Discussion threads on 2004-10

'Grand Theft' of intellectual property
'Rolex' spam taps into bling-bling culture
3Com opens research center in India
A new direction for Linux for gadgets
A new event in programming?
A sea of bits
Adobe releases hobbyist Photoshop package
Advertisers to go gaga over gaming
Advice to Microsoft: Learn to love Linux
All roads lead to SOA
Alleged spammer settles with Massachusetts
Amazon unveils search tool
AMD bid for Intel documents rejected
AMD bounces back with $44 million profit
AMD debuts low-cost Net device
AMD offering blueprint for $249 PC
AMD preps high-performance chips for desktops
AMD's dual-core performance boost
Andreessen: IE faces one-two punch
Anna keeps shared identity info anonymous
Annoy.com Webmaster says war art censored
AOL prepares its own browser
AOL to offer free antivirus protection
Appeals court to reconsider e-mail snoop case
Apple dishes up 5.6 terabytes of RAID storage
Apple event could bring iPod news
Apple issues Mac OS X security update
Apple iTunes sales quicken
Apple releases new machines, cuts prices
Apple shares barrel past $50 on iPod juice
Apple to give its stores a Mini Me look
Apple whistles a happy iTunes
Apple's edge: fewer choices
Apple's U2 'box set' a sign of shifting music pricing?
ARM's new chip aims beyond cell phones
As election nears, Web's grass roots still growing
Ask Tom Ridge or bust
At wireless conference, silly services rule
AT&T looks into closing its Windows
AT&T Wireless opens mobile music store
Avinti isolates suspect e-mail attacks
Avis blames IT for multimillion-dollar loss
Baby, you can network my car
Ballmer calls security a never-ending battle
Ballmer security pitch leaves skeptics unswayed
Ballmer sees squeeze on Longhorn deadline
Ballmer: 'Bad guys' aren't going away
Ballmer: iPods packed with stolen tunes
Ballmer: We need a $100 PC
Barrett still has some fight in him
Barrier erected against malware
BEA vows to fight off suitors
Belarus KGB arrests U.S. Internet specialist
Best Buy opens online photo-processing lab
Best Buy's new privacy policy raises alarm
Big stakes in holiday game scramble
Bin Laden tape hits the Web
BlackBerry can be bitten by DoS attacks
Blizzard wins online game suit
Blockbuster's brick-and-mortar Netflix defense
Blogs put real-time spin on debate coverage
Blue Coat, InterMute team to squelch spyware
Britain, U.S. talk up spam fight
British ISPs must unmask downloaders
Broadband to get power boost in Big Apple
Browsers become business bugbear
Building a 21st century radio
Burned before, Kyocera recalls cell phone batteries
Bush campaign site blocks traffic from abroad
Bush, Kerry e-mails seek post-debate spin
Bush, Kerry respond to tech questionnaire
Bye-bye, blueprint: 3D modeling catches on
CA adds utility-like mainframe pricing
Calif. passes cell phone recycling bill
Can Mike Lawrie make Siebel better?
Car computer hobbyists hack XM Radio
Carriers, handset makers vie for interface control
CD shipments surge after lean years
Cell phone batteries: Avoid getting burned
Cell phones: Too hot to handle?
CEOs 'too trusting' of outsourcer's security
Chasing digital music's 'codec killers'
Check Point's optimistic pessimist
Cingular closes $41 billion ATT Wireless buy
Cisco to buy security start-up
Cisco, Microsoft pledge security interoperability
Clarke: Using technology to secure IDs is vital
Comcast CEO offers olive branch to Bells
Compression software speeds access to corporate data
Conway could get $20 million golden parachute
Conway or the highway
Conway's golden handshake
Conway: 'Genghis Khan' comment was fair
Cops track emergency call to malfunctioning TV
Corel buys photo software maker Jasc
Courtroom courtship for Oracle and PeopleSoft?
