eWeek articles from February 2007

eWeek archives from February 2007

Study: U.S. Identity Theft Losses Fall.
February 1, 2007... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Americans lost about $49.3 billion in 2006 to criminals who stole their identities, an 11.5 percent decline that may reflect increased vigilance among consumers and businesses, a study released on Thursday shows. Losses...

Comcast Profit Triples, Spending Raises Concerns.
February 1, 2007... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Comcast Corp. said Thursday its quarterly profit tripled, but higher-than-expected spending plans for 2007 dragged down shares of the largest U.S. cable company and its rivals. Comcast forecast revenue growth of at least...

Round Rock Goes to Dell.
February 1, 2007... It was a tag team made for computer success that suddenly went to Dell. In July 2004, with the naming of Kevin Rollins to the CEO job at Dell, the Mike Dell and Kevin tag team was championed as inseparable and unbeatable. Michael Dell, the...

Publisher Launches Its First 'Wiki' Novel.(Penguin Books Ltd.)(Brief article)
February 1, 2007... LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters Life!)--Fancy trying your hand at creative writing but can't quite find the time? Tired of scribbling away all by yourself? British publisher Penguin may have the answer--a Web-based, collaborative novel that can be...

Microsoft, Symantec Might Clash in Application Security.
February 1, 2007... With malware code writers creating an increasing number of attacks aimed at exploiting vulnerabilities in software applications, in addition to their threats that target operating system flaws, longtime partners Symantec and Microsoft are both...

Live from Windows Vista Launch.
February 1, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); Live from Windows Vista Launch Microsoft Watch Editor Joe Wilcox and eWEEK Editor Scot Petersen speak live from the Windows Vista launch in New York on Jan. 29, where they sum up the day's happenings and discuss what's next...

Report: Cell Phone Offerings Set to Boom.(Brief article)
February 1, 2007... LONDON (Reuters)--The market for content and services on cell phones is expected to grow to $150 billion by 2011, as access to the web while on the move becomes easier and faster, research from Informa Telecoms & Media showed. The research...

Goodmail, One Year Later.(America Online Inc. implementing Goodmail CertifiedEmail)
February 1, 2007... It was a big deal, just about a year ago. AOL announced that it would be implementing Goodmail CertifiedEmail, an accreditation service. The service has been operating, according to Goodmail, since May of 2006. The way it works is that...

Arrow Hits Channel Targets.
February 1, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); Arrow Hits Channel Targets In this Changing Channels, Mike Vizard talks with Catherine Morris, president of Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, and Kevin Gilroy, president of Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, about...

Sage Updates Its CRM Platform.(Sage Software Inc., customer relationship management software)(Brief article)
February 1, 2007... Sage Software announced Feb. 1 that it has released an updated version of its customer relationship management platform, SageCRM, v6, which is designed to help small and midsize businesses manage its CRM capabilities. The updated version...

D-Link Ships Mobile Hotspot.(D-Link Systems Inc., new mobile Wi-Fi router)
February 1, 2007... D-Link Systems, of Fountain Valley, Calif., is shipping a new mobile Wi-Fi router that can work anywhere there is a cell signal that's data capable. The new DIR-450 is designed to accept an EVDO card from carriers such as Sprint, Verizon...

Amazon.com Q4 Profit Tops Forecasts.(Brief article)
February 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES-- Amazon.com Inc.'s quarterly net profit halved due to higher taxes and investment spending, but its shares rose 6 percent as it beat analysts' expectations and gave 2007 forecasts above Wall Street estimates. Amazon posted...

Michael Dell Is Back--Now What?(Dell Inc.'s Kevin Rollins resigned)
February 1, 2007... When Kevin Rollins took over for Michael Dell as CEO of Dell in 2004, company officials were quick to stress that the dual-management system the two had used for years--they even shared an office--would remain intact, giving the PC maker...

RSA Conference: Bigger than Ever.
February 1, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); RSA Conference: Bigger Than Ever Matt Hines interviews Sandra Toms LaPedis, general manager of RSA Conferences, about the company's annual IT security industry conference, being held at San Francisco's Moscone Center from...

