eWeek articles from October 2005

eWeek archives from October 2005

Calif. Gov. Signs Law to Punish 'Phishing' Scams.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO--California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Friday making Internet "phishing" identity theft scams punishable by law. The bill, advanced by state Sen. Kevin Murray, is the first of its kind in the United States and...

Reality Check: How Hard Are IP Phones, Really?(internet telephones )
October 1, 2005... Fidelity Investments, the Boston-based financial services firm, uses voice-over-IP technology in most of its international offices to save on long-distance charges to other Fidelity locations. To date, it's put IP-based phones on the desks of...

Disk Blasting 101 with Linux.
October 2, 2005... There are times when you really, really want to make sure that there's not one shred of readable data left on your drives. For those times, you need a blast furnace. But, if all you want to do is be 99.9999% sure that there's no data left...

Linux Gains Lossless Filesystem.(Brief Article)
October 2, 2005... An R&D affiliate of the world's largest telephone company has achieved a stable release of a new Linux filesystem said to improve reliability over conventional Linux filesystems, and offer performance advantages over Solaris's UFS filesystem....

Microsoft to Build PDF Support into Office 12.
October 2, 2005... Microsoft will build into its forthcoming Office 12 desktop suite a "save to PDF" capability, according to Office program manager Brian Jones. Jones communicated word of Microsoft's PDF plan for Office 12 on his blog on Saturday afternoon....

Salesforce.com Keeps Recruiting Game Rolling.
October 2, 2005... Salesforce.com is wasting no time in launching a campaign to lure away customers and employees from Siebel Systems in the wake of Oracle's proposed $5.85 billion buyout of struggling Customer Relationship Management software. In the June...

No Web Tax Yet.
October 2, 2005... Like a Java version of the sword of Damocles, the threat of a Web tax has loomed over e-Commerce players since the Web was formed a little more than a decade ago. But fitting for an October deadline, this sword is more of the tissue-paper...

Interview: IBM's Perna Predicts Changes in What "Data" Means.(Interview)
October 2, 2005... Habitat for Humanity has a list of skills for potential volunteers to check off: plumbing, electrical wiring, Sheetrocking, roofing, skilled painting, semi-skilled painting, not-so-great painting, etc. Janet Perna never built a house. ...

CommVault Boosts Microsoft DPM Support.(CommVault QiNetix Unified Data Management)
October 3, 2005... Adding another support tier to Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2006 offering, CommVault Systems on Monday announced that its CommVault QiNetix Unified Data Management suite features integration and extends the functionality of...

Is Microsoft Running Scared of OpenDocument?(production management)(Brief Article)(Column)
October 3, 2005... What is Microsoft up to, anyway, with its sudden plan to finally support PDF? It wasn't announced by Bill Gates loudly to the world at the Professional Developer Conference a few weeks ago. It also wasn't proclaimed to the Microsoft...

Sun Releases NetBeans 5.0 Beta.(Sun Microsystems Inc.)
October 3, 2005... Sun Microsystems Inc. has released a new beta of the NetBeans open-source Java application development platform. NetBeans 5.0 delivers several new features including support for developing IDE (integrated development environment) modules, a...

ClearCube Launches Partner Group for its PC Blades.(partnership of ClearCube Technology Inc.)
October 3, 2005... PC blade pioneer ClearCube is turning to partners to help expand the reach of its products. The Austin, Texas, company on Monday is announcing CSN (ClearCube Solutions Network), a group of eight technology vendors that will give users...

iLumin Expands Reach to File System Management.(Assentor File System Manager launched)
October 3, 2005... iLumin Software Services Inc. is expanding its reach with the introduction of a new product designed to provide storage management and discovery for files other than e-mail. The Reston, Va., company, which traditionally has focused on...

Mills: IBM Has Advantage over 'Precarious' Startups.(Steve Mills of IBM Software Group)(Interview)
October 3, 2005... Steve Mills, senior vice president and group executive at IBM Software, said open-source software is changing the way folks look at the market, but that startups have to play into the scheme that established vendors have established, not the...

