Phishers Attack Corporate Networks
According to an article at Silicon.com, organized criminals are now using phishing attacks in an attempt to penetrate corporate networks, steal passwords, gain sensitive information, and perform fund...
View ArticleBill Gates Wants To Eliminate H1-B Quotas
Bill Gates spoke at the Library of Congress and said that he wanted to see H1-B quotas, which currently stand at 65,000 per year, be eliminated. He said that H1-B quotas pose a great threat America's...
View ArticleAd Revenues Climb Above Dot-Com Boom Levels
According to new data from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), internet advertising rose by 33% in 2004 to a record $9.6 billion. These numbers surpass levels seen during the dot-com boom....
View ArticleIBM To Cut 10,000 to 13,000 Jobs
IBM today announced that it will cut between 10,000 and 13,000 jobs and attempt to reorganize its management. According to an article two weeks ago in Forbes magazine, in recent quarters IBM was booted...
View ArticleNew Tech Start-Ups Getting More Venture Capital
Venture capitalists have been raising new funds and moving back into tech start-ups. Among the hot areas for investing are energy, open source, RSS, blogging, and podcasting. Although hiring at...
View ArticleHatred of Software Vendors, Not Price, Driving Businesses to Open Source
According to a recent survey by Computer Economics, business users migrate towards open source primarily to reduce dependence on software vendors, and not because of cost savings. As strange as it...
View ArticleMicrosoft Assaulted On All Fronts
The BBC has published a two-part article on the business challenges facing Microsoft and what the company needs to do to survive and prosper during the next few years. Microsoft is taking a beating...
View ArticleIs Microsoft Buying Red Hat?
According to information on various blogs, Microsoft has had recent meetings with Red Hat. The speculation is that Microsoft might be in talks to purchase the Linux distribution provider. The move...
View ArticleIBM and Red Hat Join Forces Against Sun
In what looks like the start of a major operating system war, IBM and Red Hat have joined forces to battle Sun and its Solaris OS. IBM and Red Hat are offering free evaluation services for migrating...
View ArticleAnalysts: Sun and StorageTek Like "Two Garbage Trucks Colliding"
According to several analysts, Sun's purchase of StorageTek is like "two garbage trucks colliding" and a "marriage of losers". The claim is that Sun is overpaying for a business with zero revenue...
View ArticleYahoo! Auctions Eliminates Fees
Yahoo! Inc. has announced that it will stop charging fees for auctions on its U.S. site to encourage more people to use auction service. Previously, Yahoo! Auctions charged 5 to 75 cents for listing an...
View ArticleYahoo May Be Buying Skype
According to a number of credible blog postings, Yahoo! is currently in acquisition talks with Skype, the VOIP provider. If this deal happens, expect both Google and Microsoft to move fairly quickly...
View ArticleGoogle Launching Payment Service to Rival PayPal
According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is preparing to launch an electronic payment service in the next six months that would rival PayPal. If true, this would be a major blow to eBay, the parent...
View ArticleThe Business of Podcasting
As Apple Computer and the big media companies move into podcasting, many of the independent podcasters are getting worried. On the one hand, Apple brings distribution and the big media companies...
View ArticleDell Will Sell Servers with Solaris Operating System
Dell announced last week that it would sell and support servers with Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Solaris operating system. This type of alliance between Dell and Sun will expand hardware choices for...
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