BEA eyes mobile offering
Browser technology is key to product BEA Systems is developing a mobile computing offering based on browser technology, the company confirmed on Thursday. The product will feature connection technology allowing for information distribution between the device and the server and…
AMD pondering bus speed increase for next Athlon XP
400MHz system pondered A report that Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will increase the front-side bus speed of its next Athlon XP processor was downplayed by the company Thursday, which said it is still evaluating its product plans. But those plans…
The ethics of paying taxes — or not
How many people cheat, and what constitutes cheating? Seeing as how tax time brings out the best and the worst in people, it might be a good time to talk about the ethics of paying — or not paying —…
IBM offers DB2 certifications
New exams available IBM this week is announcing certification exams to assist DBAs (database administrators) in updating skills on DB2 Universal Database Version 8. The exams are designed to help DBAs become certified faster and at lower costs, according to…
US government seizes news Web site
Move alarms free speech advocates In a move that has alarmed free speech advocates, the U.S. Justice Department this week seized a news Web site containing information on pirated software and hardware, turning it into a government-run site containing warnings…
Vendors roll out corporate anti-spam tools
MX Logic, Brightmail join the fray Vendors continued to heed companies’ calls for more spam-fighting tools this week, rolling out new enterprise products and services designed to can spam. Both e-mail security provider MX Logic and antispam software and service…
NIPC leadership, protocol questioned
Eyebrows raised about Homeland Security’s ability to work with other agencies With the transfer of the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to the new U.S. Department of Homeland Security days away, top…
Sun details move to chips with multiple cores
Promises new breed of processor SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems is making the move to multicore chips in a big way, promising users a new breed of processor that appears to differ from anything discussed thus far by rivals such…
IBM aims developerWorks toolkit at SMBs
Big Blue broadens its subscription service IBM is broadening its developerWorks Toolbox subscription service to give developers in small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) competitively priced access to its large suite of software products and technologies for building and testing new…
Microsoft patches critical Windows Me flaw
Users risk having files deleted by attacker Microsoft said users of its Windows Millennium Edition (Me) operating system risk having their files deleted by an attacker because of what it called a critical security vulnerability. It issued a patch for…