Fleury: JBoss' Model Is 'Here to Stay'.(Marc Fleury)(Interview)
October 3, 2005... Marc Fleury, CEO of JBoss Inc., said open source is a force to be reckoned with and that his company's version of "professional open source" will be one of the prominent forms of software development as the industry shakes out. Fleury sat down...

Open Source Becomes Key Player in Business Models.(beliefs of Marc Fleury)
October 3, 2005... What will become of open-source companies when they grow up? Will there be an open-source dot bomb, or is the investment going into open source leading the way for a whole new kind of software company? Although the jury is still out, it is...

Dell Says There Are Too Darned Many Linuxes, Too.(Michael Dell)(Editorial)
October 3, 2005... This is annoying. No sooner, no sooner I tell you, do I write a column about there being too darn many Linux distributions, then Michael Dell of Dell says, in a NYC press conference, to Jacqueline Emigh of Linux Today, that, in looking...

Paramount Backs Blu-ray in Latest Twist of DVD War.(production management of Paramount Home Entertainment)
October 3, 2005... TOKYO (Reuters)--In the latest twist of a heated battle over next-generation DVD technology, Paramount Home Entertainment said it would release high-definition movies in the Blu-ray format backed by a group led by Sony Corp. Paramount, a...

Netscape Lands Browser Distribution Deal with HP.(Netscape Communications Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... In a potential blow to Microsoft, Netscape's Internet browser will be included inside every new Hewlett-Packard and Compaq computer sold starting early next year, Netscape said Monday. The arrangement allows for those buying new...

Pundits Ponder Office 12's PDF Support.(portable document format)(production management of Microsoft Corp.)
October 3, 2005... Two days after Microsoft disclosed its intent to add a PDF export capability to its Office 12 release, pundits were pondering what the move might mean to the growing Microsoft-Adobe Systems rivalry. Microsoft announced its latest PDF plans...

Decoding the "Managed" Label.(usage of software architectures)(Column)
October 3, 2005... Like the phrase "Personal Computer" after IBM trademarked "IBM PC" in 1981, the generic label of "managed code" has apparently acquired a vendor-specific aura--as I learned from readers' comments on my letter of last week. Many readers, it...

Symantec Adds BindView to Shopping Basket.(acquisition of BindView Development Corp.)
October 3, 2005... Symantec on Monday announced plans to shell out $209 million in cash to gobble up BindView Development, a company that sells policy-compliance and vulnerability management software. The deal marks the third acquisition for Symantec Corp. in...

Yahoo Starts a Book Collection.
October 3, 2005... Internet search giant Yahoo, along with several universities and two European archives, say they intend to make books available on the Internet later this year. The entities, known collectively as the OCA (Open Content Alliance), represent...

Judge Backs Jury Verdict on Lexar-Toshiba Case.(Lexar Media Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--A California judge ruled on Friday that he will let stand a jury's verdict that Japanese chipmaker Toshiba Corp. must pay memory card maker Lexar Media Inc. $465 million in a trade secrets case, according to court...

HP Grabs for RLX Blades.(acquisition of RLX Technologies Inc. by Hewlett-Packard Co.)
October 3, 2005... Hewlett-Packard on Monday announced plans to acquire blade server pioneer RLX Technologies for an undisclosed sum. After the purchase, Hewlett-Packard Co. said, it plans to merge RLX Technologies Inc.'s blade server management software with...

In a Flash, Hard-Drive Memory Fading.(market share forecasts of flash memory)
October 3, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO (Billboard)--When Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPod Nano on September 7, he predicted it would be the best-selling iPod model ever. That is a strong statement, considering the Nano is only Apple's second...

IBM, Univa to Pump Globus Grid Apps into Servers.(partnership with International Business Machines Corp.)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... IBM has partnered with Univa--the Red Hat of the grid world--to deliver commercially supported grid infrastructure software from the Globus Consortium, the companies announced at the GridWorld conference in Boston on Monday. Univa will...

Business Objects to Buy SRC.(S.R.C. Software Inc.)
October 3, 2005... Business intelligence software developer Business Objects announced plans Wednesday to acquire planning and forecasting software developer SRC Software, a departure from the company's previously stated strategy to remain focused on BI. The...

