eWeek articles from November 2005

eWeek archives from November 2005

BlackBerry 8700c.(wireless hand held device)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... This is not your father's BlackBerry. The BlackBerry 8700c combines the convenience of the traditional slab-style unit with the color and verve of the new 7100 models, creating a top-notch e-mail device for a new generation. The 4.7-ounce...

Ruby on Rails: Making Programmers Happy.(web application software developed by David Heinemeier Hansson)(Interview)
November 1, 2005... David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of the increasingly popular Ruby on Rails Web application framework, answered a few questions about his creation earlier this week for eWEEK Senior Editor Darryl K. Taft. What's the allure of Ruby on...

HP Plans Itanium 2 Blade.(BL60p blade server from Hewlett-Packard Co.)
November 1, 2005... Hewlett-Packard Co. early next year will begin shipping a new blade server that runs on Intel Corp.'s Itanium 2 processor and runs the HP-UX 11i operating system. The two-way Integrity BL60p will broaden HP's BladeSystem offerings, which...

Virtual Iron Updates Virtualization Software.(Virtual Iron Version 2.0 from Virtual Iron Software Inc.)
November 1, 2005... Virtual Iron Software Inc. is rolling out the next generation of its virtualization and data center management software with broader processor and platform support. Virtual Iron Version 2.0 supports Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s Opteron...

Is Windows Vista Out of Sync?(Microsoft Windows Vista)
November 1, 2005... All the years in the making might hurt more than help the adoption of Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.'s next client operating system. The release of the software giant's new operating system will be one of Microsoft's most important product...

Business Benefits from Open Code, Sun Exec Says.(Open Source Business Conference)(Hal Stern of Sun Microsystems Inc.)
November 1, 2005... NEWTON, Mass.--;The ecology and diversity of open source licensing models was a good thing that helped drive the diverse business models in the free and open source software community, Hal Stern, the CTO for software at Sun Microsystems Inc.,...

Mac OS X Update Swats Five Security Bugs.(Apple Computer Inc. asks users to update its Mac OS X)(security measures)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Apple Computer Inc. late Monday shipped a security update to patch five Mac OS X security flaws and warned that the most dangerous bug could be exploited to bypass security restrictions. In an advisory, Apple urged users to upgrade to Mac...

RIM Launches Intel-Powered BlackBerry.(Research in Motion Ltd. and Intel Corp. jointly developed BlackBerry 8700c)
November 1, 2005... TORONTO (Reuters)--;Research In Motion Ltd. launched on Tuesday the first version of its BlackBerry e-mail device produced through a recent partnership with Intel Corp., the world's biggest chipmaker. The new BlackBerry 8700c, which had...

Skype Addresses Vulnerabilities.(independent security evaluation of VOIP product)
November 1, 2005... Poor Skype. They started out last week with the best of intentions, releasing what they called an independent security evaluation of their VOIP product, and ended up with egg on their virtual faces as high risk security vulnerabilities came to...

Political Animal: Massachusetts IT Office on the OpenDoc Defensive.(OpenDocument Format application for saving public records )
November 1, 2005... The proposal to standardize on the OpenDocument Format for all state offices in Massachusetts came under scrutiny Monday, when a special committee session was called to discuss the decision. State Senator Marc Pacheco, a Democrat, scheduled...

SAP Challenges Oracle's Air Force Contract.(Expeditionary Combat Support System contract)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... SAP Public Services Inc., a division of SAP, on Monday filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Government Accountability Office regarding the ECSS contract. SAP, it seems, doesn't believe the Air Force did its due diligence before awarding...

NetSuite Partners With Telephone App Vendor.(with Five9 Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... NetSuite Inc., which develops hosted enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management software, is partnering with a little-known company for an interesting capability. The San Mateo, Calif. based NetSuite announced Tuesday...