Dynamic Network Factory Ships First Hybrid Storage Drive.
February 1, 2007... High-performance network storage provider Dynamic Network Factory introduced Feb. 1 the first hybrid solid-state, spinning disk storage system, which the company claims is capable of delivering up to 20 times the drive performance of...

POS Inconsistency Proving Costly for Top Retailers.(point of sale systems)
February 1, 2007... Some of the nation's top retailers--including Rite Aid, Harry & David, Ikea, KB Toys, Disney, Regal Cinemas and AMC Theaters--are named as defendants in lawsuits stemming from inconsistent point-of-sale deployment. The class-action...

Lenovo's Q3 Profit Jumps.(Lenovo Group Ltd.)
February 1, 2007... HONG KONG (Reuters)--Lenovo Group Ltd. posted its strongest pace of quarterly earnings growth since it bought IBM's loss-making PC arm in 2005, as the world's No. 3 PC maker cemented Asian market share and held costs down. Investors will...

Finding the Slacker-Worker Equilibrium.
February 1, 2007... Everyone knows The Solitaire Guy. He's the one with the red message light on his phone always blinking, the one that gives the "I'll get to it, I'll get to it" brush-off whenever he's asked when he'll get his tasks done. He's late to meetings,...

Novell, Microsoft Staff Up Interoperability Lab.(Brief article)
February 1, 2007... When Novell and Microsoft announced their unlikely partnership, a part of the arrangement that got little attention at the time was that they'd create a joint research facility, where both companies' technical experts would collaborate on new...

Mainsoft Releases New Windows, Web-to-Linux Dev Tools.(Visual MainWin 5.1.1, application development software)
February 1, 2007... Mainsoft has upgraded its plug-in for Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 to help developers run their Visual C++ applications on Linux and Unix, following on its recent release of a new preview of the company's Grasshopper tool for enabling ASP.NET...

Day 2 of Demo: Mobile Takes Center Stage.
February 1, 2007... PALM DESERT, Calif.--Targeting enterprises with mobile assets, companies at the Demo conference here demonstrated a number of products designed to bring increased manageability, storage and even longevity to laptops, cell phones and another...

Dell Faces Investor Lawsuit over Intel Pact.(Brief article)
February 2, 2007... There is an updated version of this story available. For the most recent version, click here [link omitted]. NEW YORK (Reuters)--Investors have filed a lawsuit against Dell Inc., accusing the computer maker of improperly accounting for...

LPI Releases Top-Level Linux Certification.(Linux Professional Institute Inc. and LPI-Japan)(Brief article)
February 2, 2007... After years in the making--and after some people had given up on ever seeing it--the distribution-neutral Linux Professional Institute and its affiliate, LPI-Japan, have finally jointly launched the LPIC-3 certification program. The LPIC-3...

Gartner Predicts $9.1 Billion Security Apps Market.
February 2, 2007... While technology vendors and security analysts continue to endorse the notion that anti-virus software is increasingly becoming commoditized, sales of the IT systems defense tools will help drive $9.1 billion in security applications sales...

New Homes for Old PCs.(One Laptop Per Child)
February 2, 2007... Starting very soon, the One Laptop Per Child project will begin limited deployments of the "$100 laptop" to children in several developing nations. This will be the first step in what is hoped will be a full deployment to about seven countries...

Dell and Intel: Katt-Scratch Fever?
February 2, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); Dell and Intel: Katt-Scratch Fever? In this week's Top 5, Spencer runs down all of the other ways Intel may have been, ahem, paying back Dell for using its chips. Host: Spencer F. Katt Length: 00:2:09 var...

Apple, Cisco to Negotiate iPhone Name Rights.(Cisco Systems Inc.)
February 2, 2007... Cisco Systems' trademark lawsuit against Apple over the iPhone name went from "silly" to serious when Apple asked for a last-minute extension to the Jan. 31 deadline for responding to the suit. In a joint statement from the two companies...

Q1 Labs Appliance Scales Security Incident Management.(RSA conference)
February 2, 2007... Q1 Labs at the RSA conference on Feb. 5 hopes to be the Goldilocks of the network and security monitoring vendors with a new line of network security monitoring appliances. The Waltham, Mass., company believes the new QRadar 3100 network...