Adobe, Analysts Welcome Microsoft's Move to PDF.(portable document format, Adobe Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Analysts, and even Adobe officials, expressed some surprise over the Monday announcement that Microsoft will support Adobe's PDF (Portable Document Format) after 12 years of all but denying that the file interchange standard existed. The...

Sun, Google Form Alliance.(Sun Microsystems Inc.)
October 3, 2005... Speculation is mounting ahead of Tuesday's upcoming announcement of a new relationship between Sun Microsystems and Google, but the most attention is going to the possibility of a software-related deal. Some commentators approached by...

Internet Sales Tax on the Horizon.
October 3, 2005... The Streamlined Sales Tax Project may sound to some like the states are getting ready to start charging state sales tax on all e-commerce purchases, but the reality is that simple. What the SSTA (Streamlined Sales Tax Project), a group of...

Can Authors Guild Halt Google's Book Drive?
October 3, 2005... The future of digital libraries seemed to ride on a single lawsuit last week, as the New York-based Authors Guild went to war against search king and Internet superpower Google. Led by three Authors Guild members, the complaint seeks...

Microsoft Celebrates 30th Year as Developer's Company.
October 3, 2005... Microsoft last month celebrated its 30th anniversary as the company built of, by and for developers. That is how Microsoft Corp. officials have long described the company, and it is an apt description, as developers continue to be a...

The World Wants a Challenging Google-Sun Alliance.(Sun Microsystems Inc.)(Editorial)
October 4, 2005... The world was ready for Google and Sun to actually do something. Tuesday morning, reporters and editors around the world were ready for a big announcement. Alas, we were let down. With all the speculation that StarOffice was becoming...

Philly's Wi-Fi Contract May Be a Lifeline for EarthLink.(deal with Wireless Philadelphia)
October 4, 2005... EarthLink made IT history of sorts--and probably saved its own skin--Monday night when it was selected to build the nation's first metropolitan-area Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) network to provide high-speed wireless Internet access across the...

Dell Offers Potential Linux Desktop.(Dell Dimension E510n)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2005... It may first appear that Dell is offering small office/home office buyers a Linux-based PC, but what the company is actually offering is simply a PC without a Microsoft operating system. Dell Inc.'s new Dimension E510n PC is shipped with an...

i2 Technologies Moves Into SCM.(supply-chain management)(details of i2 Collaborative Supply Execution Suite)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2005... A company most recognized for its integration capabilities, i2 Technologies is moving into the SCM (supply-chain management) arena. The company announced Tuesday its namesake Supply Collaboration/Lean Replenishment module designed to help...

Business Objects Plans to Acquire Infommersion.(Brief Article)
October 4, 2005... Business Objects announced Tuesday that it plans to acquire Infommersion Inc., a privately held company that develops information visualization and presentation software. Business Objects S.A., with dual headquarters in San Jose, Calif.,...

Philadelphia Wi-Fi Won't End Debate.
October 4, 2005... Lawyers and other industry experts are predicting that the public battle over the Philadelphia municipal Wi-Fi network is going to continue even in the aftermath of the city's selection of EarthLink for the $15 million to $18 million...

Google-Sun Deal Offers No Microsoft Killer.(partnership with Sun Microsystems Inc.)
October 4, 2005... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Analysts watching search giant Google's every move came away unimpressed from the announcement of Google's new partnership with Sun Microsystems. Many came to a Google Inc./Sun Microsystems Inc. news conference here...

Microsoft FAT Patent Gets Thumbs Down.(file allocation table)
October 4, 2005... The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected two key Microsoft patent applications relating to its File Allocation Table file system. But Microsoft officials still hold out hope that the company ultimately will succeed in the quest to...

Google-Sun Partnership Falls Short of Hopes.(Sun Microsystems Inc.)(Column)
October 4, 2005... I hadn't seen so much excitement about a software alliance announcement in ages. There was Sun, with the most popular open-source office suite in the world. There was Google, the one technology company big enough to go mano-a-mano with...

Hack Can Crash Playstation.(defects of Sony PlayStation Portable, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office and Opera 8.02)
October 4, 2005... Can you hack a PSP? It appears so. Secunia has listed a "moderately critical" advisory for Sony's game machine using firmware 2.0. Evidently a "specially crafted" TIFF file can crash the puppy due to a boundary error in the TIFF library...

