server software
IBM hopes portal will build Power community
IBM looms large in life sciences quest
IBM plans Web-based desktop software
IBM rounds up new Workplace partners
IBM switches on Power5 servers
IBM, Dell rise in servers while Sun, HP shrink
ICANN wins round in Internet suit
In-flight Internet access takes off
Inside offshoring: Job losses and backlash
Intel pitches pocket-size 'personal server'
Intel ramps up Russian R&D
Intel shareholders vote to expense options
Intel shoots for dual-cores, wireless profits
Intel sued for patent infringement
Intel to expand Irish manufacturing facilities
Intel to launch Dothan; chip-naming system
Intel to shelve new desktop, server chips
Intel's Barrett sees ad push for digital home
Intel's Dothan sets sail
Intel's next challenge: Mastering physical world
Intel, AMD market shares remain stable
Intergraph, Gateway settle Pentium patent suit
Iraq prison abuse images shake the Net
Is there still hope for tablet PCs?
Is this the end of Netscape?
Is Torvalds really the father of Linux?
iSuppli predicts shortage of flat panels
ITAA head: Offshoring isn't the enemy
Job cuts ahead as MCI posts $388 million loss
Judge orders Microsoft to search its systems
Judge ties antispammer's hands
Kerry leads fund-raising race--on Amazon
Kodak to tap Lexar's memory cards
Korea's cat-and-mouse with piracy
Lawmaker tones down anti-Gmail bill
LCD shortage threatens new games handhelds
Lessons to be learned from Sasser
Liberal Net rules spawn political attack ads
Liberate files for Chapter 11
Linksys, Real take digital tunes to the living room
Linux contributors get new rules
Linux oogles desktop PC replacements
Linux report falls flat
Location services for cell phones set to take off
Longhorn goes to pieces
Longhorn to feature flashy interface
Lycos: We're first with 1GB e-mail
Mac OS fix fails to plug security hole
Mac OS X vulnerable to one-two combo attack
Macromedia adds SOAP to Linux Flash Player
Macromedia tests new Flash tools
Makers of white-box supercomputers hit their stride
Market share key to Microsoft's Wi-Fi exit
MCI taps Microsoft's Net meeting software
Microsoft adds disaster aid to volume licensing
Microsoft behind $12 million payment to Opera
Microsoft bringing Web services home
Microsoft changes SP2 course on piracy
Microsoft creating Windows for supercomputers
Microsoft delays Virtual PC 7 for Macs
Microsoft lays out server road map
Microsoft names new CIO
Microsoft patches new Windows flaw
Microsoft plans laptop tune-up with Longhorn
Microsoft pledges longer support for products
Microsoft readies XP SP2 giveaway
Microsoft retools for small business
Microsoft reward snags suspected Sasser author
Microsoft says bye-bye to Wi-Fi
Microsoft says no to venture investing
Microsoft sees sales growth in Southeast Asia
Microsoft server preview is short on detail
Microsoft shares Windows tools via open source
Microsoft ships Office 2004 for Mac
Microsoft signs security pact with Germany
Microsoft still tinkering with secure-computing design
Microsoft struggles in emerging markets
Microsoft takes wraps off CRM software
Microsoft tightens database security
Microsoft to demonstrate home PC of tomorrow
Microsoft to offer pre-installed network security
Microsoft to show off ID federation
Microsoft to submit antispam standard
Microsoft to test new IM server
Microsoft UK Web site defaced
Microsoft unveils new antipiracy tools
Microsoft wants to meld antispam proposals
Microsoft's efforts to close windows of vulnerability
Microsoft's efforts to close windows of vulnerability
Microsoft, Ironport team against spam
Microsoft, Lindows face off in Dutch court
Microsoft, SAP get closer on Web services
Microsoft, Yahoo send search signals
Microsoft: Legal fees in class-action suit too high
Microsoft: Linux isn't cheaper
Microsoft: Separate trail led to second virus writer
Minidrives to make big splash
More CD buyers try out digital song stores
Motorola chooses IBM veteran to run chip division
Mounties charge teenage virus suspect
MS Palladium: A must or a menace?