Microsoft Serves Up Internet Services 'Live'.(live software)(Windows Live and Office Live)
November 1, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO--;Microsoft Inc. on Tuesday unveiled a renewed focus on services delivered over the Internet, as it tries to fend off challenges from Google Inc. and other competitors. The company showed demonstrated a pair of "Live" portals...

Vista Looks Ready to Ship at Ebb Tide of PC Demand.(Microsoft Windows Vista)
November 1, 2005... Time to market can mean the difference between making your numbers and losing your shirt in our business, especially for PC hardware OEMs. In the case of Microsoft's Windows Vista, the delays stretched from weeks to months and then to...

Sony DRM Uses Rootkit Techniques.(Digital rights management technology)(compact disks)
November 1, 2005... New digital rights management technology shipping on music CDs by Sony Corp. of America/Bertelsmann AG artists employs stealthy, rootkit-style techniques to hide from users, according to a security expert. The new technology, which Sony...

Black Duck Targets Small Businesses with Software Update.(Black Duck protexIP/development system 3.0)
November 1, 2005... Black Duck Software Inc. Tuesday announced a new release of its protexIP/development system. Black Duck protexIP/development Version 3.0 features enhanced capabilities for analyzing proprietary, open source and third-party software for...

Wikipedia May Go to Print, Says Founder.(Jimmy Wales)
November 1, 2005... NEW YORK (Reuters)--;Entries from Wikipedia, the popular free online encyclopedia written and edited by Internet users, may soon be available in print for readers in the developing world, founder Jimmy Wales said Monday. He said content...

Dell Warns of Layoffs, Motherboard Replacements.
November 1, 2005... Dell Inc., which on Monday night issued a third quarter earnings warning, has enacted what it characterizes as a small number of layoffs as a part of a restructuring it says will cut costs and increase efficiencies. The Round Rock, Texas...

Making Your Data Work Harder.
November 1, 2005... Your company's data is its lifeblood. But in this breakneck information packed world, managing the amount of data coming in is a monumental task. Storing it safely, making it easily accessible and analyzing is critical to the future growth...

PHP Group Plugs Security Holes.(PHP 4.4.1)(personal home page programming language)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... The open-source PHP Group has shipped a new version of the general-purpose scripting language to fix several potentially serious security vulnerabilities. The flaws addressed in the PHP 4.4.1 update are rated "moderately critical" by...

Intel Unveils Four-Way Processor.(Intel Xeon 7000 series )
November 1, 2005... Intel Corp. on Tuesday unveiled its dual-core processor for systems running four or more chips, and more than a dozen OEMs rolled out new or enhanced servers based on the technology. The new Xeon 7000 Series, formerly codenamed "Paxville...

Top US Cable Co's Land Sprint Nextel Deal.(with Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable and Cox Communications Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... NEW YORK (Reuters)--;Three top U.S. cable operators on Monday reached a deal to resell wireless phone services with Sprint Nextel to compete against telephone operators entering the video market, sources familiar with the situation said. ...

Sun Grid Utility Aimed at MS Word Docs.(File format conversion software from Sun Microsystems Inc. which converts Word files into open document format)
November 1, 2005... Sun Microsystems Inc. Tuesday launched the latest assault on the proprietary Microsoft Word document format by offering a new Sun Grid utility service that will convert Word files into ODF (open document format). Another Sun Grid utility...

IBM Acquires Specialized Search Firm iPhrase.(International Business Machines Corp. buys iPhrase Systems Inc.)
November 1, 2005... IBM said Tuesday it has acquired the assets of iPhrase Systems Inc., a privately held search technology company based in Bedford, Mass., and will integrate its operations into the Information Management Division of the IBM Software Group....

Moglen to Focus on the Meaning of Free Software.(Eben Moglen of Free Software Foundation at the Open Source Business Conference)(GNU General Public License 3.0)
November 1, 2005... NEWTON, Mass.--;Eben Moglen, the general counsel for the Free Software Foundation, wants to spend his time at the Open Source Business Conference here on Wednesday talking about more than the upcoming GPL Version 3, of which he is a co-author,...

