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Article | 20/09/2001 Viruses getting faster and cleverer, specialist says
One in every 300 e-mails circulating now contains a virus, up from one in every 700 in October last year, according to e-mail security company Message...
Article | 20/09/2001 Europe braces for Nimda onslaught
The fast-spreading worm known as Nimda is making its way across Europe, according to network administrators and security consultants on the continent.
Article | 20/09/2001 Nimda worm hard to fight, but patches are available
The multiple ways in which the Nimda worm is able to propagate makes it that much harder to defend against than other recent worms and viruses, securi...
Article | 20/09/2001 Microsoft: Office posterchild for Mac OS X
As the market awaits Apple Computer Inc.'s release of a tuned-up version of its new Mac OS X operating system, Microsoft Corp. Wednesday took the wrap...
Article | 20/09/2001 US ATTACK: Y2k plans aided in recovery
The US$5 billion that Wall Street spent to address the Y2k problem is now paying off with last week's terrorist attack on New York's financial distric...
Article | 20/09/2001 WebMethods unveils OMI with support from HP, CA
WebMethods Inc. Wednesday announced its Open Management Interface (OMI) specification that aims to allow companies to unify and integrate applications...
Article | 20/09/2001 Nimda worms slows, some see continued spread
Despite a splashy entrance and a comprehensive set of attacks, the Nimda worm that spread quickly across the Internet Tuesday has slowed its pace Wedn...
Article | 20/09/2001 Linux vendor Red Hat suffers Q2 loss of $55.3 million
The red ink continues for Linux market leader Red Hat Inc., which yesterday reported net losses of US$55.3 million for the second fiscal quarter ended...
Article | 20/09/2001 US ATTACK: companies offer tech help, equipment
Various IT companies are donating technical assistance and equipment to businesses affected by last week's terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade...
Article | 19/09/2001 Nimda worm wriggles throughout Asia
Most of Asia has been put on worm alert as W32.Nimda, a mass-mailing worm, greeted users Wednesday morning by infecting their address books, computers...
Article | 19/09/2001 US ATTACK: Hacker cracks Islamist mailing list
A hacker has cracked a German-based Islamist Web site, publishing on the Web hundreds of e-mail addresses of subscribers to its mailing list, includin...
Article | 19/09/2001 Unix/Linux vendor Caldera restructuring to cut costs
Unix and Linux software vendor Caldera International Inc. is laying off 51 workers and streamlining its operations as it fights to stay alive in a tou...
Article | 19/09/2001 Dell readies new workstation
Dell Computer Corp. started shipping a new workstation Tuesday, offering customers working with complex financial applications or graphics intensive p...
Article | 19/09/2001 Red Hat reports loss, revenue slips
Linux software maker Red Hat Inc. Tuesday reported a break-even quarter in terms of adjusted earnings per share as revenue slipped 15 percent from the...
Article | 19/09/2001 Toshiba to roll out Bluetooth notebooks
Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. is set for a Thursday roll out of two notebooks with integrated Bluetooth capabilities aimed at traveling bus...
Article | 19/09/2001 W3C recommends online accessibility guidelines
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has issued recommendations to ensure that the Internet is accessible to people with disabilities.
Article | 19/09/2001 Volatile new worm poses serious threat
A new worm that can infect all 32-bit Windows computers and propagates using multiple methods has spread across the world Tuesday morning, according t...
Article | 18/09/2001 US ATTACK: Tech firms help NY rebuild
When Mike Lackey sent an e-mail message Wednesday night to technology companies around the world asking them to donate any PCs, technical equipment, a...
Article | 18/09/2001 GM launches online car-shopping site in Japan
Despite slow progress selling vehicles online in the U.S., General Motors Corp. has launched a joint venture with three Japanese automakers to sell ca...
Article | 18/09/2001 US ATTACK: U.K. asks ISPs, telcos to retain data
Shortly after the terrorist attacks in the U.S. last Tuesday, the U.K. government sent out a request to all U.K.-based ISPs (Internet service provider...

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