Software Group Reviews Novell's Right to Sell Linux.(Free Software Foundation)(Brief article)
February 2, 2007... There is an updated version of this story available. For the most recent version, click here [link omitted]. BOSTON (Reuters)--The Free Software Foundation is reviewing Novell Inc.'s right to sell new versions of the Linux operating...

Attenex Upgrades E-Discovery Software Platform.
February 2, 2007... E-discovery software provider Attenex on Feb. 1 introduced a new version of a software package that enables corporations and their law firms to standardize e-mail and document accessibility and provide marked reductions in the time, effort and...

IT Pros Prepare to Spring Forward.
February 2, 2007... Daylight-saving time kicks off two weeks early this year, leaving technology professionals scrambling to avoid it wreaking havoc on IT systems. The 2005 act amended the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which simplified the official pattern of...

Compuware, Parasoft Target Software Quality.(Compuware Quality Management, Parasoft SOAtest 5.0)(quality management software)
February 2, 2007... With software quality an increasing concern, vendors such as Compuware and Parasoft are lining up to offer solutions to help enterprise customers automate the process of ensuring their development teams produce quality software. Compuware...

Ericsson Lowers 2007 Outlook.
February 2, 2007... STOCKHOLM (Reuters)--Ericsson, the world's largest supplier of equipment for mobile phone networks, reported fourth-quarter pre-tax earnings below expectations on Friday and reduced its 2007 market growth forecast. The lowering in guidance...

Apple Says Govt Seeks Information on Options.(Brief article)
February 2, 2007... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Apple Inc. has received an informal request from the U.S. government for more information and documents on its past stock-options practices, the iPod maker said in a regulatory filing on Friday. Apple, which has said it...

The Channel View on Virtualization.
February 2, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); The Channel View on Virtualization In a Changing Channels podcast interview with Mike Vizard, the new head of Tech Data's Advanced Infrastructure Solutions Division, Pete Peterson, explains how virtualization is coming...

Chelsio Ships iSCSI-Based Storage Software for Linux.(Chelsio Communications, iSCSI Target 3.0 software)
February 2, 2007... Chelsio Communications, which makes 10-Gigabit Ethernet and iSCSI acceleration adapters and cluster storage software, announced on Feb. 2 its first stand-alone iSCSI Target 3.0 software, which enables enterprises to build high-performance IP...

Unlovable Linux?(Oracle Corp.'s move into Linux business)(Brief article)
February 2, 2007... At the time, most of us thought Oracle undercutting Red Hat's Linux business with its Unbreakable Linux was a big deal. Would customers flock to Oracle's cut-rate version of RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux)? Would Red Hat be pounded by Larry...

On-Line Editing Tools Nurture New Video Makers.
February 2, 2007... AMSTERDAM (Reuters)--Millions of consumers a week buy mobile phones with digital video cameras, and several Web sites are now providing them with free online editing tools, nurturing a new generation of filmmakers. Camcorder phones are...

Google Execs to Get up to $1.5M More in Bonuses.(Brief article)
February 2, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--Google said on Feb. 2 its board of directors had agreed to pay executive officers a bonus of up to $1.5 million total for 2006, but it was not clear if the plan applied to the billionaires who started the Web search...

Super Bowl Site Hacked with Trojan, Keylogger.(Super Bowl Game (Football))
February 2, 2007... Bears, Colts and Super Bowl football fans everywhere beware. Users browsing the Internet, perhaps innocently looking up a seating chart at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, could be in a lot more trouble than they would have ever expected. ...

The Free Software Foundation vs. Novell?(Brief article)
February 2, 2007... According to a recent Reuters report, the FSF's (Free Software Foundation) board was going to be looking into Novell Inc.'s rights to continue selling its version of the Linux operating system. That's not actually what's will be happening. ...

Survey: Microsoft's Corporate Reputation Ranks Supreme.
February 2, 2007... Jumping seven places from its rank the year prior, Microsoft came in first place in national corporate reputation according to a survey released by Harris Interactive on Feb. 1. Falling behind Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson ranked second in...

Dell Faces Lawsuit over Intel Relationship.
February 2, 2007... Following a week of upheaval at Dell that included the resignation of its CEO and the reappearance of founder Michael Dell, the PC vendor is now being accused of artificially pumping up its profits with help from a secret agreement with Intel....