SCO Starts to Show Its Cards.(case of patent infringement against International Business Machines Corp. by The SCO Group Inc.)
November 1, 2005... SCO finally revealed to the U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City some of what it claims IBM stole from its Unix intellectual property and placed into Linux last Friday, but there is still no smoking gun. The SCO Group Inc. did not,...

Microsoft 'Live': 'Hailstorm' Take 2.(Microsoft Corp.'s web services)
November 1, 2005... When you get past the marketing fluff of "sea changes" and "21st century Internet," Microsoft did not announce a lot of new deliverables during its Tuesday services unveiling. (Thankfully, the company also didn't try to position any of its...

Novell Changes Leadership.(Ron Hovsepian promoted to president)(Jack Messman is the CEO)
November 1, 2005... Novell announced on Tuesday that the previous day its board of directors had promoted Ron Hovsepian, executive VP and president of global field operations, to president and chief operating officer of Novell. Hovsepian will have direct...

Microsoft 'Live Era' Meets Dead Air.(internet services)(Microsoft Windows Live and Microsoft Office Live)
November 1, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO--;About every five years, Microsoft holds an event to introduce a "big bet" that Bill Gates is making in hopes of changing computing as we know it. On Dec. 7, 1995, he announced Microsoft would support the Internet in its...

Oracle DB Worm Code Published.(Oracle database worm)
November 1, 2005... An anonymous hacker has released the first public example of an Oracle database worm. The proof-of-concept code was published on the Full-disclosure mailing list with the subject line "Trick or treat Larry," an obvious taunt aimed at...

Skeptical IT Execs Weigh Open-Source Options.
November 1, 2005... NEWTON, MASS.--;They lined up onstage to float their 1-minute elevator pitches, these sellers of open-source dreams: XenSource Inc. with virtualization software, ActiveGrid with its grid application server, EnterpriseDB with its...

Sun Posts Narrower Net Loss.(Sun Microsystems Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--;Computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. on Tuesday posted a quarterly net loss that narrowed slightly from a year ago as revenue rose. Sun said its net loss for the first fiscal quarter ended September 25 was $123...

Europe Inflight Mobile Framework Expected in Feb.(OnAir, firm backed by Airbus S.A.S. introducing in-flight mobile phone service )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... LONDON (Reuters)--;OnAir, a European firm backed by planemaker Airbus that aims to introduce in-flight mobile phone service in 2006, said it expected a key framework agreement on coordinating telecoms regulations by February. "Before...

Cell Phones Plug Africa's Poor into Mobile Banking.
November 1, 2005... SOWETO, South Africa (Reuters)--;After years of stashing his cash under the mattress, Jeremiah Mpanza now transfers money with a flick of his thumb to his girlfriend in South Africa's rural heartland. His trick? The humble cell phone. ...

ISO Makes Linux Standards Base a Standard.(International Standardization Organization certificate for Linux Standards Base)(Free Standards Group )
November 1, 2005... NEWTON, MASS.--;The Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) here will open on Tuesday to the news from the Free Standards Group that the Linux Standards Base (LSB) has been approved as an ISO standard. The LSB was approved as a PAS (Publicly...

IBM Gives Servers a 10G Boost.(using Neterion Inc.'s 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology)(International Business Machines Corp.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... IBM is bringing Neterion Inc.'s 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology to its xSeries servers. The two companies announced Monday that IBM, of Armonk, N.Y., will deploy Neterion's Xframe II Ethernet adapters in its x366, 260 and 460 servers. ...

Ruby on Rails Dev Framework on Track for Growth.(Web application development software developed by David Heinemeier Hansson)
November 1, 2005... As with any development environment vying for traction, the Ruby on Rails open-source Web application development framework is seeing the emergence of a vibrant and growing ecosystem supporting the platform's own growth. "There's a booming...

