Discussion threads on 2004-08

'Critical' flaw seen in AOL Instant Messenger
'Doom 3' may doom users' current systems
'Nearshore'--the new offshore?
'Plays for sure' means Microsoft's inside
'Push to talk' meets Wi-Fi
64-bit Intel server onslaught begins
A billion PC users on the way
A brighter Outlook?
A browser lesson learned from Microsoft
A renaissance for the workstation?
Accounting deadline could kill software spending
Actuate pushes open-source data reporting
Ad watchdog warns Microsoft to 'Get the Facts'
Adware anxiety gives Claria cold feet
After delays, Windows security update ready to go
AIM update puts price on new buddies
Airline's Net-friendly fee policy sparks spat
Allchin explains Longhorn's haircut
Amazon lists PlayStation 3
AMD aims to triple server share
AMD asleep at the wheel?
AMD chips edge ahead of Intel
AMD enters the 90-nanometer zone
AMD says its chips can boost PC security
AMD sneaks strained silicon into chips
AMD to demonstrate dual-core chips
An ode to iPod
Anatomy of a server-room meltdown
Anti-Kerry book defaced at online store
AOL glitch causes info mix-up
AOL releases Netscape update
AOL to sell cheap PCs to minorities, seniors
Apple fans abuzz over new iMac
Apple hints at colorful computer plans
Apple puts edit tools in one basket
Apple recalls overheating batteries
Apple settles with patent holder on iTunes
Apple succeeding Napster as Enemy No. 1?
Apple unveils new iMac
Apple zealots slam Real's iPod campaign
Are SOA's getting lost in translation?
Army supercomputing drafts Intel, AMD
Ask Jeeves knocking on Japan's door
AT&T strikes VoIP deals with cable
AT&T jumps into VoIP
Baby Bell networks hit with price freeze
Baby Bells win another FCC victory
Backups via P2P? Easy as 312
Battling with Microsoft on foreign soil
BEA packages Web application tools
BEA's chief technology officer says bye-bye
Begging for trouble on security
Best Buy to sell AT&T's Internet phone service
Better times for techies?
Bidding on Bach
BigFix eases enterprise deployment of SP2
BlackBerrys sync with Mac OS X
Blockbuster enters online DVD rental business
Blu-ray burns for interactive content
Blu-ray Disc spec approved
Boom time for instant messaging
Bread, milk and a Linux PC
Breaking the rules with open source
Breakthrough promises hotter, tougher, faster chips
Browser campaign slams IE
Bursting the bubble on mobile myths
Bush backs new post of intelligence czar
Bush maneuvers new FTC head into place
Businesses: Routers, shmouters
CA execs can keep bonuses--for now
CA picks up PestPatrol
Calif. approves e-voting in counties after fight
California considers open-source shift
California lawmakers back e-mail warning
California sues Microsoft for antitrust...again
California urged to use open source, VoIP
Caller ID: Do you really know who's calling?
Camera sets sights on videos and photos
Carrier turns cell phones into wallets
Catching 'phishers' a WholeSecurity sport
CeBit America 2005 canceled
Cell phones could keep atomic time
Centrino to connect with all Wi-Fi standards
Cheap Windows XP--'Good idea, bad execution'
China nixes 'discriminatory' software plan
CIO jury: Wait-and-see on Windows XP SP2
CIOs expect moderate hiring, study says
CIOs: No hurry to install SP2 upgrade
Cisco flaw opens networks to attacks
Cisco, Microsoft step up small-business push
Clock is ticking for Sarbanes-Oxley
Code check: SP2 may lock the worm holes
College P2P use on the decline?