Magazine: Siemens CEO Denies He Knew of Bribes.(Klaus Kleinfeld )(Brief article)
February 3, 2007... FRANKFURT (Reuters)--Siemens CEO Klaus Kleinfeld denied any knowledge that the German engineering conglomerate was paying bribes in exchange for contracts, German magazine Focus reported on Saturday. "The accusations that he (Kleinfeld) was...

Newspaper: NBC Universal Chooses New CEO for Digital Age.(Jeff Zucker)(Brief article)
February 4, 2007... LOS ANGELES (Reuters)--Entertainment giant NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric, will announce this week it is bringing in a new, younger chief executive to better compete in the digital age, the Los Angeles Times newspaper reported on...

Michael Dell Set to Remain CEO for 'Several Years'.(for Dell Inc.)(Brief article)
February 4, 2007... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Michael Dell plans to remain the chief executive of Dell for "several years," he said in an e-mail sent to the company on Friday afternoon and posted on the Web site of the Austin American-Statesman newspaper. Dell...

Apple and Beatles Settle Trademark Squabble.(Apple Corps Ltd.)
February 5, 2007... LONDON--Apple Inc. has settled its long-running trademark dispute with The Beatles' company, Apple Corps, in a deal that could finally pave the way for the Fab Four's songs to be sold on the iTunes music store. The two companies said Apple...

Verizon Firewall Gives Users Freedom to Adapt.(Verizon Business launched Secure Gateway Firewall services)
February 5, 2007... Verizon Business is launching a network-based custom firewall to allow customers to adjust the security settings across their global IP networks on their own. Verizon's Secure Gateway Firewall services can be used with all four Verizon...

CA Tool Fights Zero-Day Exploits.(RSA Conference)(CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System)
February 5, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO--IT management software giant CA will announce the newest addition to its security product lineup here at the RSA Conference Feb. 6, launching its first host intrusion protection system, meant to augment the company's existing...

McAfee Dives into Data Loss Prevention.(network security software)
February 5, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO--McAfee announced its initial foray into the emerging data loss prevention software market here at the RSA Conference Feb. 5, launching a set of tools to manage the flow of sensitive information across corporate networks and...

Vista Integration May Spur Tablet PC Growth.(Microsoft Windows Vista)
February 5, 2007... Microsoft's Windows Vista OS introduces a number of new capabilities that Tablet PC users have waiting for. These include better handwriting recognition, pen-flick capabilities and a larger tablet input panel. The biggest change, however,...

Demand for IT Temp Workers Expected to Outpace Permanent.(temporary employment)
February 5, 2007... With computer, management and legal positions in highest demand, temporary employment is expected to grow three times as fast as total employment over the next decade, according to the 2007 Temporary Jobs Guidebook report released Feb. 5 by...

Foresight Is a Linux Distro to Watch.(Foresight Linux operating system)(Product/service evaluation)
February 5, 2007... It seems as if a new Linux-based operating system is born every day, with each facing the challenge of justifying its existence in a field that's already rather crowded with mature Linux distributions boasting active user bases and organized...

Africa's Internet Gap Getting Wider.(South Africa)
February 5, 2007... JOHANNESBURG--Broadband Internet connections in Africa are expected to more than double by 2011, but the continent is falling further behind the rest of the world as governments fail to open markets and drive down costs. High-speed...

Bioscrypt Protects HP Users' Identities.(Hewlett-Packard Co.)
February 5, 2007... Bioscrypt announced Feb. 5 that it will offer its Verisoft Access Manager Server and other IT capabilities to Hewlett-Packard business PC users. Verisoft Access Manager allows business professionals to replace passwords and secure user...

DataDirect Reports 53% Growth in 2006.(DataDirect Networks Inc.)
February 5, 2007... Privately held DataDirect Networks, the fifth-largest independent network storage provider, according to Gartner Dataquest, filed a financial report that showed 53 percent growth in 2006, a company spokesperson said Feb. 5. DataDirect...

