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IBM Prepares 'BI-Lite' Productivity Application
September 21, 2005: IBM next month plans to release a new software product designed to bring business intelligence-style data views to the masses. The goal is to make it easier for workers to... Read More

Symantec: Mac Users May be Deluding Themselves on Security
September 20, 2005: Mac users are "operating under a false sense of security," according to Symantec Corp., and Firefox users will have to recognize that the popular open-source web browser is... Read More

Dell Pulls Plug on Itanium Servers
September 19, 2005: Dell Inc. is ending its support for Intel Corp.'s Itanium processor, an Intel spokeswoman said Thursday, closing the door on a product line that was a marginal part ... Read More

PDC: Microsoft Outlines New Longhorn Features
September 19, 2005: Microsoft Corp. Thursday made available two new preview releases of forthcoming technology, including the latest build of the next version of the Windows Server operating... Read More

Keyboard Click-and-Clack Reveals Passwords
September 16, 2005: Attackers armed with electronic equipment that costs less than $10 can sniff out what's typed on keyboards simply by recording keystroke sounds, a trio of researchers said ... Read More

Track wireless clients, courtesy Cisco
September 15, 2005: More than a month after Microsoft acknowledged that its final Windows 2000 update was flawed, on Tuesday the Redmond, Wash.-based giant released a revised version and ... Read More

Microsoft and AOL eye joint venture
September 15, 2005: A scam that's spoofing Microsoft's Windows Security Center shows that phishers are increasingly abandoning the traditional e-mail ploy of telling consumers their bank ... Read More

Microsoft Reissues Update Rollup for Windows 2000
September 13, 2005: More than a month after Microsoft acknowledged that its final Windows 2000 update was flawed, on Tuesday the Redmond, Wash.-based giant released a revised version and ... Read More

Phoney Anti-Spyware Software Lures Unsuspecting Users
September 13, 2005: A scam that's spoofing Microsoft's Windows Security Center shows that phishers are increasingly abandoning the traditional e-mail ploy of telling consumers their bank ... Read More

Google hires ‘Father of Internet'
September 9, 2005: Google Inc. said on Thursday that it has hired Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf to become its "chief Internet evangelist," the latest high-powered engineer to sign up at the... Read More

Firefox 1.5 Beta Nearly Ready
September 8, 2005: The Mozilla Foundation Thursday posted previews of the upcoming Firefox 1.5 beta, and said that the real deal would be available for download Thursday night or Friday morning... Read More