Discussion threads on 2004-11

$100 PC: Is it possible?
'Bush' spam does not stop
'Fahrenheit 9/11' expands election-eve pay-TV airing
'Halo 2' clears record $125 million in first day
'Pulp Fiction' writer sues Microsoft
(Almost) free 411 on cell phones
16 candles for first Internet worm
A guide to proactive network security
Active Directory: adoption rates reveal extent of pervasiveness
Adobe dipping toes into desktop Linux waters
Adobe to update PDF tools
After a decade, Royal Philips makes PCs again
Air Force to rely on Microsoft for network security
Akimbo debuts video on demand on Amazon
Amazon sued over book recommendations
Amazon's A9 toolbar now available for Firefox
Amazon, others lobby FTC for help fighting spam
AMD hatches new naming plan for chip generations
AMD sketches out new high-end, low-end chips
AMD's slow but steady market share gains
An industry in India cheers Bush victory
And on the eighth day, the Lord created spam
Anti-P2P bill may slip past legislative rush
AOL cues up the video
AOL layoffs possible
Apple blocks music sales to older iTunes
Apple details plans to Spotlight desktop search
Apple disables iTunes plug-in
Apple plans Toronto retail store
Arafat's death sets Web on fire
Are PC makers poised for major hit?
Are you sitting comfortably? Then let's spy
Ashcroft resigns attorney general's post
At posh hotels, iPod a high-tech mint on the pillow
At tech firms, time again for flextime?
ATI launches chipset for AMD desktops
Attackers strike using Web ads
Bank accounts in online security scare
Batteries better, but are they still guilty as charged?
Bill adds 20,000 H-1B visas
Blazing a new data speed record
Bloggers bold in election-night coverage
Blogs play critical role in campaigns
Blue Gene, Linux top supercomputing list
Bluetooth chews on future plans
Bofra burrows in through banner ads
Browser promises to fend off phishers
Bush, Kerry face voters; turnout critical
CA sets Ingres database free
CA slaps spyware label on Kazaa
Call to arms against cybercrooks
Can Dell's Rollins keep the streak alive?
Can Microsoft buy RealNetworks' silence?
Candidate sites surge before election
Caught in a phishing trap
Cell phones take iPod challenge
Cell phones, handhelds call for WiFi
China blocks access to Google News, group says
Chip sales up 1.5 percent in October
Cingular to cut 7,000 jobs to trim costs after buyout
CIO Jury: No risk, no returns?
Cisco target of patent lawsuit
Clockless ARM chip watches power use
Colombian bank launches biometric ATM
Comcast taps Microsoft for Seattle set-tops
Companies dig deep for ethics compliance
Computer Associates locks down Wi-Fi networks
Computer gaming's Steam-powered war
Congress approves supercomputing bill
Contractors tackle feast or famine cycle
Copyright-sharing group delves into science
Corel spices up discount desktop programs
Court nixes lawsuit fighting copyright law
Defense Dept. tests Net phone calls on IPv6
Dell closing in on plans for new U.S. plant?
Dell goes wireless with printers
Dell looking 'more seriously than ever' at AMD
Dell offers Media Center on the cheap
Dell takes new stab at blade design
Dell to spend $115 million on new plant
Dell's dirty words: Offshoring, proprietary
Dell, Microsoft make a patch pact for servers
Disruptions in the software fabric
Do phone users want their m(obile) TV?
Does Microsoft's settlement fever signal IP offensive?
Double MyDoom for Internet Explorer flaw
DoubleClick may go on the block
DSL wars come down to a battle of the bundles
DVD price wars: How low can they go?
E-voting makes its mark
Early wins for Kerry, Bush in close race
eBay runneth over with Artest cups
EDS wins British Columbia contract
Election spurs tidal wave of Web traffic
Election-prediction addiction
Empty promises and tech's future
Energy Dept. funds open-source InfiniBand work
Engineering, support executives leave Apple
EU judge plans Microsoft ruling within a month
Ex-Austin student indicted for data theft
Ex-Bush aide: Countries spy through the Net
Exploit code makes IE flaw more dangerous
Eyeing the next wave in RISC computing
Fact and fiction in the Microsoft-SCO relationship
Fans brave long lines, rain for 'Halo 2' debut
FBI: Hidden threat inside cybercrime
FCC further deregulates Net calls
FCC is watching SBC's VoIP charge
Feds charge man with selling Windows code
Feds claim control over VoIP, leave tax issue open
Few tears shed for canceled Comdex
Fighting two Goliaths
Finjan: Warning users or scaring up business?