Guidance's Investigative Features Receive U.S. Patent.(Guidance Software get approval for Automatic Reconnect and Reacquisition in a Computer Investigation System patent)
February 5, 2007... Guidance Software announced Feb. 2 that their latest digital investigative feature has been patented by the United States Patent and Trademark office. Guidance Software's newest patent, known as "Automatic Reconnect and Reacquisition in a...

Windows and Office: The Past, Present and Future.(Microsoft Corp.'s Chris Capossela interviewed about Windows Vista and Office 2007 softwares)(Interview)
February 5, 2007... Windows Vista and Office 2007 finally saw the light of day on Jan. 30. Chris Capossela, who manages the Microsoft Office System family of products, talked to eWEEK Senior Editor Peter Galli about the products, the experience and the future. ...

Future of TPM Technology Discussed at RSA Conference.(Trusted Platform Module)(Conference news)
February 5, 2007... Members of Trusted Computing Group, a 170-member organization dedicated to developing trusted computing standards, touted Trusted Platform Modules, to an attentive, if sometimes skeptical, audience at the RSA Conference on Feb. 5. Roger...

Mexico's Telmex Launches Television via Internet.(Telefonos de Mexico S.A. de C.V.)(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... MEXICO CITY (Reuters)--Mexican phone company Telmex has launched a platform that offers television via the Internet which for the moment is free but will turn into a cash generator in the future. Called "Prodigy Media," the service offers...

Princeton Libraries Join Google Book-Scan Project.(Princeton University contracts with Google Inc.)(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--Princeton University has become the 12th major library system to join Google's ambitious, sometimes-controversial project to scan the world's great literary works and make them searchable over the Web. The Web...

HP Bolsters Storage Virtualization, Security Offerings.(Hewlett-Packard Co., Asia Pacific StorageWorks Conference 2007)
February 5, 2007... HP introduced several new hardware and software products Feb. 5 intended to augment virtualization capabilities and improve security in its overall storage lineup. Announced at the HP Asia Pacific StorageWorks Conference in Ho Chi Minh...

Philippe Kahn: Original Software Gangsta Still on a Mission.(founder of Fullpower Technologies )(Column)
February 5, 2007... I was kickin' it old school with one of the original gangstas of the software business last week--the PC software business, that is. And he showed me that true technologists never die, they just keep building on their vision. Philippe...

HP to Acquire Bristol Technology.(Hewlett-Packard Co.)
February 5, 2007... Hewlett-Packard is building out its software and solutions management capabilities with the Feb. 5 acquisition of Bristol Technology. Bristol, based in Danbury, Conn., develops two separate software suites, TransactionVision and...

Super Kernel Sunday Score: Linux 2.6.20, Vista 1.0.(by Linus Torvalds )(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... In a message titled, "Super Kernel Sunday!" to the LKML (Linux Kernel Mailing List), Linus Torvalds announced news far more important than the Colts beating the Bears--to serious Linux users, anyway. The newest stable version of the Linux...

Tripwire Aims to Find Needle in IT Haystack.(Tripwire Inc. introduced Tripwire Enterprise 6.0)
February 5, 2007... Configuration audit and control provider Tripwire on Feb. 5 gave IT a better handle on controlling configuration changes that can cause outages or compliance issues when it launched the latest release of its Tripwire Enterprise software. ...

SanDisk Adds Enterprise Security to Flash Portfolio.(introduced TrustWatch security software)
February 5, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO--SanDisk introduced Feb. 5 a new integrated suite of applications that a company spokesperson claims "transforms off-the-shelf USB flash drives from a security threat to a competitive advantage." TrustWatch was introduced at...

Akamai Acquires App-Acceleration Service Provider Netli.(Akamai Technologies Inc.)
February 5, 2007... Akamai Technologies on Feb. 5 announced its plans to acquire former rival Netli for 3.2 million shares of its stock. Akamai, which signed a definitive agreement with Netli that it expects will close in March, plans to exploit Netli's...

Cisco Expands Footprint of Self-Defending Network.(Cisco Systems Inc.)
February 5, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO--Cisco Systems announced its latest series of product moves aimed at pushing forward its vision of the self-defending network Feb. 5. The San Jose, Calif.-based networking market leader detailed work to further tie together a...