Video Blog Shines Light on Iraq War.(video blog was introduced by Brian Conley which cover Iraq war and Coalition Occupation of Iraq, 2003)(AliveinBaghdad.com blog)
November 2, 2005... Those frustrated with the mainstream media's coverage of the Iraq War have a new source of information on the conflict: raw video footage from the conflict released under an open-source "Creative Commons" license. Video footage from the...

Apple Hits New High, on Video, PC Expectations.(Apple Computer Inc. shares increase)(Brief Article)
November 2, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO--;Shares of Apple Computer Inc. Wednesday jumped to a record high as investors made bets on growth in its digital music and video businesses, analysts said. Shares of Apple, maker of the market-leading iPod digital music...

Qualcomm Posts Higher Q4 Profit, Revenue.(Brief Article)
November 2, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--;Wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc. on Wednesday posted higher fiscal fourth-quarter earnings as revenue rose on strong demand in the market for mobile phones. Qualcomm said it earned $538 million, or 32...

Moglen: GPL 3.0 Rewrite Drive Is No Democracy.(Eben Moglen of Free Software Foundation at the Open Source Business Conference )(GNU General Public License 3.0)
November 2, 2005... NEWTON, Mass.--;Users will be free to comment on the upcoming complex and technical draft versions of the GNU General Public License 3.0 in an easy way, according to Eben Moglen, general counsel for the Free Software Foundation. However,...

Firefox Blazes New Browser Trail.(Mozilla Firefox web browser demand)(Brief Article)
November 2, 2005... A test version of a new Firefox browser is now available. New features include improved pop-up advertisement blocking and faster back and forward Web navigation features, and added support for Mac OS X. On its Web site, Firefox browser...

Fabric7 Servers Create 'Dynamic IT'.(Q160 and Q80 systems from Fabric7 Systems Inc.)
November 2, 2005... A new server vendor this week launched its first systems, the cornerstones of the company's vision of a highly flexible and dynamic data center infrastructure. Officials with Fabric7 Systems Inc. claim that the new Q160 and Q80 systems,...

Time Warner Posts Higher Profit.
November 2, 2005... NEW YORK (Reuters)--;Time Warner Inc. on Wednesday reported a bigger-than-expected 80 percent jump in quarterly profit, beating analysts' expectations, as high-speed Internet and digital phone services drew more subscribers and online...

Usenet Search Engine Preps Porn for Video iPod.(Gigantic Usenet Binary Archives search engine )
November 2, 2005... LONDON (Reuters)--;It may not be quite what Steve Jobs had in mind, but an online search engine called Guba is set to offer vast amounts of pornography and other video files, specifically tailored for Apple's new iPods. Guba is a...

Nortel Trims Third-Quarter Loss, Sales Surge.(Nortel Networks Corp.)(Brief Article)
November 2, 2005... OTTAWA (Reuters)--;Nortel Networks Corp., one of the world's largest telecom equipment suppliers, reported a smaller third-quarter loss Wednesday versus the year-ago period, when it was stung by weak sales and higher costs. Nortel said it...

Broadcast Flag Bill Writers Run Drafts Up the Pole.(Committee on the Judiciary of United States broadcasting policy to prevent piracy)
November 2, 2005... WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) - Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee are circulating drafts of three bills that would give federal agencies the ability to write regulations preventing digital radio and TV broadcasts from being pirated....

Nokia says Smartphone Market to Double in 2006.(Jorma Ollila of Nokia Corp. told at Nokia conference)
November 2, 2005... BARCELONA--; The world's largest cellphone maker, Nokia, said on Wednesday it expected the market for smartphones to double next year, and launched three new premium models it hopes will take advantage of that growth. "I am comfortable in...

Wyse Advances Server-Based Computing Vision.(Wyse Streaming Manager from Wyse Technology Inc.)
November 2, 2005... Thin-client vendor Wyse Technology Inc. is continuing its migration away from appliances and toward software. Wyse President and CEO John Kish is in New York Wednesday to unveil a host of software offerings and partnerships designed to...