CompactFlash card takes licking, keeps ticking
Computer glitch grounds two airlines
Compuware asks court to punish IBM
Con artists 'phish' for campaign donors
Congressional economists tackle copyright issues
Copernic debuts desktop search tool
Cox hoists broadband speed limits
Cox owners to take company private
Cox speed boost leaves some members behind
Crypto researchers abuzz over flaws
Cybertourists in Boston
Danger enhances all-in-one device
Death of the Internet greatly exaggerated
Dell halts sales of low-end PCs in China
Dell's second-quarter earnings meet expectations
Developers react to Longhorn delay
Digitizing the multiplex
DOJ takes P2P legislation with 'grain of salt'
Don't regulate RFID--yet
Drag-and-drop flaw mars Microsoft's latest update
Drive maker files counterclaims in patent suit
Drug store offers new wave of disposable cameras
Dual-core chips bring dual caches
DVD player profits down to $1
DVD-copying trailblazer shuts its doors
E-mail jokers fail to amuse U.K. watchdog
E-mail viruses getting smarter
E-passports are nothing to smile about
E-passports to put new face on old documents
eBay buys into Craigslist
eBay looks to go local with Craigslist stake
eBay puts its stamp on shipping
EC puts off decision on Microsoft, Time Warner deal
End of the line for HP's Alpha
Epson aims to turn TVs into printers
Ericsson pulls Bluetooth division
EU will probe Microsoft, Time Warner buy
Excerpts from Google co-founders' Playboy interview
Exchange anti-spam add-on supports SURBL
Executive flight continues at BEA
Expert: Gaps still pain Bluetooth security
Fahrenheit FBI
Fast but going nowhere
FBI arrests MSBlast worm suspect
FBI probes beheading hoax on Web
FBI wants to eavesdrop on fiber links
FCC boss offers to tweak interim phone rules
FCC cans wireless spam
FCC chairman calls for new telecom laws
FCC lets TiVo users share shows
Federal Reserve raises rate by quarter point
Feds back Internet wiretapping rules
Ferreting out copyright scofflaws
File-swap software to foil enforcers
Film group turns to secure DVD players
Firm points to flaws in Windows security update
Fish tailing, off-roading hit cell phones
Five countries to get cheap Windows XP
For Windows, Opera takes requests
Ford scraps Oracle-based procurement system
Found in translation: Microsoft tool talks pretty
Free corporate Linux set for test phase
French investigators probe copy-protected CDs
French tax office takes up open source
Friendster fires developer for blog
FTC squashes firm's pop-up ads
Gartner sees solid server sales
Gates calls for more software research
Gates: Why we streamlined Longhorn
Gateway alum resurfaces at HP
Gateway lands on another retailer's shelves
Gateway PC keeps it cool
Gateway spreads out at retail
Glitches hit some EarthLink-hosted sites
Gmail by any other name?
Gmail delivered to desktops
Google adds Playboy info to SEC filing
Google cuts IPO price range
Google gouges Wall Street--and lives
Google investors Doerr, Moritz take a hit
Google IPO deadline imminent
Google IPO: No longer a sure thing?
Google may have issued shares illegally
Google queries provide stolen credit cards
Google revealed in Playboy interview?
Google sets deadline for IPO bidder registration
Google shares rise in debut
Google slashes IPO price
Google's courageous, clumsy debut
Google's IPO--easy to misjudge
Google, Yahoo bury the legal hatchet
Group cites Microsoft threat, says no SP2 over P2P
Group offers alternative to P2P bill
Group: Linux potentially infringes 283 patents
Hacker takes bite out of Apple's iTunes
Hackers revive iTunes music sharing
Handwriting recognition going mobile on Linux
Hard time? Not for cyber criminals
Has cell phone blogging found its place?
Have e-books turned a page?
Hollywood cracks down on DVD chipmakers
Home networking to skyrocket, study says
How eight pixels cost Microsoft millions
How spyware works--and burns
HP brand to inject new life into ink
HP notebook executive leaving for Dell
HP offers Linux-based Centrino laptop
HP readies TVs, media hub products
HP replaces three senior executives
HP tips its hand on new iPod
HP to offer three-in-one tablet PC
HP to tempt holiday shoppers with sights and sounds
HP's iPod to lead consumer push
Human chips more than skin-deep
IBM asks for Linux ban on SCO
IBM boosts hiring projection
IBM concocts a deal with Dow Chemical
IBM eyes Web hosting as growth engine
IBM grabs content management company
IBM lays claim to extension of server reign
IBM pledges no patent attacks against Linux
IBM readies Notes, Domino updates
IBM strikes at SCO claims
IBM to round out iSeries Power5 server family
IBM won't use XP update
IBM's Linux revenue: Services to overtake servers
IBM's mainframe momentum continues
IE is evolving, but is it enough?
