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Now that Oracle's acquisition spree has ended, the giant database company is focusing on melding the product lines of PeopleSoft, J.D. Edwards and Retek into a cohesive "Fusion." At a customer conference Wednesday, Oracle released its Fusion roadmap and a few more details on what customers can expect, and while analysts say the plan is a good one, ...
The New York Stock Exchange announced a stunning transformation this morning, a merger with Archipelago Holdings that will bring the 212-year-old exchange to the fore of electronic trading and create a for-profit, public company, NYSE Group Inc According to NYSE CEO John Thain, the NYSE's 1,366 members will trade their seats for 70 percent of the n...
While several reports today are saying that rivals Sony and Toshiba, who are each touting their own standard for high-definition DVD, are discussing a standard optical disc format, the companies are distancing themselves from that statement They both seem to have the consumer's interest at heart, with a Toshiba spokesman saying that a single format...
America Online is trying to block the bait in phishing scams, announcing today that it will seek to identify bogus sites and prevent its users from gaining access to them AOL will work with Cyota, an anti-fraud and security company, to implement the plan, which will operate 24 hours per day. Phishing scammers create bogus sites that look like finan...
A new version of the Sober worm is spreading rapidly around the Web, this one with a twist. Called Sober-M or Sober-N by various security companies, it uses an e-mail in poorly worded English to try to convince recipients that their e-mail is being diverted to the alleged sender The subject of the infected messages is "I've_got your e-mail on my_ac...
Peer-to-peer networks create easy pathways to sharing files and information over the Internet, but many participants may be sharing something they didn't intend to, with someone they don't want to be associated with Blue Security, an anti-malware startup in Israel, has found that spammers are harvesting e-mail addresses accessed through P2P network...
In an attempt to expand its enterprise instant messaging service, Microsoft announced today it has made a deal with IM rival Research in Motion (RIM) to allow Microsoft Live Communication Server users access their messages through their BlackBerry wireless devices Microsoft is also working on its own software that would allow Windows Mobile users t...
Norwegian browser developer Opera Software today released Opera 8.0 for Windows and Linux, which adds anti-phishing measures and voice recognition. The opera.com site has been flooded with attempts to download the new version, causing the company to scramble to find the bandwidth to deal with the requests Andy Beal, vice president, search marketing...
Intel made its PRO/Wireless 5116 processor available today, marking the release of the first chip based on the 802.16 WiMAX standard. WiMAX, which stands for worldwide interoperability for microwave access, will first be used to reach areas without DSL or cable modem infrastructure to expand the reach of the Internet, the company said Intel's lates...
A worm that made its way into Reuters private instant messaging system, causing the company to temporarily shut it down, is a warning to enterprises, one IM security company told TechNewsWorld "This is a wakeup call for the entire enterprise market," Francis deSouza, CEO of IMLogic, which offers IM enterprise security, said. "If you're deploying in...
In the hopes of getting Linux developers interested in supporting their hardware, VIA Technologies and XGI Technology, both Taiwanese chip makers, have released the source code for some of their drivers XGI Technology released code for X.Org, XFree86.Org, and Kernel.Org for desktop, notebook, and servers. VIA released the source for the S3 Graphics...
Cisco Systems announced today it will buy Topspin Communications, a maker ofprogrammable server switches, for US$250 million in cash and options The acquisition gives Cisco, which now has only Ethernet offerings, an entry into the InfiniBand data transition architecture market....
PalmOne today announced Tungsten E2, an update to its popular Tungsten E. E2 adds Bluetooth wireless capability, longer battery life, a better display and flash memory to the PDA standby, which has been on the market since October 2003 The flash memory ensures that even if the batteries drain completely, the device will retain all the data containe...
Microsoft yesterday released its monthly security updates, which on this "Patch Tuesday" included fixes for the Windows operating system and Internet Explorer (IE), MSN Messenger, Exchange Server and Word. The company designated five of the patches as critical and three as important Analyst Ed Moyle of Security Curve said its vital for Microsoft us...
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana have developed a super-fast transistor, the building block of computer chips, that they say could have applications ranging from aiding in medical diagnoses to reducing the power consumption of cell phones The microscopic transistor can process more than 600 billion operations a second -...
The debate over whether bloggers should have the same rights and protections as professional journalists continues to rage, particularly via Apple's case against three online reporters who revealed what the company has proclaimed were "trade secrets." On Thursday of last week, a group of media companies, including eight of California's largest news...
Mandrakesoft, hoping to serve the dual purposes of repositioning itself in the Linux market and throwing the monkey of its back in a trademark infringement battle with Hearst Publishing, announced last week that it has changed its name to Mandriva "Mandriva, a company name that combines MandrakeSoft and Conectiva, is an opportunity to re-invent the...
As computer users get more sophisticated, so too do the schemes to ensnare them. Security company Sophos warned Friday that a bogus Web site, set up to look like the Microsoft Windows Update page, was luring Windows users into downloading a Trojan horse The scammers sent e-mails with subject lines such as "Urgent Windows Update," "Update your windo...
Consumers' online searches for inexpensive airline tickets may end up costing them more than they bargained for if they're not careful Panda Security today warned that bogus cheap ticket sites have cropped up in order to separate people from their credit card numbers. Hunting for airline tickets using an Internet search engine can lead hopeful trav...
Security software firm F-Secure announced today that it has found another piece of mobile phone malware, this one a Trojan horse called Fontal.A, which can cause Nokia 60 series phones running Symbian to crash. Analysts say that while mobile malware is likely to become a bigger problem over time, so far the attacks have been proof-of-concept, or malware written just to prove it can be done...
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