Discussion threads on 2004-07

'Atak' worm variant linked to al-Qaida sympathizer
'Fahrenheit 9/11' sparks file-sharing flare-up
'High-rise' chips sneak on market
'Important' Windows flaw could turn critical
180solutions sues allies over adware
3G, the term, makes a comeback
Acucorp brings Cobol to 64-bit Linux
Adobe reveals patent suit
Aladdin locks down smart cards
Aligning IT with The Business: The Other Side of The Story
All eyes on virus protection at Athens Olympics
Alviso advisory: Intel delays new notebook chip
Amazon to take pre-orders for Portable Media Center
AMD meets second-quarter expectations
AMD pops out two notebook chips
AMD to saddle up Sempron on Wednesday
Analysts wary after Verizon goofs numbers
Another Internet Explorer flaw found
Anti-phishing group gets help from Microsoft
Antipiracy bill gains new ally
AOL debuts service for disabled
Apache's Java server delayed
Apple delays new iMac
Apple fires back at RealNetworks 'hack'
Apple hatches fourth-generation iPod
Apple offers iTunes goody bag
Apple's absence nibbles core at Macworld
Archos queues up video player
Are P2P networks leaking military secrets?
Asian Linux gaining momentum
AT&T: Plug into power sockets for high-speed Net
Audiogalaxy founder tries new P2P venture
Australian government to offer guide to open-source
Bad tech advice for the president
Bagle keeps on toasting PCs
Ballmer: Microsoft needs better sales pitch
Ballmer: We're still growing
Balmer: Nothing's rotten in Denmark
Banking law mints tech windfall
BBC tech staff to strike over outsourcing
Better tools let hackers strike more quickly
Beware of open-and-shut cases
Biggest threats to workplace productivity
Blazing the trail for Longhorn
Blinkx debuts new search technology
Blog's the word in big business
Brazil Internet craze angers English speakers
Brightmail tackles zombies
Broadband by airship?
Broadband: A life-saving technology
Broadband: Why policies must change
Bulk mailer faces criminal charges
Bulk of year's PC infections pinned to one man
Bush advisers tout broadband success
Buyers don earplugs at upgrade time
CA deflated Kumar's golden parachute
California man charged in government hacking
California privacy law kicks in
Can VoIP survive Congress?
Canadian record labels appeal P2P ruling
Case against Napster backers gets green light
Cell phone glitch throws off GPS
Cell phones heading into iPod territory
Cheaper DVD recorders on the way
Check Point plugs VPN security hole
China, U.S. resolve chip tax issues
Chocks away for in-flight cell phone test
Cisco router makes Guinness World Records
City-owned network moves forward
Commoditized software: fact of fiction?
Commodization: the double-edged sword
Companies patching security holes faster
Companies step up e-mail surveillance
Competition stirs cable, DSL
Computer Associates warns on lower revenue
Congress may pass wrong spyware bill
Congress mulls new Net phone rules
Congress runs into VoIP divide
Congressional panel to vote on bill to ban VoIP taxes
Consumers are hot for LCDs, but are investors?
Court refuses to lift California e-voting restrictions
Critic pans IRS suggestion on VoIP
D-Link releases media player with AOL service
Date set for 'Doom 3'
Deal boosts Liberty Alliance
Defense bill could stifle computer trade
Dell clarifies reports of Linux PCs in Europe
Dell increases second-quarter forecast
Dell recalls notebook power adapter cords
Dell scrambling up ranks in Japan
Dell to open new sales facility
Dell ups bucks for recycling programs
Dell wants to teach Web surfers a security lesson
Dell, HP offer recycling deals
Delta will use RFID to track luggage
Details of Microsoft antivirus software leak out
Digital downloads to go gold
Digital rights market to boom, study says
Dimmer fades on desk-lamp iMac
DNA pioneer Crick dies at 88
DNS opens networks to data attacks
DoubleClick blacks out from Web attack
DreamWorks to spin off 'Shrek' studio
Drive maker Maxtor to ax hundreds of jobs
Drop the phone--now
E-ballot software wins vote of confidence
E-voting critic calls on hackers to expose flaws
eBay plugs into digital-music market
eBay profit rises, but shares fall
eBay sellers file billing suit
EDS automates security updates
Ellison upbeat on Oracle growth
Ellison--is PeopleSoft worth it?
Ellison: 'Radical' industry shift drove bid
End of the road for SMTP?