Sun Unveils Enterprise Tape Drive.(Sun Microsystems Inc.'s T10000 tape drive)
November 2, 2005... Sun Microsystems Inc. on Wednesday unveiled its new T10000 enterprise tape drive. Sun is guiding the product and other technology gained through its Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) acquisition toward an interconnected systems...

Microsoft Sees a Google Future.(Microsoft live software )(search engine software)
November 2, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO --; For two hours here this week, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Chief Technology Officer Ray Ozzie explained how a concept known as "live software" now guides Microsoft's future. The two never mentioned Internet search...

New Novell President Says Bring on the Open-Source Challenges.(Ron Hovsepian speaks at the Open Source Business Conference)
November 2, 2005... NEWTON, Mass.--;Ron Hovsepian began his first day as Novell's newest president and chief operating officer with a humble plea to enterprises looking to push open source into the data center: "Challenge us as a company to help you with your...

Microsoft Marches Out New Shared Source Project.(Microsoft Business Solutions Business Portal Lite)
November 2, 2005... NEWTON, Mass.--;Microsoft Corp. announced a new shared source project on Wednesday that enables multiple browsers to be used as a thin-client interface connecting the Microsoft Business Solutions Portal server and the Solomon ERP system. ...

MessageLabs Makes Acquisition to Expand Reach.(of Omnipod Inc.)
November 2, 2005... Managed e-mail security services provider MessageLabs Inc. is acquiring enterprise instant messaging vendor Omnipod Inc. to expand its offerings beyond e-mail and Web filtering services, said officials today. In the short term, MessageLabs...

Cisco Reports WLAN Vulnerabilities.(Cisco Systems Inc.)(wireless LANs)(Brief Article)
November 2, 2005... Certain wireless LAN access points from Cisco Systems Inc. are vulnerable to attack due to an authentication glitch, the company reported Tuesday. The problem applies to Cisco access points operating in Lightweight Access Point Protocol...

Security Patch Watch: Cisco IPS, Net BSD, OpenVPN.(Cisco Systems Inc.)(intrusion protection software)
November 2, 2005... Cisco Systems Inc. has released a patch for an issue that exists in one of the components of the company's intrusion protection sensors. In an advisory posted online, Cisco noted that some of the routers running Cisco IOS include a feature...

CIOs: Keep Your Open Source Outta My Database.(Chief information officers at the Open Source Business Conference)(Panel Discussion)
November 2, 2005... NEWTON, Mass.--;A panel of CIOs at the Open Source Business Conference here on Tuesday said they're spreading the open-source love all around, but the family jewels were top of the list when asked what part of the enterprise they're still too...

Turmoil, Change and Novell.(layoffs at Novell Inc.)(Ron Hovsepian replaced Jack Messman)
November 2, 2005... It's one thing after another for Novell, as the company announces a new president one day, and that it's cutting staff the next, but what do its customers and analysts think of all this change? The week started with a bang when Novell Inc....

Red Hat Will Never Be Microsoft.(CentOS-4 operating system)(Red Hat Enterprise Linux)(Brief Article)(Column)
November 2, 2005... Over at the Novell public relations blog, they're wondering if Red Hat's Matthew Szulik's conversation with Geoffrey Moore at Vortex on avoiding lock-in has anything to do with BusinessWeek's recent article about Novell. The gist of the...

Microsoft Partner Rolls Out .Net SCM for SMBs.(ODS Software's Supply chain management software)
November 2, 2005... Microsoft partner ODS Software on Monday rolled out a .Net Framework-enabled supply chain application first created for Fortune 100 customer Weyerhaeuser Inc. as a commercial product for small and midsize businesses. The new edition of...

Symantec Tumbles on Lower Forecast.(Symantec Corp. acquires Veritas)(Greg Myers and John Schwarz departs from Symantec Corp.)(Symantec Corp. revenue)
November 2, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--;Symantec Corp. shares tumbled nearly 20 percent on Wednesday, a day after the world's biggest security software maker cut its full-year revenue forecast and said its chief financial officer was leaving the company. ...