WSJ: Microsoft Ends License Talks with Music Labels.(Wall Street Journal)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2005... NEW YORK--Microsoft Corp. has broken off licensing talks with the four global music companies, raising questions about the software giant's plans to start a subscription-based music service, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing...

IBM Will Unveil First Power5+ Systems.(IBM P5)
October 4, 2005... IBM on Tuesday is unveiling the first systems that will be armed with the new Power5+ processor, including a server with a version of the chip that offers four processing cores on a single module. The new servers will represent the first...

Disasters Demand Supply Chain Software, Research Shows.(study by Fritz Institute)
October 4, 2005... In dealing with disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, government should take cues from private industry about using SCM (supply chain management) systems for managing inventory and predicting demand, according to a top official of the Fritz...

Open Source Goes on RAID.(RS1000, RS3000 and RS8000 launched by Open Source Storage)
October 4, 2005... With the release of three new RAID storage subsystems built entirely on an open source platform, Open Source Storage continues its march to offer a full line of open source storage products. The company's new RAID storage products all...

Edge Dynamics Targets Pharma Supply Chains.(Channel Commerce Management 3.0 launched)
October 4, 2005... Edge Dynamics, an SCM (supply chain management) vendor specializing in the pharmaceutical space, on Monday launched CCM (Channel Commerce Management) 3.0, a new edition of its software for regulatory compliance and transaction management among...

MS Office: Bill's PDF Widget.(portable document format, Bill Gates)(production management of Microsoft Office 12.0)
October 4, 2005... Like the native Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint formats, PDF is not an open standard. Yet all of these formats are de facto standards in their own fields, be it word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and electronic documentation....

IBM Announces --Again-- PC Storage Software Deal.(International Business Machines Corp.'s contract with Symantec Corp.)
October 4, 2005... Over the next few weeks, IBM is expected to unveil a bundling, co-development and co-marketing deal around the resale of Symantec's storage and cluster software on IBM's Intel-based xSeries hardware. Slated for some time in October or...

Xiotech Pitches Scaled-Down SAN for SMBs.(storage area network, small and medium-sized businesses)(Xiotech Magnitude 3D 3000 launched)
October 4, 2005... Xiotech has introduced a scaled-down version of its Magnitude 3D 3000s SAN intended for small and midsize organizations. Intended as an entry-level storage cluster offering, the Magnitude 3D 3000e offers much of the same functionality as other...

NewsGator Acquires NetNewsWire.(NewsGator Technologies)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2005... RSS platform company NewsGator Technologies has acquired NetNewsWire, creator of a popular RSS reader for Mac OS X. NewsGator already owns RSS aggregators on Outlook, Windows and Windows Media Center, as well as a Web service. The addition...

Ellison Case Might Satisfy No One.(Oracle shareholders' suit against Larry Ellison)(Column)
October 4, 2005... San Mateo, Calif., County judge John Schwartz may be one of the few people in Silicon Valley possessed with common sense when it comes to money. He tossed out the proposed settlement in which Oracle Corp. was to donate $24 million to...

US Sets Up National Stem-Cell Bank.(construction plans of National Institutes of Health)
October 4, 2005... WASHINGTON (Reuters)--The University of Wisconsin, where human embryonic stem cells were first isolated, will host the first federally funded bank of the valuable cells, the U.S. government said on Monday. The bank will house many of the...

Sun, Google in Office Software Pact.(distribution and marketing agreement with Sun Microsystems Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2005... MOUNTAIN VIEW, California-- Sun Microsystems Inc. and Google Inc. on Tuesday said they had agreed to a multi-year pact to distribute Sun's software technologies that offer a potential alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s dominance of business...

Sun, Google to Partner on Software.(distribution and marketing agreement with Sun Microsystems Inc.)
October 4, 2005... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Sun Microsystems and Google on Tuesday announced a partnership that will see the two Silicon Valley firms distribute and promote each other's software technologies. Under the agreement, the two firms will explore...

Philips Research Targets Instant Blood Tests.(product development by Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.)
October 4, 2005... EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (Reuters)--Two research projects by Philips Electronics aim to make testing of blood samples for diseases instantaneous, to allow earlier and more effective treatment, researchers said on Tuesday. At an innovation...