Enterprise architects clean house
Escaping the jaws of Microsoft
Exposing click fraud
Face to Face: Vint Cerf
FCC chief blogs to tech industry
Fear of viruses and poor protection grows
Feeling secure? Not John Thompson
Finally, keyboards to get excited about
First Avenue to acquire Teligent
First look at Microsoft's multisearch tool
First virus for Windows CE surfaces
Fixing the flaws in Microsoft's big picture
France cuts cost of broadband
Free shipping dents Amazon profits
From A to RFID: Plumbing 101
Fujitsu technique hides data in images
Gates to donate $3 billion windfall
Gates' house party draws police protection
Gates: China may not get cheap Windows
Gateway ready for debut on retail stage
Gateway returns to PC roots
Gateway tests Inouye behind the wheel
Gateway widens its loss
Gateway-HP patent tussle continues
German retail giant opens test center to push RFID
Google a favorite among hackers too
Google bans Gmail swaps and sales
Google hit with age-discrimination suit
Google recruits eggheads with mystery billboard
Google sets its IPO price range
Google tool plucks from rivals
Greek government bans e-games
Group calls for copy-protection Rosetta stone
Growing pains for next Net
Hackers attack South Korean government servers
Hackers plan global game of 'capture the flag'
Handhelds seek handhold as sales remain stagnant
Hillary Clinton talks tech with a fervor
Homeland Security paces government IT deals
Homeland Security rapped over data-sharing
Hotmail slip improves members' memory
House debates stock option bill
How to survive after offshoring
HP DVD writers aim to play nice
HP lands $500 million in outsourcing
HP memo: Microsoft planned open-source patent fight
HP sets new e-waste recycling target
HP to Dick Tracy: Bet your phone can't do this
Humax, TiVo team on 300-hour recorder
IBM aims to make chips more autonomous
IBM attacks Unix rivals with Power5
IBM downsizes U.S. layoff plans
IBM expands job description for Linux exec
IBM plans July launch of Power5 Unix server
IBM to bring Eclipse tools to desktop applications
IBM to make Java database open source
IBM tries to hook computer science students
ICANN panel condemns Site Finder
IE slide: a blip or a bomb?
IM giants drop some barriers to peace
iMac delay bites into Apple stock
In absentia, Jobs still towers over Macworld
In China, Yahoo goes to a gigabyte
In name dispute, it's Googles vs. Google
Indian president calls for open source in defense
Innovation on the front lines
Intel battles U.K. detective agency
Intel CEO wants an employee attitude check
Intel chip glitch hobbles server advance
Intel delays 4GHz chip until next year
Intel fills in more details on Itanium family
Intel shareholders could get slice of $17 billion
Intel shares fall on earnings report
Intel short on 3.6GHz chips
Intel sneaks out a low-end Pentium M
Intelligence on Microsoft motives?
Intuit warns of credit card risk
iPod helps police nab alleged car thief
iPod undermines Microsoft on copy-locked CDs
iPods are security risk, warns analyst
iPods: Weapons of network destruction
IRS eyes Net phone taxes
Is Bangalore bigger than Silicon Valley?
Is Real's iPod "hacking" legal?
Is the blade emperor wearing any clothes?
Japan hits Microsoft with antitrust warning
Japan school kids to be tagged with RFID chips
Java Desktop support site launched
Java's baby steps toward open source
JBoss airs expansion plans
Jobs displays 30-inch flat panel
Journalist Karen Southwick succumbs to cancer
Judge blocks sales of unlicensed DVD chips
Judge grills Oracle, DOJ at trial's close
Judge protects defendant's Web site
Judge strikes down violent-game law
Judge's order may be good for Oracle
Judge: Feds, not states, should govern VoIP
Judge: RIAA can unmask file swappers
Kazaa copyright trial set for November
Kerry turns to Net in naming Edwards
Keyboard case a repetitive stress on Microsoft
Keystroke loggers must send Microsoft back to firewall drawing board
Labor group: Microsoft offshoring work on Longhorn
Labor groups raise outsourcing privacy concerns
Latest Bagle succeeds by sheer numbers
Liberty Alliance signs up Oracle, Intel
Linux services go mainstream
Longhorn to work with high-definition DVD
Longhorn update: No promises
Loss of Google sends users scrambling
Massachusetts files suit under Can-Spam
Maxtor drives in reverse
MCI beefs up Ethernet offering
Meet boxless digital cable
Mexico revs high-tech ambitions
Microsoft 'guarantees' SP2 release
Microsoft appeals Japanese antitrust decision
Microsoft awarded $4 million in spam suit
Microsoft boosts partner investments
Microsoft buys Lookout to boost search
Microsoft customers back in the Money
Microsoft delays patch management tool
Microsoft delays Virtual PC for Macs
Microsoft delays Windows Server update, 64-bit OS
Microsoft dresses up mice
Microsoft easing into antivirus efforts
Microsoft finds more 'critical' flaws in Windows