Firefox 1.0 fans clog Mozilla site
Firefox cutting into IE's lead
Firefox donations hit $250,000
Firefox finds support
Firefox fortune hunters
Firefox maps its next moves
Firefox, bah humbug
Firms tighten up business security
Flaw opens crack in Windows servers
Foreign-student enrollment declines
Former Microsoft exec joins open-source project
Former Yahoo top exec to head start-up Blinkx
Four studios support HD DVD, Toshiba says
French ally for Microsoft product development
Gartner cuts fourth-quarter PC forecast
Gartner: Re-negotiate software license deals now
Gates may be world's most spammed person
Gates to announce Windows update tool
Gates: Forget your passwords
Gateway aims to reduce hot air
Gateway looks to pump up direct sales
Gateway takes eMachines to Mexico
Gmail offers free POPs
Google plans desktop search tool for Apple PCs
Google star of Firefox's new browser
Google to start share buyback offer
Government watchdog to investigate election
Groklaw founder exits open-source firm
Group aims to smooth kinks out of Linux
Hacker hire costs SecurePoint an ally
Hackers deface SCO site
Half of U.S. parents plan to nab video games
Handsets increasingly used to snap the news
Hewlett-Packard takes a new approach to software
Hollywood lawsuits to strike Net pirates
Holocaust group puts 3 million lost lives online
Hot for the holidays
How gory is that game?
HP opens bidding on computing power
HP to launch 'virus-throttling' software
HP: Job cuts will cost $200 million
I want my RipeTV?
IBM extends lead in server market
IBM revs supercomputer in rankings race
IBM set to take supercomputing crown
IBM signs desktop-software partners
IBM supercomputer top-ranked blade machine
IBM tops server speed test
IBM's Blue Gene/L goes on sale
ICANN moves to move VeriSign lawsuit to Paris
ID cards to double U.K. passport fees
IDC: Software sales to hit $189 billion
IE exploit is top of the hacks
Intel climbs flash rankings as market dips
Intel more active in desktop Linux
Intel preps speedier Pentium 4
Intel ratchets up game chip
Intel to invest $40 million in India
Intel, Microsoft team to tout digital home
Internet leaders ponder U.S. tech policies
iPaqs turn up the security
Is Microsoft taking dead aim at Linux?
Is Microsoft using 'Halo 2' to thwart Xbox hackers?
It's a $15 billion jolly holiday for Web
ITIL compliance supports goals, keeps systems running
iTunes aside, Web is changing the music industry
Japan gives OK to Sun desktop suite
Java flaw could lead to Windows, Linux attacks
Judge postpones PeopleSoft decision
Judge slows MPAA file-trading suits
Kazaa offers unlimited free Internet phone calls
Kerry calls Bush to concede election
Kerry concedes election
Kim Polese: Next stop--open source
Lawmaker: Beware of cyber-Pearl Harbor
Lawmaker: E-voting's prospects are dim
Lawmakers lend an ear to tech worries
Legendary venture capitalist looks ahead
Lexmark accused of installing spyware
Linux cluster firms attract new funding
Linux Networx signs pact with Novell
Linux OS sales boost Novell
Linux seller gunning for search
Love, fame, fortune find a geek
Lycos Europe: 'Make love not spam'
Mac developer looks to Windows to escape Tiger
Making a beeline to being a telecom provider
Mandrakesoft on the fiscal mend
Many still await MSN, Yahoo e-mail upgrades
Maxtor chief calls it quits
McAfee unveils 2005 security suite
Medical supply firm to sell patient RFID chips
MetroPCS obtains Cingular air
Microsoft braces for crucial TV test
Microsoft commits to XML docs for long term
Microsoft critic allegedly received $10 million
Microsoft demonstrates supercomputing Windows
Microsoft denies spoofing is security flaw
Microsoft expands music store in Europe
Microsoft gives developers a glimpse of Avalon
Microsoft grabs lead in handheld market
Microsoft indemnifies. But does it really matter to you?