Image flaw pierces PC security
In maturing market, how can Google grow?
In schools, blogs are the new bulletin boards
In search of better search results
Indian state rolls out wireless broadband
Industrial security guard gets backup
Intel awaits government move on expensing options
Intel clouded by back-to-school fears
Intel earns programmer tool a Linux foothold
Intel lops Pentium 4 prices
Intel loses market share, AMD gains
Intel set to unveil new Wi-Fi chips, analysts say
Intel sheds light on future chip technology
Intel to throttle power by enhancing silicon
Intel's vision: A wireless melting pot
Internet2: 2004 and beyond
Intuit posts loss while revenue rises
iPod chipmaker plans stock offering
Is VoIP just chump change?
It's all a game for Bush vs. Kerry
Japan designers shoot for supercomputer on a chip
JibJab beats copyright rap
Jobs has surgery for cancer
Judges rule file-sharing software legal
Juniper engineers depart for start-up
Justice Dept. probing for criminal file swappers
Kashmiri firm tries to tap into offshoring boom
Kazaa owner takes heart in P2P ruling
KDE updates Linux desktop
Kerry book rattles online merchants
Kerry's real tech agenda
Laser mouse conquers new surfaces
Lindows postpones public offering
Linux fervor on display at trade show
Linux group aims for Google-like search
Linux guide designed for developing nations
Linux may power South Korean schools
Linux seller trims IPO price--again
Linux, digital rights on collision course
Lock 'em up and throw away the Webcam
Lycos debuts people, forum searches
Macromedia expands J2EE pitch
Macromedia offers Flash video tool
Macromedia readies ColdFusion update
Major Web sites hit with suit over gambling ads
McAfee grabs Foundstone
Microsoft addresses NAT conflict introduced by SP2
Microsoft benches sports games
Microsoft cuts OneNote price
Microsoft delays SP2 auto update
Microsoft expands mainframe pitch
Microsoft goes to the movies
Microsoft lets companies block SP2 upgrade
Microsoft lists SP2 conflicts
Microsoft offers SP2 compatibility guide
Microsoft opens up Live Meeting
Microsoft overhauls Longhorn plans
Microsoft pens e-commerce deal
Microsoft plans to personalize search
Microsoft plugs hole in Exchange
Microsoft preps XP push, deliberates on Longhorn
Microsoft readies new CRM tools
Microsoft revamps its plans for Longhorn
Microsoft sends security update to home PCs
Microsoft settles consumer lawsuit in New Mexico
Microsoft shifts researchers to Windows unit
Microsoft ships updated Works
Microsoft tests Web-based messenger
Microsoft to show off team-development tools
Microsoft touts 'Sender ID' to fight spam, scams
Microsoft wants to improve your image
Microsoft's blast from the past
Microsoft's MOM goes out the door
Microsoft: Always pushing people over the edge
Mobile hard drive carries Linux
More money for fuel cells
Mosquito virus bites smart phones
Motive aims to head off system glitches
Motorola and HP in Linux tie-up
Moveon.org subscribers exposed
Mozilla puts bounty on bugs
MP3 tool pulls satellite radio into piracy fight
MPAA wins settlement in DVD copy case
MSBlast suspect pleads guilty
MSN blocks e-mail from rival ISPs
MSN Music: It's really about Windows
Multi-processor servers shoehorned into 1U enclosures
Munich halts biggest-ever Linux migration
Munich Linux switch back on
Myths about using business apps online
Nanotech funding to grow to $8.6 billion
Nanotech will tap nature's potential, investor says
Napster performs for the troops
Net phone customers brace for 'VoIP spam'
Netgear president resigns
Netgear, Vonage gear up for VoIP
New iMac tries to play it cool
New MyDoom revives call to catch culprit
New search tool gets billionaire Cuban's backing
New Siemens phone connects to BlackBerry