Microsoft gets specific with partner program
Microsoft hits play on entertainment group
Microsoft launches new developer support program
Microsoft Money blackout approaching day four
Microsoft needs 7,000 resumes
Microsoft patch process reveals timing flaws, potential vulnerabilities
Microsoft patches three critical browser flaws
Microsoft pays fine imposed by Europe
Microsoft pays to end Lindows suits
Microsoft posts work-around for IE flaw
Microsoft puts Slate on the block
Microsoft releases major Office update
Microsoft releases SQL Server 2005 beta
Microsoft revenue beats quarterly estimates
Microsoft says it has room to grow
Microsoft sees opportunity to grow profits
Microsoft spearheads latest security partnership
Microsoft spruces up Mac Office
Microsoft staffer charged with stealing search code
Microsoft throws .Net over China
Microsoft to launch Google News rival
Microsoft to meet with EU judge
Microsoft to meet with top EU judge
Microsoft to offer dividend, launch stock buyback
Microsoft video tech aims for prime time
Microsoft wants EU to learn from its U.S. victory
Microsoft works on Office search
Microsoft's 1994 consent decree: Boon or bust?
Microsoft's EU court date set for September
Microsoft, biometrics firm to tackle homeland security
Microsoft, BT team on Web meeting software
Microsoft, Fiat team on car technology
Microsoft: 'Real progress' on security
Microsoft: Buy 32 bits, get 32 bits free
Microsoft: Sun deal unsigned; Feds look at Longhorn
Mini iPod to debut outside U.S.
Mono bringing .Net to Linux
Motorola unveils a Wi-Fi phone
MoveOn looks to Net for political ad stars
Mozilla to squash security bugs
MP3 creator returns with 3D sound
MS patch is nine months late
MSN launches revamped search engine
Music downloaders hit by acronym cacophony
MusicMatch jazzes up Jukebox
MyDoom opens door for attack on Microsoft
MyDoom variant slams mailboxes
Mysterious message linked to Google
Nano memory gets big chip backer
Napster makes gains in colleges
NASA taps SGI, Intel for supercomputer
Nerd news site woos IT execs
Net agency heralds Web-addressing advance
Net neutrality: Now, more than ever
Net phone providers losing battle of the bundle
Never mind the cash--how's Microsoft's business?
New Hampshire: E-mail free or die...for now
New sleeper worm may have al-Qaida link
No clear-cut winner in Oracle antitrust trial
Nokia releases 'bluesnarfing' fix
Nokia suffers Asian flu in America
Nortel agrees to outsource manufacturing
Novell adds $600 million to war chest
Novell to debut server Linux update
Novell, Oracle move ahead with Liberty
Of Google, sewers and English ale
Offshoring backlash spreads
Offshoring verdict--fear a backlash
Old-school worm loves Windows applications
Online ad spending to hit $16 billion by 2009
Oracle counts on success in China
Oracle extends PeopleSoft offer again
Oracle puts weight behind Asian Linux
Overhauled Dell adapters ship again
Overpriced blades don't cut it for widespread use
Password Problems, Policies, Practices, and Planning
PeopleSoft's 'better plan' leaves customers cold
Phone battery flames injure teen
Phone companies cheer supplier consolidation
Pioneer doubles down on DVD recorder
Poll shows tough road for broadband
Portuguese pooches to get radio tagged
Powell calls for legislative rethink
Powell: New phone competition rules soon
Professor gives Cisco manual away for free
Pssst--wanna buy some source code?
Radio tags dress up RFID concept store
Readers weigh in on iMac design
RealNetworks breaks Apple's hold on iPod
RealNetworks' loss narrows on higher revenue
Record industry group settles suit against iMesh P2P
Red Hat adopts Novell e-mail software
Red Hat alums try new Linux angle
Red Hat restatement triggers legal attacks
Red Hat restates earnings
Red Hat to serve Java
Reheated Bagle comes with side of source code
Remote access for small companies
Report on Sept. 11 finds home on Net
Report: Offshoring only one drain on tech jobs
Report: Plasma TV, notebook prices drop
Report: WiMax won't take off soon
Researcher: Threat to internal networks is growing
Resilient: Making processes into objects
RFID chips sent to the dry cleaners
RFID tags become hacker target
RFID takes up the counterfeit watch
Road Runner zip-bangs to 6mbps
Robots to put humans to work
Roll up for PayPal payout
Rollins to take up the reins at Dell
Samsung gains ground in handset sales
Samsung profit almost triples
Samsung readies 3D gaming phone
Sandia supercomputer to get dual-core Opterons
SAP-Microsoft--harsh market reality
Scientists: Nanotech risks need study
SCO appoints software chief
SCO flops in DaimlerChrysler Unix lawsuit
SCO seeks to buttress case against Big Blue
SCO still wants info from IBM
SCO, BayStar resume squabbling
Scotland Yard and the case of the rent-a-zombies
Seagate ups drive warranties to five years
Season over for 'phishing'?
