Stories by Margret Johnston

Article | 14/05/2001 Gates agrees with his dad's estate tax crusade
Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates supports his father's opposition to proposed legislation that would repeal the so-called de...
Article | 4/05/2001 Study: Light cast on which countries are 'e-ready'
A Washington-based international consultancy on Thursday released its second analysis of the "e-readiness" of dozens of countries, concluding that bus...
Article | 17/04/2001 Encryption to facilitate execution broadcast
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided to broadcast the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, but not without the assistance of e...
Article | 10/04/2001 PGP working with NSA on SELinux
A division of PGP Security has entered into a partnership with the super-secret US National Security Agency (NSA) and other partners to further develo...
Article | 10/04/2001 Security hole found in FTP servers
PGP Security's Computer Vulnerability Emergency Response Team (COVERT) has notified three vendors that new vulnerabilities have been discovered in the...
Article | 6/04/2001 Attacks on Fed computers continue to rise
The number of attacks and intrusions into US federal government computer systems is increasing at an alarming rate, and the United States has been luc...
Article | 5/04/2001 Online music interests converge at Senate hearing
In the on-going squabble over Napster's popular Internet music file sharing system, the US Senate Judiciary Committee played the role of referee again...
Article | 27/03/2001 Citrix links PDAs to apps wirelessly
Citrix Systems is showcasing at CeBIT its Independent Computing Architecture (ICA) client software that can be used to link mobile workers wirelessly ...
Article | 13/03/2001 Anti-hacker tool released to thwart Web attacks
The Center for Internet Security (CISecurity) has released a free tool to help plug vulnerabilities that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation last w...
Article | 2/03/2001 Court buys AOL claim to 'Buddy List'
A federal appellate court has affirmed a district court ruling that the terms "You Have Mail" and "IM" cannot be considered the exclusive property of ...
Article | 16/02/2001 US Senate plans to call for Napster hearing
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says a hearing on the US Court of Appeals decision on Napster is needed to explore the possible implica...
Article | 9/02/2001 Sun's McNealy takes aim at Microsoft
Sun Microsystems chairman and chief executive officer Scott McNealy Thursday said he believes Microsoft continues to leverage its monopoly in desktop ...
Article | 2/02/2001 OZ Bluetooth developer shines at ComNet
Norwood Systems had kept quiet for several months about its wireless office network technology based on Bluetooth, but for the ComNet trade show in Wa...
Article | 24/01/2001 Travelocity apologises for exposing customer data
Travelocity.com is in the process of apologising to an estimated 44,000 contest participants for allowing their names and addresses to be exposed, a c...
Article | 13/12/2000 Microsoft announces streaming beta, ISMA formed
Microsoft on Tuesday made a number of announcements regarding its streaming software, including the beta launch of Windows Media Audio and Video 8, as...

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