New worm spies on you
Newisys paves way for 16-, 32-chip Opteron servers
Next-generation search tools to refine results
Nokia taps Coke exec to refresh brands
Nortel to lay off 3,500
Northwest's Net move hits more turbulence
Novell creates new management posts
Novell launches new Linux--with JBoss Java
Novell sees weakness in IT spending
Novell to release enhanced Linux in fall
Novelty mice chase after kids
Nvidia sees profits, revenue decline
Nyucking it up on cell phones
Officials say Linux not a price ploy in Microsoft deal
Offshoring pays...CEOs
Offshoring threat downplayed for UK call centers
Offshoring: Don't shoot the messenger
Ohio to track prisoners with radio tags
On red planet of life, blue screens of death
Open-source developers focus on accessibility
Open-source rival to Exchange released
Oracle expands midmarket ambitions
Oracle gives PeopleSoft shareholders more time
Oracle plans to patch peck of flaws
OSDL hires lawyer, opens China office
Outsourcing to rise, but deals to shrink
PalmOne to turn off wireless service
PalmSource chairman to step down
Patch preempts problem in Windows update
Patent problems plague Linux
PC users happier--especially with Apple, Dell
PCs join the Mickey Mouse club
PeopleSoft finds millions south of the border
PeopleSoft papers detail cost of Oracle bid
Playboy bares more of Google
Playboy flap fails to derail Google
Playing the convergence game
Political parody draws Web crowd
Poll: Experts fear e-voting more than most voters
Pop-up purveyor Claria settles suits
PostgreSQL 8.0 will run on Windows
Price not right on Bagle variant
Publishing industry tackles digital rights
Reader rails against 'obscene' costs of MS insecurity
Readers speak: Who's right in iPod fight?
Ready to install SP2?
RealNetworks slashes song prices
RealNetworks updates player for Linux
RealNetworks: One week, 1 million songs
Red Hat chief addresses patents, competition
Red Hat chief calls for idealism, reform, sharing
Report: Apple G5 chips scarce
Report: Consumers tuning in to plasma TVs
Reservoir blogs: Tarantino fake pens online diary
RIAA puts more 'John Does' in the dock
Ring tones, phone games to rake it in
Roxio dumps software division, reborn as Napster
RSS gets down to business
Samsung plans camcorder phone
Schwartz: How Sun's moons orbit the 'open' debate
SCO may raise 'Linux' license fees
SCO to cap legal expenses
SCO's McBride takes over the offense
SCO: No plans for new lawsuits
SCOoffice Server traps spam, enhances collaboration
Sears launches consumer electronics line
SEC gives thumbs-up to Google
SEC opens new inquiry into issued Google stock
SecuGen: Windows login in a finger-SNAP
Securing the gold in Athens
Security firms: Beware of Greeks bearing handhelds
Security pro: Windows easier to 0wn
Security software--can we get it right?
Security vendors face new kid on block: Microsoft
Security's disorderly mess
Sendmail searches for antispam testers
Senforce puts 'Tupperware-like' seal on mobile data
Server sales sag in the middle
Server software maker goes open source
Sheriff misusing FBI computer can't be sued
Site puts customers' photos on stamps
Site security gets a recount at Rock the Vote
Six degrees of separation and super nodes
Smugglers take Net phone accounts to Panama
Snags could scratch CD-DVD launch
So you want to be a cybercrook...
Software maker exposes hidden data
Software piracy: Hype versus reality
Software promises painless VoIP set-up
Some VoIP calls being blocked
SonicWALL calls on more VoIP
Sony reveals some specs for PSP handheld
Sony unveils new flat TVs
Sony zooms in with new TV tech
Sony's PS3 to use Blu-ray Disc
South Koreans face digital divide
SP2 delayed again
SP2 upgrade sparks concern among IT managers
Spam is born in the U.S.A.