Liautaud: Bringing Business Objects to the Next Level.(Bernard Liautaud)(Interview)
October 4, 2005... A relatively stable company, Business Objects S.A. has had a shake-up or two recently at its top levels. The company's founder, chairman and former CEO, Bernard Liautaud, stepped down from the helm of the Paris-based company Sept. 11. ...

SpreadFirefox.com Shut Down After Security Breach.(service discontinuation by Mozilla Foundation)
October 4, 2005... The Mozilla Foundation has temporarily pulled the plug on its SpreadFirefox.com marketing site after a hacker break-in put user accounts at risk. The non-profit Foundation, which has used the site to launch grassroots campaigns to support...

'GoogleOffice': A Microsoft Office Killer?(Brief Article)(Column)
October 4, 2005... To hear Sun, Google and the Anything but Microsoft campers tell it, Microsoft Office will be officially toast any day now. I say they're wrong. But not because Microsoft Office--even with 90+ percent of the desktop office suite market share...

Verizon Wireless Seen Offering TV via Crown Castle.(contract with Crown Castle International Corp.)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2005... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Verizon Wireless, the No. 2 U.S. cell phone service, plans to start delivering live television to mobile phones early next year using a network being built by Crown Castle International Corp., an analyst said on Monday. ...

.Mac Tools Don't Lead.(Brief Article)
October 4, 2005... Apple has updated its .Mac suite of online tools, giving subscribers more for their $99.95 yearly fee. They'll now get more storage (1GB, up from 250MB), a new service called Groups for creating instant online shared spaces, and a simplified...

EU Hires Criminologist to Monitor Microsoft.(Neil Barrett appointed at European Union. European Commission)
October 5, 2005... The European Commission has appointed a British cybercrime expert to assist in overseeing Microsoft's compliance with a 2004 antitrust decision. Neil Barrett was one of several candidates put forward by Microsoft, and his role as a...

Nematodes: The Making of 'Beneficial' Network Worms.(presentation of Dave Aitel of Immunity Inc.)
October 5, 2005... Convinced that businesses will use nonmalicious worms to cut down on network security costs, a high-profile security researcher is pushing ahead with a new framework for creating a "controlled worm" that can be used for beneficial purposes. ...

Kill Pests, Don't Spread Them.(presentation of Dave Aitel of Immunity Inc.)(Editorial)
October 5, 2005... The idea of a "good worm" is obviously a tempting one. You'd think that white-hatted researchers would want to be responsible with their clients' systems, but someone always wants to do it the sneaky way. Dave Aitel is a well-known...

Yahoo Scoops Up Social Calendar Site.(acquisition of Upcoming Inc.)
October 5, 2005... Yahoo is reaching its search tentacles further into local communities, acquiring the social events site Upcoming Inc., the company revealed on Tuesday. Yahoo Inc., based in Sunnyvale, Calif., posted the news on its searchblog site on...

Apple Stirs Product Speculation over Oct 12 Event.(Apple Computer Inc.)
October 5, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. has e-mailed invitations to reporters for a special event next week, prompting speculation on the Internet that the company would unveil a long-rumored iPod that can display videos. The...

Symantec Plugs 'High Risk' AV Engine Flaw.(Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2005... Anti-virus specialist Symantec Corp. has confirmed a high-risk vulnerability in multiple enterprise-facing products and warned that a successful exploit could lead to code execution attacks. The company released a security alert to...

More Classifieds for Google Local?(service upgrade)
October 5, 2005... Search giant Google appears to be aggressively moving to include more classifieds listings in search results, a market analyst said Wednesday. In the past few months, Google's been courting major providers of classified advertisements,...

Linspire, Ingram Micro Bring Linux Desktop to the Channel.(distribution agreement)
October 5, 2005... Linspire announced Wednesday that major technology distributor Ingram Micro has begun selling the full range of Linspire products to its network of U.S. resellers and retailers. Ingram Micro Inc. began shipping Linux and open-source...

