January 2004

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  IBM again tops US patent list

  IBM has held the top spot on the US Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) annual list of the top 10 corporations receiving the...  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  Defence fund set up for Linux users

  A $10m legal defence fund is being set up by Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) to help defend Linux users from...  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  Alcatel launches network management software

  Alcatel has announced enhancements to its OmniVista network management product, including the ability for network managers to...  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  Less than 1% of spam complies with new US law

  Less than 1% of spam e-mail sent to US inboxes this month complies with a national antispam law that went into effect at the...  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  Microsoft extends Win 98 and ME support to 2006

  Microsoft has extended the life of Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) until 30 June, 2006.  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  Veritas gives utility computing a boost

  Veritas Software is to buy a small supplier of application virtualisation technology to boost its utility computing product line.  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  DreamFactory launches browser tools for web interfaces

  DreamFactory Software has begun shipping its DreamFactory 6.0 suite of browser-based tools for developing rich client user...  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  Startup debuts with open-source licence package

  Black Duck Software, a small software startup, will make its debut at LinuxWorld next week by rolling out a package it believes...  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  BP opts for Kalido data software

  BP's Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) businesses have begun using Kalido's Dynamic Information Warehouse (DIW) software to collect and...  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  Dell releases Latitude D505 notebook

  Dell has rolled out the Latitude D505, the latest edition to its line of laptops designed for mobile business users.  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  3Com rolls out high-speed Lan switch

  3Com will unveil its highest-performance Lan switch to date as it continues to woo large corporate users through a joint venture...  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  Web standards make portlets portable

  Two new specifications - Web Services for Remote Portals (WSRP) and Java Specification Request (JSR) 168 - promise to jump-start...  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  Via promises Pentium M chipsets

  Via Technologies is to introduce next month a line of mobile chipsets designed for notebooks based on Intel's Pentium M...  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  Netegrity follows provisioning trend

  Users implementing identity management projects have been forced to deal with multiple suppliers and products with overlapping...  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  Oracle chairman steps down

  Larry Ellison is handing over his position as chairman of Oracle to the company's chief financial officer, Jeff Henley.  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  Novell to indemnify SuSE customers

  Software supplier Novell will begin indemnifying customers of SuSE Linux which it plans to acquire in November.  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  MySQL adds stored procedures to database

  Version 5.0 of MySQL is now available as a developer release and a production release of the database will ship later this year.  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  CRM firm Kana extends self-service reach

  CRM company Kana Software is unveiling three self-service applications that extend the concept of...  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  Wal-Mart takes 'tough love' approach to RFID

  Wal-Mart Stores is taking a "tough love" approach to the use of RFID tags with its top 100 suppliers, which are being asked to...  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04

  Suppliers embrace RFID at retail show

  RFID tagging was the theme of the day at the National Retail Federation's annual trade show in New York, as suppliers made a...  Continue Reading