Craig Barrett sounds the alarm
Cray begins selling new mini-supercomputers
Customers cool on subscription software
Cybersecurity: Asleep at the wheel
D.C. showdown over file swapping looms
Defense deals lead in federal IT contracts
Defense, Japanese firms see services revenue surge
Dell angles for the best seat in the living room
Dell backs spyware education drive
Dell extends lead in PCs
Dell grapples with Apple in Mini arena
Dell notebook gets set for big-screen debut
Dell plays price card with Novell Linux
Dell taking aim at iPod Mini?
Dell to make house calls
Dell to open new PC plant in United States
Dell to tighten Linux ties with Novell pact
Dell touts in-home services
Dell updates low-end server line
Designer puts 96 cores on single chip
Digital ID: How are you managing?
DivX Networks touts new studio deals
Do you have what it takes to join Google?
Does new Peoplesoft CEO signal a buyout?
DOJ wants new antipiracy powers
E-commerce experts: You ain't seen nothing yet
E-mail service providers line up to support Treo 650
E-voting: Can it be trusted?
EarthLink finds spyware running amok
EarthLink to offer free Net telephony
Elections officials fight for Net political ads
Ethernet storage system brings 800GB to SMBs
Ethics code written to reprogram tech industry
EU objects to Microsoft-Time Warner deal
EU set to decide on Oracle next week
EU takes aim at Intel favoritism--again
EU to approve Oracle-PeopleSoft deal?
Europe likely to opt for biometric passports
Expert: Online extortion growing more common
Experts envision taillights that talk
FBI supplier readies secure Linux
FCC delves into radio tag challenges
FCC eases high-speed network rules
FCC watch on future technology
FDA approves injecting ID chips in patients
Feds target alternative media Web site
Few Americans buying drugs online
Finally, Gates gets serious about spyware
Firefox aims for 10 percent of Web surfers
Firefox fans to take campaign to NY Times
Firefox nears final launch
Firefox smashes funding target
Fixing a communications breakdown
Flash dims AMD's revenue outlook
Flaw found in older Office versions
Flaws found in Windows-based media players
For cell phones, it's TV to the rescue
For Dell and AMD, a tantalizing question
Forensic experts track printer fingerprints
Forget passwords--let your fingerprint do the talking
Fox joins Blu-ray group
France and China form Linux alliance
France fries cell phones
Free anti-spam service targets small business
Free Rhapsody at Adelphi University
From gold records to gold MP3s
From spam king to spy master?
FTC takes aim at alleged spyware distributor
Gates stumps in Silicon Valley
Gates: Microsoft to offer anti-spyware
Gateway spices up new notebooks
Gateway trims loss in third quarter
Geeks in space
Getting intelligent about the brain
Gizmo shopping in Japan
Gmail jibes with Yahoo to fight spam
Go west, tech job hunter
Going, going, gone for Bonds' 700 ball
Google buys satellite image firm Keyhole
Google doubles year-over-year profit
Google fixes security hole
Google tests short message service
Google to unveil desktop search
Google, BellSouth partner on local-ad effort
Greener pastures--and wallets--for tech workers?
H-1B visa limit for 2005 already reached
Hacker strikes university computer system
Hacking becomes a full-time job
Hanging up on telemarketers
Hard drives to accelerate into gadgets
Helmet PC aims to score with football fans
Hitachi cuts 10 percent of U.S. work force
Hollywood takes P2P case to Supreme Court
Hollywood whistles a high-tech 'toon
Homeland security--Throwing money at technology
Homeland Security--Throwing money at technology (page 2)
Homeland security: An assault on privacy?