Novell Cuts Staff, Prepares to Sell Consulting Arm.
November 2, 2005... It came as no surprise on Wednesday when Novell cut approximately 600 positions, more than 10 percent of its worldwide workforce, but that was far less than the 20 percent many Novell insiders had been predicting. This move is expected to...

AMD Bumps Up Third-Quarter Market Share.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc. )
November 2, 2005... Advanced Micro Devices Inc. gained a bigger piece of the pie in the third quarter. The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker, which is Intel Corp.'s primary rival in x86 processors--;the type of processor most PCs and many computer servers are...

Microsoft Adds PC Security Tools to Windows Live.(Microsoft Client Protection)(Microsoft Windows Vista)
November 2, 2005... Microsoft has fitted an anti-virus and PC clean-up utility into the new Windows Live initiative as part of a larger plan to shuttle customers to its Internet security offerings. A beta version of the new Safety Center lets customers run...

Cable Companies, Sprint in Pact.(Sprint Nextel Corp. formed joint venture with Comcast Corp., Time Warner Inc., Cox Communications Inc. and Advance-Newhouse Communications)(Brief Article)
November 2, 2005... NEW YORK (Reuters)--;Four U.S. cable operators on Wednesday announced a $200 million mobile phone service joint venture with Sprint Nextel Corp., giving them another weapon in a growing battle with telephone companies. The move by Comcast...

Sony to Help Remove Its DRM Rootkit.(Mark Russinovich inspects Sony BMG CD)(digital rights management software)(Brief Article)
November 2, 2005... When Mark Russinovich was testing his company's security software last week, he came across a disturbing find: a Sony BMG CD he purchased from Amazon had secretly installed DRM software on his PC and used "rootkit" cloaking methods to hide it....

EnterpriseDB Upgrades Open-Source Database.(EnterpriseDB 2005 )
November 2, 2005... Open-source relational database maker EnterpriseDB Tuesday released an upgrade to its front-line product of the same name that includes a new, expanded code base and the addition of JasperReports, a widely used open-source reporting tool. ...

Storage Digest: News from ADIC, ProStor, NetEx, EMC, MaXXan, Fortiva, Xiotech, ONStor, SimpleTech, Crosswalk.(Certia Inc. introduced HyperShield network security software)(EMC Corp. in association with BearingPoint Inc. develops EMC-BearingPoint Framework Integration Services)(Fortiva Inc. enhanced its Fortiva Suite, E-Mail Archiving Suite)
November 2, 2005... ADIC introduces a new tape library platform, ProStor introduces a disk cartridge designed as a replacement to tape, NetEx introduces an encrypted replication solution, EMC and BearingPoint join forces to help users integrate storage management...

Opportunities, Obstacles Abound in Sprint-Cable Marriage.(Sprint Nextel Corp. deals with Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications Inc. and Advance-Newhouse Communications)
November 2, 2005... Sprint Nextel and its well-known cable partners may have taken a significant step forward in marrying wireless and in-home communications with their new joint venture, but experts say that much uncertainty remains when it comes to realizing the...

Maxtor's External Drives Hit 1TB.(Maxtor OneTouch III )(Brief Article)
November 2, 2005... Maxtor has announced a new storage solution for PCs that can be purchased with capacities up to a terabyte. The company said Wednesday that the new Maxtor OneTouch III Turbo Edition will ship in either a 600GB or 1TB capacity point, at...

Oh No, Not Another Web Portal.(Microsoft Corp.'s Business Portal Lite)(Column)
November 2, 2005... Hands up, everyone who remembers when portals were the be-all and end-all of Web development. Just what I thought, pretty much everyone who was around in the late 1990s and early 2000, aka the days of the Internet bubble. Here it is,...