Microsoft invests in Linux-Unix management firm
Microsoft offers goodies to lure Novell customers
Microsoft opens portals for governments
Microsoft opts against SP5 for Windows 2000
Microsoft proposes piracy amnesty
Microsoft ready to launch search engine
Microsoft registers trademark--19 years late
Microsoft says Firefox not a threat to IE
Microsoft says IE updates possible
Microsoft skips Itanium with new Windows
Microsoft takes aim at Intuit with 'Magellan'
Microsoft to back customers in infringement cases
Microsoft to fix 'download warning' flaw
Microsoft to hire hundreds more in India
Microsoft to pay Novell $536 million in deal
Microsoft to spread software through U.N.
Microsoft uses Internet as giant remote control
Microsoft wants servers to drive Office sales
Microsoft warns Asian governments of Linux lawsuits
Microsoft's answer to phishing: Two IDs
Microsoft's Beijing win raises concerns in China
Microsoft's e-mail policy at issue in legal fight
Microsoft, ScanSoft pair up for speech software
Microsoft--license to deal
Microsoft: Security requires teamwork
Mobile phone follies
More security hiccups for IE
Morgan Stanley fixes online password flaw
Motorola buy adds heat to mesh networking
Mozilla backtracks in eBay privacy flap
Mozilla readies Firefox 1.0 release
MPAA seeks research, P2P cop role on Internet2
MPAA touts lawsuits, new P2P-fighting software
MSN sets movie times on smart watches
Music industry lashes out at Kazaa trial
Music industry, file-swappers square off
Music rebels seek to tame P2P
Music sharing that's free and legal
Musicians and their fans join online political fray
MySQL CEO: 'We're as greedy as anyone else'
Nanotech golf ball corrects its own flight
Napster offers service to AT&T Wireless users
NASA tries to set air speed record
Net access tax ban extended for 3 years
Netflix cuts DVD rental fee
Netgear singled out in IT projects, but not in a good way
Netscape aims beyond Firefox
New clusters emerge at supercomputing show
New investor could change tenor of Microsoft inquiry
New MyDoom draws on IE flaw to spread
New Netscape embraces Firefox, IE
New wireless reseller to aim at 'urban ethnic' market
Newscasters show off election-night gadgetry
Nextel drops WiMax from wireless broadband wish list
Nintendo aims for older crowd with DS
Nintendo reacts to DS demand as orders rise
No mutiny from Microsoft's bounty
No, the password isn't dead
North Carolina man sentenced to 9 years for spam
North Korea targets cell-phone 'spies'--report
Not all fun and games
Novell rejoins desktop fight, with Linux as ally
Novell sues Microsoft for sinking WordPerfect
Nullsoft's future in a void
Nvidia to put more force behind Intel processors
Offshoring: Out of sight, out of mind?
Old con tricks pose the 'greatest security risk'
Old school rules at new-media meeting
Online-ad industry grows up
Open source's next frontier
Open-source details hold up Solaris release
Oracle may drop PeopleSoft lawsuit
Oracle reveals challengers for PeopleSoft's board
Oracle ups PeopleSoft offer to $24 per share
Oracle wins PeopleSoft shareholder vote
Oracle: Let's get past this 'impasse'
Otellini: soft-spoken, ruthless and an Intel lifer
Outgunned on copyright?
P2P start-up snags 3 major music labels
PalmOne ponders OS options
PalmOne unveils latest Treo
PalmSource takes hit on investment report
Patch in for Microsoft server spoofing flaw
Patches cause headaches for federal managers
Patent suits target games industry
PeopleSoft board rejects Oracle bid
PeopleSoft revises third-quarter profit
Philly Wi-Fi clash pits city against telcos
Playing god: BiblePlayer for iPod catches on
PlayStation 3 chip on track
Police break up European piracy ring
Problems dividing AT&T-Cingular merger?
Prohibition redux?