MSN and FoxSports strike portal deal
MTV wants its online-music store
Net watchers wary of Sasser fallout
Netsky authors possibly penned Sasser
Network Associates joins standards group
Networking industry hopes worst is behind
New ban for DVD copying software
New Sasser variant indicates copycat
New spin on search ads
New worm's got sass, but not much else
New York classifies Vonage as phone company
New Zone Alarm to warn of viruses
Newest Sasser worm a greater danger
No ruling yet on Novell-SCO suit dismissal
Nokia pumps more research dollars into China
Nortel: Video demand to spur faster DSL
Novell extends open-source push
Novell launches test of open-source project
Novell's loss narrows, revenue rises
Offshoring's pricey surprise
Online-game developers eye China market
Open source suppliers and demand
Open-source companies see profit aplenty
Open-source Eclipse names first director
Open-source group says no to SCO
Opera parts curtain on next act
Oracle eyes quick PeopleSoft resolution
Oracle joins Microsoft developer program
Oracle joins Microsoft developer program
Oracle lowers offer for PeopleSoft
Oracle to finish Linux makeover this year
Oracle, Justice Dept. submit final witness lists
Outsourcing backlash targets India
Outsourcing: Reforms not rhetoric
Outsourcing: The next technology battlefields
Outsourcing: Where to draw the line
Oxfam to launch music download site
Pac-Man to chomp on Big Apple
PayPal offers developers a peek at its code
PC market to enjoy healthy growth, report says
PCs to gain multimedia savvy for home market
Peeping Taiwanese Trojan author is arrested
PeopleSoft rejects lowered Oracle bid
Point, click and swap--digital photos go P2P
Police in Germany question more Sasser suspects
Poll shows support for offshoring tax
Porn spammers ignore new rules
Powell: Wireless vital to broadband future
Proprietary drives the software economy
Proprietary vs. open source
Propriety drives the software economy
Qualcomm debuts 'push to talk' service in India
Rambus files more antitrust suits
Rambus tries a new licensing angle
Red Hat adds legal firepower
Red Hat aims desktop Linux at Microsoft
Red Hat releases new hobbyist Linux
Red Hat updating both Linux versions
Report raps Homeland Security for muddled IT
Report: 'Sasser' worm invasion
Report: DSL growth best ever
Retail trade group calls SCO's claims baseless
RFID standards race may set early market leaders
RIAA sues 493 more music swappers
Richard Clarke: He could have secured the Net
RightNow joins IPO conga line
Ruling clears way for Lindows trial
Rural roadblock awaits cell phone switchers
Samsung to unveil satellite TV for phones
SanDisk releases new memory cards
SAP CEO stumps for simplicity
SAP to add 500 software jobs in India
Sasser keeps squirming into homes, businesses
Sasser worm begins spreading
Sasser worm suspect confesses to police
Sasser's toll likely stands at 500,000 infections
Sassor author drumming up business for Mom
SBC workers begin four-day strike
SBC, union reach tentative pact
SCO cuts jobs to reach product profit
Search engines delete adware company
Search engines take the stand
Search engines try to find their sound
Securing the air
Security experts play down Cisco leak
Security firms team for new product
Shell taps IBM and Wipro in India
Singapore considers antispam legislation
Smart Phones
Software maker unites Windows, Unix
Sony cancels many sports video games for 2004
Sony casts Audible Magic for antipiracy push
Sony cuts PlayStation price to $150
Sony focuses on design with new PCs
Sony makes over Vaio line
Sony plays in iTunes territory
Spam now two thirds of all e-mail
Spammers fussy over zombie army recruits
Spamming for office
Spending for online content rises in 2003
Start-up brings Net telephony to cell phones
Start-up looks to add pluck to browsers
States, feds headed for VoIP clash
Stock option bonanza for Dell's future CEO
Study questions Google's long-term dominance
Study says 100 million PCs to be replaced in 2004
Study supports controversial offshore numbers
Study: Home networking on the upswing
Study: Open source poses security risks
Study: Outsourcing fuels tech growth
Study: Portable gamers to nearly double by 2009
Sun completes 'Niagara' chip design
Sun to upgrade Linux desktop software
Sun, Capgemini partner on RFID package
Survey: DVD-recorder sales set to soar
Survey: IT managers say they'll increase spending
Symantec eyes Thais with cut-rate antivirus software
Symantec patches critical firewall flaws
Symantec takes bite off virus-ID spam
Symantec to buy Brightmail
Taming the data tidal wave
Targeting false virus-notification alerts
Tech rebels with a cause
Tech without fear--it's cool
The 'other' woman at HP
The biggest spammer on the Net? Comcast?
The connection conundrum: 3G or Wi-Fi?
The essence of Googlism
The jobless recovery and offshore outsourcing
The joys of E3
The security trade-off
Top execs urged to zero in on security
Tough times for hard-drive companies, report says
Tracker keeps tabs on e-mail readers
Transmeta to add antivirus feature to chips
Two new worms follow Sasser route
Two years after Microsoft, Belluzzo is upbeat
U.S. blunders with keyword blacklist
U.S. data mining remains unchecked
U.S. hit by rise in phishing attacks
Ultra personal computing and fighting spam
UPS to recycle gear for tech companies
UPS, Yahoo target small-business shipping
Using high-energy physics to preserve old records
Veritas pledges Solaris-x86 support
Verizon offers faster DSL plans
Verizon pushes fiber network while rivals wait
Verizon to offer 'naked' DSL
Via Technologies touts low-power chip
Vonage VoIP hits RadioShack stores
Vonage vows to fight New York ruling
Wall Street's dot-com scapegoat
Wallon virus wrecks Windows Media Player
Wayport, McDonald's cook up hot-spot deal
Week ahead: Hardware's where it's at
Where tech giants are offshoring
Why choose open source?
Why Europe is patently mad
Why I was wrong about Steve Jobs
Will code-check tools make for worm-proof software?
Will number switching cut corporate costs?
Windows Media Center continues overseas march
Windows XP Reloaded muddies the SP2 waters
Windows XP sales on the upswing
Windows XP SP2--an inside look
Wireless vendors take control
Worm feeds on Sasser-infected computers
Worms part of IT diet
XP slated for marketing burst
XP, Exchange take center stage at TechEd
Yahoo boosts free e-mail storage to 100MB
Yahoo embraces antispyware
Yahoo Messenger to get facelift
Yahoo sets up standard to combat spam
Yahoo takes Google's spot on CNN
Zombie RFID tags may never die