Spotfire: Making Innovative Gains in the BI Game.(business intelligence software)
February 5, 2007... The business intelligence market is an extremely crowded space. Companies such as Oracle, Hyperion Solutions, SAS Institute, SAP, Microsoft, Actuate, InformationBuilders and Cognos have some form of BI application, either sitting on top of its...

Hitachi Data Systems to Snag Archivas.
February 5, 2007... Data storage systems vendor Hitachi Data Systems said Feb. 5 it will announce its intention to acquire privately held online storage management software maker Archivas in a press conference on Feb. 6. Details of the transaction were not...

New Zero-Day Threat Excels.(Microsoft Corp. declared vulnerabilities in Excel)
February 5, 2007... Microsoft zero-day vulnerabilities are increasingly so commonplace, the risk is lost with the message. On Feb. 2, Microsoft issued another security alert, this one for Excel, that largely went unnoticed. In its security bulletin, Microsoft...

Cleanliness Is Next to ...(managing corporate IT infrastructure)
February 5, 2007... Right now, I'm in the middle of a big office move. Without a doubt, moving is a big pain in the you-know-what, whether it's to a new home or a new workplace. First, there's all the dirt and dust that gets kicked up as you dig through all...

VMware Targets Server Management.(introduced Converter 3.0)
February 5, 2007... After a four-month beta run, VMware is releasing the full version of its Converter 3 virtualization software. The Palo Alto, Calif., company on Jan. 29 released the full version of its product after beta testing the software since Oct. 2....

Intel, AMD Make Temporary Gains.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)
February 5, 2007... Intel's unveiling of a breakthrough technology that it will use in its 45-nanometer processor design later this year is the latest step in the chip maker's efforts to win back momentum from rival Advanced Micro Devices. The company said...

Dell's Return as CEO Mirrors that of Apple's Jobs.(Michael Dell, chief executive officer)
February 5, 2007... You had to see this one coming. I had a feeling when I wrote on Sept. 18 that "Dell 2.0," a plan to get the computer maker back on track with a renewed focus on the customer, was a desperate attempt by then-CEO Kevin Rollins to reverse the...

Software Development Shift.
February 5, 2007... It's ironic that software developers create the most complex artifacts of enterprise infrastructure while having the benefit of so little infrastructure themselves. Changing that paradigm--to make the construction of a development...

Agitar Puts Java to the Test.(Agitar Software Inc.'s Jerry Rudisin)(Interview)
February 5, 2007... As enterprise applications continue to grow more and more complex, the need for testing and quality assurance tools increases more than ever. Agitar Software, based in Mountain View, Calif., specializes in the automation of unit testing, where...

Staking Claim in Security.(applications security space)
February 5, 2007... With malware code writers creating a growing number of attacks aimed at exploiting vulnerabilities in software applications--in addition to threats that target operating system flaws--longtime partners Symantec and Microsoft are both trying to...

Borland Launches Open ALM Strategy.(Borland Software Corp., Open Application Lifecycle Management)(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Borland Software has a new, customer-centric approach to transforming software delivery into a managed business process called Open Application Lifecycle Management. The Cupertino, Calif., company Jan. 29 also outlined its product strategy...

Strangers on a Train.(Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority)
February 5, 2007... "Did he ever return, no he never returned and his fate is still unlearned," the Katt warbled, Kingston Trio-like. The Kitty Katt continued humming the old folk song about Charlie, the rider trapped forever on Boston's subway system, as a...

MySQL Trims Pricing Model.(MySQL Enterprise software)(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Open-source database maker MySQL is simplifying its enterprise pricing structure, offering a new one-price-fits-all licensing model of $40,000 per year for any number of installations of its flagship offering, MySQL Enterprise. The $40,000...

Michael Dell Reclaims the Reins.
February 5, 2007... When Kevin Rollins replaced Michael Dell as CEO of Dell in 2004, company officials were quick to stress that the dual-management system the two had used--they even shared an office--would remain intact, giving the PC maker continuity going...

IBM Shields Online Personal Data.(personal information security software)
February 5, 2007... Researchers at IBM have created a new shield for personal information to help prevent identity theft online. Code-named Identity Mixer--or Idemix for short--the software was crafted by IBM researchers at the company's laboratory in Zurich,...