Sprint backs Apple tech for video streaming
Sprint touts business customer guarantee
Spyware as a service
Standards battle could shoot both sides in foot
Start-up salaries get reality check
Start-up targets eBay deadbeats
Start-up to make iTunes sing on Linux
Start-up to use genes to build better chips
State attorney generals to warn on file-sharing
Stopping spam at the source
Students saying no to computer science
Study: Broadband leaps past dial-up
Study: IT workers more optimistic
Study: Unpatched PCs compromised in 20 minutes
Stumbling over SP2
Sun cuts wires out of chip connections
Sun drafts open-source blog developer
Sun mulls buying Novell
Sun sales tactic targets Linux
Sun spotlights thin-client project
Sun to tout Wall Street wins in September
Sun wins spat over H-1B law
Sun's Big Blue bluff?
Sun's novel idea needs vision
Sun's Solaris 10 to run Linux apps, too
Sun, Microsoft join on Web app standard
Supercharged college P2P project expands
Supercharged Wi-Fi to blanket all Amsterdam
Survival of software's fittest
Switching to Linux picks up steam
Sybase looks ahead to RFID
Symantec sued for labeling product 'adware'
Symantec to reinforce data protection
Szulik at LinuxWorld: 'Improvement at unprecedented rates'
Tablus sounds alarm for content security
Tech market indeed soft, but HP woes one of a kind
The case of the mistaken worm
The hidden benefits of abstraction in transactions
The rise and fall of the Wintel empire
Thin-client makers ride Linux bandwagon
TiVo dented by DirecTV move
TiVo tries rebate to lure subscribers
Torvalds steps into Linux trademark fight
Toshiba delays 1.8-inch hard drives
Tough talk on offshoring
Trade deal exports DMCA down under
Traders bet on Oracle's PeopleSoft bid
Travel sites agree to changes for the blind
Two strikes for Eolas
U.S. call center jobs moving to Canada
U.S. cooks up most spam
U.S. economy may hurt worldwide PC sales
Unisys gives Linux a second try
VeriSign sues ICANN in state court
VeriSign's antitrust suit against ICANN dismissed
Verizon to tap BREW for downloads
Verizon wins injunction against text spammer
Verizon, Cingular get hooked to IM
Viagra maker cracks down on counterfeit Net sales
Vircom closes more spam loopholes
Virgin: Apple's not playing fair with iPod
Virus alert: Spies prize Webcams' eyes
Virus targets 64-bit Windows
VoIP firm tussles with states over phone numbers
VoIP picks up momentum
VoIP provider Vonage suffers outage
Vonage connects with Linksys, Netgear on VoIP
Wal-Mart does the notebook price limbo
Warning: Cancer sites could pose health risk
Weak demand behind Google price cut
Web Addiction Gets Finnish Conscripts Out of Army
Webcam images go mobile on Sprint
Webmaster held on terror charges
Webster's uploads MP3 to dictionary
Why host your SOA's connective tissue when you can outsource it?
Why spam will revolutionize tech
Wi-Fi phones make a splash
Will SP2 actually make a difference?
Will XP update give tablets a boost?
WiMax to turbocharge alternative carriers
Winamp vulnerable to camouflaged-skin attacks
Windows update harbors AMD conflict
Windows update hits file-sharing networks
Windows XP update delayed again
Wireless vendors pledge hurricane relief
Wiretaps may mute Nextel rivals
Worm calling--an inexact science
Wyse brings out Linux thin client
Xbox 'mod chip' delivers stolen goods
XM Radio pulls PC hardware amid piracy concerns
Yahoo clamps down on Claria adware
Yahoo fixes two flaws in mail system
Yahoo issues security patch for IM
Yahoo lowers cost of parking Web pages
Yahoo's Anti-Spy toolbar feature buggy
Yahoo, Ask Jeeves out to lure locals
Your regularly scheduled software patch
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