Qualcomm plans network to bring TV to cell phones
Queen gives biometric ID cards the green light
Radio Shack exec joins AMD board
Random answers retain privacy
Red Hat opens office in China
Report: Crooks behind more Net attacks
Report: Florida data suggests e-voting problems
RFID royalties suspended for testing
RIAA files new round of P2P lawsuits
Rocket plane breaks airspeed record
Sandia pushes limits of solar technology
Sarbanes-Oxley kicks in
SBC joins the VoIP party
SBC speaks of cutting 10,000 jobs
SBC VoIP fee furor draws eyes to BellSouth program
Scammers teach Web students a tough lesson
SCO seals deal for legal expense cap
Sears, Kmart to merge in $11 billion deal
Security officials to spy on chat rooms
Segway completes trans-continental voyage
Shareholders rubber-stamp Microsoft payout
Sharp's 3D monitors: Look, no glasses
Should Microsoft own antispam?
Sizing up PalmOne's next moves
Skulls on cell phones don't scare Symbian
Skulls program kills cell phone apps
Skype ready for both telephone worlds
Slimmer tube TVs to challenge flat panels
Sober worm variant shimmies
Software firm: Buy fuel-efficient car, get $5,000
Software program whacks worms
Some PeopleSoft shareholders want takeover
SonicWall to bolster next OS with antivirus scanning
Sony to offer DVD burner for Mac
Sony, IBM, Toshiba give details of 'Cell' chip
Spam: 'It's a meat,' Hormel insists
Sparring begins in Kazaa trial
Spyware sparks user and vendor activity
States, artists urge top court to hear P2P case
Stem cell measure winning in California
Still awaiting Microsoft's search entry
Stocks rise on possible Bush victory
Straight talk on terrorism
Striking up digital video search
Students suspended for hacking Oxford network
Study: FireFox still gaining on Internet Explorer
Study: Supercomputer clusters shortchange security
Study: VoIP costs all over the map
Sun aims at Red Hat with new Solaris pricing
Sun changing course on Itanium plans--again
Sun invites outside involvement with Java 6
Sun plans patent protection for open-source Solaris
Sun readies tools line for Solaris 10
Sun reclaims Apple exec for Solaris marketing
Sun to spotlight Niagara at February show
Sun, Microsoft to flesh out pact
Sun, Microsoft to outline alliance
SunRocket fires off new low for Net phone rates
Survey: Many improvement projects fall short
Survey: Some iPod users dumping PCs for Macs
Sybase taps IBM to help sell database software
Symantec builds double-clad security service
Take control of your desktop chaos
Tech giants edgy over Web services patent sale
Techies getting on-the-job nontech training?
Texas officials wary of plan to hunt by Internet
Thanksgiving Day hearing for Microsoft
The big election beta test
The Lexmark lesson--make more noise
The network computer--it's baaack
The TV set that cried wolf--by satellite
Time Warner Cable mulling wireless
Tiny nation beats U.S. in gambling bout
TippingPoint open-sources IPS test tool
TiVo hacks flourish
To stretch budget, Chicago turns to eBay
Top Linux exec departs from Novell
Torvalds trashes EU patent proposal
Toshiba is taking back bad memory
Trojan horse drives spam into cell phones
Trojan horse spies on Web banking
Updated AOL focuses on security
Upgrade downs 80,000 U.K. government computers
Valve bans 'Half Life 2' players
Verizon: Wait for dial tone, punch in number, rock out
Video gamble for the Bells
Virtualization company moves wares to Windows
Virus report points to profit-hungry hackers
Virus warning: Cyborgs at risk
Vodafone targets iPod crowd
VoIP firm ties rebate deal to Wi-Fi router
VoIP is no threat, says British telecom giant
VoIP wins with Bush victory
VoIP: Today Des Moines, tomorrow the world
Vonage goes to court
Voter guide uses wisdom of masses
Wal-Mart promises fast photo printing
Wanna buy an iPod, guv?
Watch where you point that camera phone
Web business standard gets thumbs up
Web news outlets gear up for election
Web on watch for common enemies
Wells Fargo computers stolen
What is the Mindshare Index?
Who won? Online bookies
WiFi Watchdog sniffs out wireless LAN breaches
Will pocket-size Sony PC take on iPod?
Worm exploits Microsoft patch cycle
Yahoo takes on spam, boosts e-mail storage
Yahoo wades in content waters
Young cell phone users behind Kerry