Homeland security: Profiting from fear
Homeland security: Profiting from fear (page 3)
Homeland Security: Throwing money at technology (page 3)
Honeywell LCD suit targets Apple, others
House approves spyware legislation
HP announces new low-end server
HP developing 'smart rack' to ease data center work
HP gives schools a break
HP rakes in .Net dough
HP tells Sun to get its facts straight
Humax, TiVo recorder aims for prime time
IBM brings Unix, faster chip to Power blades
IBM chief: Get ready for more tech spending
IBM expands China research site in midmarket push
IBM expands data centers, on-demand service
IBM jumps into Liberty Alliance
IBM laptop features fingerprint scanner
IBM looks to China in mainframe push
ICQ offers video chat
IDC: Handheld sales continue downward journey
Idealab chief stakes out new direction in search
In new film, JibJab targets Dan Rather, others
Indian tech grads bring parents to work
Inside Dell's manufacturing mecca
Intel kills plans for 4GHz Pentium
Intel kills TV chip plans
Intel programming tools reach new 64-bit chips
Intel releases new leader of Pentium M pack
Intel revenue up 5 percent
Intel sketches out nanotechnology road map
Intel to debut new Itaniums Nov. 8
Intel whacks mobile chip prices
Intel's dual-core Xeon due in 2006
Intel, wireless pioneer McCaw team up on WiMax
Investor doesn't see browser in Google's future
iPods, notebooks help Apple double profits
Is IT hiring picking up?
Is justice blind--to technology patents?
Is PeopleSoft waiting for the right price?
Is the software license dead?
Is your boss Googling you?
ISP group dishes out new round of spam lawsuits
It's all about the iPod
Javelina spears Active Directory time-hogs
Jon Stewart "Crossfire" feud ignites Net frenzy
Justice Dept. won't appeal Oracle ruling
Kazaa loses P2P crown
Key facts about Osama bin Laden
Keychain clicker kills TVs
Kodak wins Java patent suit
KVM switch controls up to 512 computers
Legal expert joins open-source screening firm
Liberty Alliance captures seven new members
Mac users face rare virus
Macromedia stretches Flex's features
Major browsers bitten by security bugs
Making disk drives the star of the show
Making the call as silly as the ring tone
Marines update core logistics technology
Mark Cuban raises specter of dot-com redux
Mark Cuban's innovation giveaway
McNealy: Microsoft integration work slow going
Media Centers on parade
Memory stick turns fingerprints into passwords
Microsoft battles piracy with free software
Microsoft delays IM beta over security concerns
Microsoft fixes date for desktop search tool
Microsoft gets a fashion makeover
Microsoft hopes cash register OS adds up in sales
Microsoft logs on to secure corporate IM
Microsoft math: dual core licensed as one chip
Microsoft opens Windows to the home
Microsoft previews 'Whitehorse' developer tools
Microsoft reworks antispam spec to silence critics
Microsoft rules out PeopleSoft bid
Microsoft selling new Windows at cut-rate price
Microsoft sets holiday Xbox bundle
Microsoft sets summer delivery of SQL Server
Microsoft ships Virtual PC 7
Microsoft steers 'R2' server for '05 release
Microsoft surrounded?
Microsoft tells judge of harm in changing Windows
Microsoft to abandon standalone IE
Microsoft to tune up Media Center PC
Microsoft tops its earnings expectations
Microsoft updates corporate IM
Microsoft warns of a score of security flaws
Microsoft, Swatch offer new wireless watches
Microsoft: Firewalls are leaking
Microsoft: The reality behind the image
Military dress code gets tech upgrade
Millions of Dell power adapters recalled
Mind those IMs--your cubicle's walls have ears
Monster says it could enter Japan by mid-2005
Motorola quarterly profit triples
Motorola sinks TV dreams
MP3 losing steam?
MP3 site settles for $10 million with RIAA
MSN fighting Messenger difficulties, virus
MSN Messenger goes dark
Music album to be sold on memory card
Music industry sues 459 european song-swappers
Music publishers sign mega-deal on Web radio
MyDoom seeks to destroy antivirus firms
MySQL to make use of Microsoft code
Nanotech's tiny ideas coming of age
Napster befriends PayPal
National IDs--politics as usual?