AOL Boosts Anti-Phishing Protection.(America Online Inc.'s partnership with MarkMonitor Inc. and Cyveillance Inc. and agreement with Cyota Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2005... NEW YORK (Reuters)--America Online, the online division of Time Warner Inc., on Wednesday said it plans to step up protections against the illegal gathering of subscribers' sensitive data through fraudulent Web sites. AOL said it has...

FTC Targets Illegal Spyware Operation.(Federal Trade Commission's cases against Odysseus Marketing and Walter Rines)
October 5, 2005... The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday moved to the courts to shut down an operation that secretly installed spyware and adware that could not be uninstalled from infected machines. The FTC's complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for...

Sprint Nextel Sues Vonage, Voiceglo.(Vonage Holdings Corp.)
October 5, 2005... Sprint Nextel has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against independent Internet phone companies Vonage and Voiceglo. Detailed in the suit are seven patents, four of which pertain to systems and equipment for telecommunications control,...

Nokia Taps Symantec for Smart-Phone Security.(contracts)
October 5, 2005... Security specialist Symantec Corp. Wednesday announced an agreement with the world's largest cell phone maker, Nokia, to pre-load its Series 60-based smart phones with its Mobile Security software. The software is customized for the...

Compuware Becomes Strategic Member of Eclipse.(Eclipse Foundation)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2005... DETROIT--Compuware Corp. Thursday is expected to announce that it has enhanced its membership in the Eclipse Foundation and has become a strategic developer member of the organization. Compuware is expected to make the announcement at its...

Fake Google Toolbars Go Phishing.
October 5, 2005... An Internet security specialist says a new threat forces computers to install faked Google software, which then goes phishing. Phishing is where e-mails, IM (instant messages) or Web sites parody a legitimate company, and try to get users...

Sun Invites Support for Sun Grid.(services of Sun Microsystems Inc.)
October 5, 2005... Sun Microsystems Inc. is hoping to entice more developers and software makers to create applications for its Sun Grid initiative. At the GridWorld conference in Boston Wednesday, Sun is rolling out a partner program for ISVs and a community...

BPM Vendor Metastorm to Acquire CommerceQuest.(business process management)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2005... Business process management software developer Metastorm announced Wednesday its intent to merge with CommerceQuest Inc., which also provides BPM software, along with integration capabilities. The terms of the deal are undisclosed. The...

ATI Launches New Family of Top-End Graphics Chips.(ATI Radeon X1000, X1600 and X1300)(ATI Technologies Inc.)
October 5, 2005... TORONTO (Reuters)--ATI Technologies Inc. launched its new family of high-end graphics chips on Wednesday, a move it hopes will help it win back market share in the fiercely competitive sector. ATI's Radeon X1000 family of processors will...

AOL Dials In to Net Telephony.(America Online Inc. launches TotalTalk service)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2005... AOL this week began selling TotalTalk, which is part of a recent wave of renewed interest in Internet telephony from AOL and its major competitors, Microsoft and Yahoo. TotalTalk is a revamped version of a VOIP (voice over IP) service...

GridWorld Encourages Enterprise Adoption.(use of grid computing)
October 5, 2005... BOSTON--"The dogs will bark, but the caravan rolls on," CIO Magazine Group Publisher Gary Beach said in his Tuesday keynote address at the inaugural GridWorld conference here. Well, yes, the dogs are indeed barking at grid computing, but...

Critics Doubt Effectiveness of California Anti-Phishing Law.(Editorial)
October 5, 2005... A law signed late last week by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will likely fail in its goal of deterring online "phishing" attacks that seek to dupe Internet users into disclosing personal identity information and financial account...

New Security Threat: Text Messaging.(research by Computer Science and Engineering Department of Pennsylvania State University)
October 5, 2005... Researchers from the Systems and Internet Infrastructure Security Lab of the Pennsylvania State University made public this week some research they have done about what it may take to shut down mobile cell phone networks using low volumes of...

Oracle Updates PeopleSoft Enterprise Modules.(PeopleSoft Enterprise 8.9)
October 5, 2005... Catching up on its January acquisition of PeopleSoft Corp., Oracle Corp. announced Wednesday major upgrades to the Supply Chain Management, Supplier Relationship Management and Financial Management modules within PeopleSoft Enterprise 8.9. ...