AOL Adds Music, Now.(America Online Inc. purchased MusicNow from Circuit City Stores Inc.)
November 3, 2005... America Online Inc. announced Thursday that it has acquired online music subscription service MusicNow from retail chain Circuit City in an effort to expand its audio presence into portable devices and beyond its existing customer base. ...

FDA Requires Electronic Drug Labels.(Food and Drug Administration)(information will be available at DailyMed, online health information site )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... The Food and Drug Administration recently began requiring drug manufacturers to submit prescription drug label information in a new electronic format that will allow health care providers and the general public to more easily access the product...

Yahoo Redraws Online Maps.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Yahoo Inc. has upgraded its online mapping and driving directions service by borrowing two key features made popular by rival Google Inc. The most noticeable improvements are how the site displays new maps without having to download...

Cisco Patches 'Black Hat' IOS Flaw.(Michael Lynn)(Cisco Systems Inc.'s Cisco IOS)(Internetwork Operating System)
November 3, 2005... Cisco Systems Inc. has finally issued a comprehensive fix for a critical IOS vulnerability that set off a firestorm of controversy at the Black Hat Briefings earlier this year. The routing and switching giant's patches come more than three...

Vonage Mulls Sale as Well as IPO: WSJ.(Vonage Holdings Corp.'s initial public offering )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vonage Holdings Corp., a pioneer in selling Internet-based phone services, is preparing for an initial public offering that could raise $600 million and also exploring a sale to a larger company for at least $2 billion, the...

Comcast Loses Basic Cable Customers.(Comcast Corp. sales decrease)
November 3, 2005... NEW YORK (Reuters)--;Comcast Corp., the top U.S. cable operator, on Thursday posted lackluster quarterly profit and its stock fell 5 percent on worries about customers dropping its basic cable service. The company reported profit for the...

Google, Libraries Post First Batch of Books Online.(19th century American literary and historical works)
November 3, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO--;Google Inc. and four U.S. libraries plan to unveil on Thursday the first collection of thousands of mostly 19th century American literary and historical works as the Web search leader seeks to regain momentum for its project to...

Microsoft Acquires File Management Software Maker.(FolderShare)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--;Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, said on Thursday that it has acquired a company that provides file management services that allows users access to information from various devices over the Web. ...

New Safari Passes Acid Test for Web Compatibility.(Safari Mac Web browser from Apple Computer Inc. supports Acid2 browser test)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Macintosh users who downloaded the free Mac OS X 10.4.3 update not only received a handful of security fixes, but also a version of Apple Computer Inc.'s default Safari Mac Web browser that supports the Acid2 browser test. Version 2.0.2 of...

BEA Acquires SolarMetric.(BEA Systems Inc. buys SolarMetric Inc.)
November 3, 2005... BEA Systems Inc. Thursday announced its acquisition of SolarMetric Inc., a maker of object/relational mapping technology. San Jose, Calif.-based BEA acquired Austin, Texas-based SolarMetric for an undisclosed sum, in a deal that will...

Unisys Sets Up Microsoft Consulting Unit.(partners with International Business Machines Corp. and Intel Corp.)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... BOSTON, (Reuters) - Information technology company Unisys Corp. Wednesday said it plans to create a unit focused on implementing Microsoft Corp. products as Unisys reorganizes to stimulate profitable growth. Unisys, whose stock hit a...

The Biggest Threat to the Internet.(Edward Whitacre of SBC Communications Inc.)(Interview)
November 3, 2005... What the head of SBC says about paying for the Internet is a cause for concern. What follows is the most disturbing quote I have read in quite some time. It's from an interview with SBC CEO Edward Whitacre that appeared on the BusinessWeek...

Virus Scanners Made Moot by New Exploit.(innovation of Andrey Bayora )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Anti-virus software has always lived with the tradeoff of performance versus thoroughness. It's led to some software design decisions on the methods of how files are actually scanned that are now coming home to roost. Recently, researcher...