Navigating PCs with pictures, not words
NEC updates vector supercomputer
Net mourns death of Christopher Reeve
Netscape: bowed, but not broken
Network TV bigwigs rail against bloggers
New MSN Messenger beta leaks onto Web
New Net domains near approval
New Netsky worm linked to South Korea
New software a true political compass
New Walkman gives in to iPod
Nintendo hopes sex can sell new device
Nortel delays financial report--again
Novell sets Open Enterprise Server release
Novell spiffs up its desktop Linux software
Novell vows patent defense of open source
Older iTunes versions being shut out, Apple warns
Online intrusion risks large identity cache
Open source goes on trial
Open-source Web tools company nets VC funding
Open-sourcing accelerates Open-Xchange development
Optical networking: The next generation
Oracle e-mails urge scare tactics
Oracle may be readying new PeopleSoft bid
Oracle raps PeopleSoft customer refund program
Oracle sees PeopleSoft profit declining
Oracle sex suit winner seeks $679,000, apology
Outage nearly over, PayPal says
Outsourcing can undermine compliance
Outsourcing picks up in Malaysia
PalmOne grabs Microsoft Exchange license
PalmSource: 'We love Java, we really do!'
Panasonic, Toshiba delve into alternative energy
Paris report: Open-source move could be costly
Parkingticket.com finds cities in violation
Patent case challenges Microsoft's 'AutoPlay'
Pay-as-you-go software licensing going slow
PayPal offers payback for outages
PC distributor puts RFID tags in goods
PDAs incorporate barcode scanning, VoIP
Pension deal bites into IBM profit
PeopleSoft chairman says bid needed different terms
PeopleSoft exec: We pumped up earnings
PeopleSoft extends customer assurance
PeopleSoft fires CEO Conway
PeopleSoft touts new tools
PeopleSoft: Conway was less than honest
Photo: Media Center PC
Photo: Shadowcrew site in federal custody
Piggyback developers in a bind over IE
Piracy crackdown yields $2.2 million
Plague carriers: Most users unaware of PC infections
Plugging threats into the USB
Pocket computer packs Windows XP
Polese steps into open-source fray
Political jihads and the blogosphere
Political spoof a boon for JibJab business
Powell: Feds must use light touch on Net
Presidential race sets blogs ablaze
Privacy advocates take aim at Windows XP
Privacy threats hide in security bill
Privacy under attack?
Radio operators OK rules on Net over power lines
Red Hat drafts Sun exec for desktop Linux push
Red Hat predicts half its sales will be abroad
Red Sox fan? It's time for a postgame playlist
Reheated Bagle smokes out antivirus defenses
Republican Web sites hit by outage
Revamped Tungsten hangs on to data
Revenge of the pop-ups
RFID cell phones take shape at Nokia
RFID, coming to a library near you
RIAA targets students in new file-swapping suits
RIM takes BlackBerry to India
Robo-vacuum wins wall-to-wall praise at confab
Robot promoters look to Social Security set
RSA brings out OMA-compliant DRM
Ruling on refilled printer cartridges touches DMCA
Rumor site pictures Photo iPod for holidays
S.F. mayor: A wireless click in every port
Samsung driving forward
SanDisk ups capacity on flash memory cards
SAP Enterprise Portal management put on 'Patrol'
SAP taps HP for software-as-service push
SBC offers $19.95 DSL with a catch
SBC opens up Wi-Fi roaming
Schools lose Net over E-rate freeze
SCO to launch legal Web site
Seagate hopes for big splash with small drives
Secret Service busts online ID fraud ring
Segway may go off-road
Self-destructing DVDs to help market new film
SGI claims lead in supercomputer race
SGI supercomputer: Two records in one day
SGI to upgrade high-end Linux servers next week
SGI warns: lower revenue, deeper loss
Sharp drops handhelds from U.S. retail market