SEC questions phone companies' math
Security hole found in Mozilla browser
Senate panel embraces state VoIP taxes
Senator wants to ban P2P networks
Service Pack 2: Patching the unpatchable
Shareholders: Salesforce.com misled us before IPO
Sharman owner called out from shadows
Sierra smart phone debuts in Europe
Silicon Valley votes with its wallet
Skype goes server-less for Net phone calls
Smaller firms pour money into wireless
Software firms stumble in second quarter
Software piracy losses double
Software sales slump blamed on paperwork
Sony Ericsson picks up new phones
Sony lays plans to unveil PlayStation 3
Sony wins case against seller of mod chips
Sony, Panasonic, others stump for Linux
Source code shop shut down
South Korea--the broadband leader
Spam grows as spammers mature
Spammers can be beaten in two years--regulators
Speeds 6,000 times faster than broadband?
Sprint touts off-Net networks
Starbucks adds wireless service to more stores
Start-up develops tiny hot plate that burns like Venus
Start-up puts broadband plans into orbit
Start-ups search for hard-drive replacements
Stolen a film? MPAA wants to know
StorageTek warns of disappointing results
Study calls for middle solution to offshoring
Study: Broadband market to triple by 2008
Study: Game industry sales slip
Study: Online-gaming revenue to skyrocket
Study: Outsourcing megadeals on the rise
Study: Song downloads to hit a high note
Study: States doing plenty of offshoring
Study: Windows cheaper than Linux
Sun desktop software exec moving to Linux specialist
Sun has software plans for rival servers
Sun lifted by revenue growth, Microsoft settlement
Sun mulls an open-source Java server
Sun ponders Solaris for Power, Itanium
Sun pushes Java brand harder--but uphill
Sun server doubles up on Opteron
Sun to announce four-Opteron server on Monday
Sun to build servers on Rock in 2008
Sun wrestles with open-source Java
Sunbelt adds Linux support to security scanner
Survey: Tech support time costly
Taxes on tap for Internet chat?
Tech digs for new energy sources
Tech is running out of options
Tech services jobs rise in June
Tech, Hollywood heavyweights create content coalition
Tech, studio giants team on new DVD locks
Terra finds buyer for Lycos
The attack of the $2 million worm
The blah, blah blog trap
The CIO time bomb
The end of software
The enterprise service bus--a ride you shouldn't miss
The network is the security
The new face of cybercrime
The price of VoIP's thriftiness
The quiet monopoly
The weakest security link? You
Thugs turn to corporate e-blackmail
Top down, bottom up security management
Toshiba races to release multimedia laptop
U.K. retailer pulls video game after teen murder
U.S. aims to digitize health records
U.S. wins appeal against alleged pirate
UC fires back at Microsoft in browser battle
UK firm files patent suit against Apple, Microsoft
UK Orders BBC to Revamp Internet Offerings
Uncommon Sense: Energy worries
Under-the-skin ID chips move toward U.S. hospitals
Unisys to miss targets, but SAP is upbeat
UPS cuts the cord
Upside-down security
Veritas to miss earnings mark
Verizon's fiber race is on
Verizon's Net phone service 'imminent'
Verizon, MetroPCS snare more air
Virgin music device gets 'round
Virus writer purports to show bin Laden's death
Visitors can't reach Google search
Vonage beats back New York ruling
We're all bankers now
Web luminaries hand $60 million to Tulane
Web reacts to Stewart sentencing
Week ahead: Money talks
When biotech comes home
Where to keep your data truly safe...
Why your PC won't replace TiVo...just yet
Will consumers find portable video palatable?
Will phones get smart before pigs can fly?
Windows update will be late, Microsoft says
Wireless group wants fliers to switch on after takeoff
Worm sleeps to avoid detection
XP Service Pack 1 targets politics, not users