New e-mail worm exploits SARS anxiety
Antivirus companies consider ‘Coronex’ a low threat In the latest example of computer virus writers capitalizing on current events, a new e-mail worm uses fears about SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) to entice users into opening a file attachment, infecting…
Update: AOLTW returns to profit
Company’s net debt rose to $26.3 billion in first quarter AOL Time Warner (AOLTW) returned to profit in the first quarter as revenue in its movie and TV business increased and restructuring measures took hold. Net profit was $396 million,…
What I’ve learned about e-mail newsletter publishing
Feature-rich programs make it easier for self-publishers There comes a time when you have to eat your own dog food. That time came for me late last year when I began preparing to publish an independent e-mail newsletter on Microsoft…
IBM forms Deep Computing unit
Category includes hardware and software for intensive projects NEW YORK — IBM is creating a new Deep Computing business unit, intended to link together the company’s hardware, software and services offerings for intensive computing projects. The Deep Computing category encompasses…
AMD’s Opteron launch
AMD’s Opteron launch is far more important than the low-key participants in the event were willing to convey. Microsoft and IBM were presented as headliners, while workhorses SuSE and Newisys got pushed into the background. Opteron has a brilliant future…
IBM offers free tool for biotech searching
Web services utility searches NCBI databases IBM has made available free Web services tools that automate and streamline searching of National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) databases containing molecular and genetic information used by scientists and researchers. Available for download…
AMD debuts Opteron
Execs claim chip will outsell Itanium by year’s end NEW YORK — After nearly a year of hype and development, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) set loose Tuesday its new 64-bit Opteron processors, which the company hopes will attract buyers who…
New software expands Clié options
Startup issues software that lets Clie use CF slot for memory cards A Texas startup released software Tuesday that allows owners of Sony CliéPDAs (personal digital assistants) with Compact Flash (CF) card slots to use the slot for CF memory…
Macromedia links Flash apps to data
Flash MX Data Connection Kit includes pre-built links Macromedia on Tuesday plans to announce Macromedia Flash MX Data Connection Kit, which provides pre-built connections to data sources for the purpose of boosting development of data-aware Internet applications, the company said.…
Borland details .Net development tools
C#Builder to take on Microsoft’s Visual Studio .Net Several months after announcing plans for a .Net IDE (integrated development environment) to compete with Microsoft’s Visual Studio .Net, Borland Software elaborated this week on its intention to offer a complete suite…