Siebel moves toward self-repairing software
Siemens backs new wireless technology
Site seeks to spur political ad swaps
Skype, Voiceglo say consumers see the light
Slashdot dips into politics
Snap photo first, answer questions later
Software-patent battle set to flare up
Something old, something new
Sony DVD burner skirts PCs
Sony hones its TV efforts
Sony launches music players with MP3 support
Sony looks under the Christmas tree
Sony retuning to pick up MP3s
Sony sets price, date for PlayStation Portable
Sony's home server stores 1 terabyte
Sony's location-free TV makes local shows portable
Sophos corrects 'theoretical' flaw
Sox comeback takes Web by storm
SpaceShipOne repeats its feat
SpaceShipOne to launch again Monday
Spam: Leave it to the sender
Spyware opponents win another battle
Spyware spurs Dell to offer protective software
Start-up Archos takes on iPod Mini
Start-up crafts nanoparticles for energy, explosions
Stolen 'Halo 2' hits pirate sites
Study finds dramatic rise in loss of tech jobs
Study finds IT worker confidence slipping
Study links cell phones, tumors
Study shows Google on revenue fast track
Study: Few corporations use anti-spyware tools
Study: Firms see mixed results in outsourcing
Study: Online holiday sales merry, but not very
Study: VoIP to proliferate in U.S. households
Sun makes run for supercomputing title
Sun releases Solaris-based desktop software
Sun rises above Wall Street goal
Sun settles Kodak's Java suit for $92 million
Sun's Schwartz guns for patent glories
Sun: UltraSparc IV+ doubles server oomph
Super-powered peer to peer
Supreme Court upholds Do Not Call registry
Survey: Porn will boost wireless Web revenue
Symantec fires up firewall appliance for smaller firms
Taking Ethernet the distance
Taking Microsoft for a spin?
Target to sell TiVo DVRs
Tech issues that'll give you the creeps
Tech services jobs increase
The bets are in--Bush to win
The iPod's new trick: Photo show
The problem with patents
TimeData continuously backs up Windows apps
Toshiba reportedly readying HD DVD laptops
Trojan pretends to do good
TVs, cameras top holiday plans
U.S. cybersecurity chief resigns
U.S. moves closer to e-passports
U.S. tech job gain or drain?
U2 pitches for Apple
UK gives blessing to open source
UK paper's anti-Bush ploy gets hacked, sacked
Unisys signs up Linux allies
Verizon picks Motorola for video on fiber
Verizon unveils wireless retriever
Verizon Wireless pulls phone from shelves
Viral movies possible with RealPlayer flaw
Virgin takes on iPod
Virginia Tech beefs up Mac supercomputer
VMware aims for four-processor abilities
VoIP unplugged, as Wi-Fi meets Net phoning
Volcano research goes high-tech
Vonage talks about 911 advancements
Vulnerability hits Java for cell phones
Wanted: Simple home security
Was Supportforce the best next step for Salesforce.com?
Watchdogs: Broadband policy a bust
We're fifty years into the future
WeatherBug flies into the enterprise
Web services for your TiVo?
What do women game designers want?
Where are Netscape's pioneers today?
Where's the simplicity in Web services?
Why I dumped Internet Explorer
Why Sun's JDS deserves a try
Wi-Fi gets ready for next-generation Net
Will Google say Hello to IM?
Will Howard Stern deal turn satellite into a star?
Will Linux finish off the Mac?
Will your phone become your credit card?
Windows XP Service Pack 2 heads to retail
Would John Kerry defang the DMCA?
Would you like a DVD rental with your Happy Meal?
Xamlon looks to beat Microsoft to the punch
XM Satellite scores $650 million baseball deal
Y2K windfall for Net phones?
Yahoo to scrap online-payment service
Yahoo, Adobe team on search
Zeta-Jones sues strip club over Web photo
Zombie armies behind cyberscrime sprees