7th August 2002 Archive

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Sybase gets it on with PeopleSoft

The CRM word

John Chen, Sybase Inc's long standing CEO, announced a slew of partnerships and new products in a bullish address to analysts at the firm's annual TechWave 2002 User event in San Diego, California this week, Madan Sheina write Chen opened by claiming that Sybase, a Dublin, California-based provider of enterprise software …

Hardware 7 Aug 2002, 07:31
XBRL – will it clean up accounts reporting?

It'll help, MS, PwC, Nasdaq say

Microsoft Corp has joined Nasdaq and PriceWaterhouseCoopers in promoting eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) for storage and presentation of publicly traded companies' quarterly and annual financial reports. Under the project, reports and financial footnotes will be stored online and accessed through an XBRL- …

Software 7 Aug 2002, 07:31
FTC probes VeriSign over slamming claims

Taking notice

The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating a recent VeriSign Inc domain name marketing campaign, following allegations from competitors that it constituted deceptive business practices, a spokesperson for the company confirmed yesterday. "We've been asked by the FTC not to comment on their request for information …

Business 7 Aug 2002, 07:32
Cisco expects flat Q1

CFO to Retire

Cisco Systems Inc's president and CEO, John Chambers, struck a steady as she goes attitude as he unveiled the vendor's fourth quarter results yesterday and forecast flat to slightly up revenues for the first quarter. However, Chambers also revealed the firm's veteran CFO, Larry Carter, would retire next year, when he turns …

Business 7 Aug 2002, 07:34
Database security breaches on the increase

Viral marketing

Direct security breaches against databases appear to be on the rise, according to the recently released Summer 2002 Database Developers survey from research firm Evans Data Corp. The report revealed that one in five respondents have experienced a direct breach in security, up significantly from the winter survey six months …

Security 7 Aug 2002, 07:34
Japan rolls out national ID registry

Opposition fights rearguard action

The Japanese Government has launched a new compulsory national ID scheme in the face of stiff opposition. Academics and activists have already handed the Home Affairs Ministry a petition demanding the Government halts the programme, which will turn every Japanese citizen into an 11-digit number. The opposition group has filed a …

Security 7 Aug 2002, 07:58
Tesco launches wireless shopping

Pocket Shopper

British shoppers are now able to buy their groceries via handheld computers in what is claimed to be a world's first. Tesco launched its "Pocket Shopper" service on Monday that enables customers of its on-line store, Tesco.com, to make purchases from a menu of around 20,000 grocery products using handheld computers that run on …

Music and Media 7 Aug 2002, 08:21
Win32 API utterly and irredeemably broken

So we're told

Windows might possibly be the most insecure piece of viral code ever to infect a computer, according to Chris Paget who's found a fascinating hole in the Win32 Messaging System which he believes is irreprarable, and which he posted to the BugTraq security mailing list. The research leading to this discovery was inspired by MS …

Software 7 Aug 2002, 10:18
ATI pencils Radeon 9700 retail date

For North America

ATI last month made a bit of a song and dance about its new RADEON 9700 graphics accelerator family, or visual processing unit, as the firm likes to call it. Today, Canada's biggest graphics chip maker announced its first retail product based on the chip, the RADEON(TM) 9700 PRO Graphics Board. It has a suggested retail price …

Channel 7 Aug 2002, 12:15
UCITA drafters don't go far enough for Red Hat

Warranty sticking point

The group that drafted the controversial UCITA legislation has approved a handful of changes designed to address concerns raised by Open Source advocates, but those changes may not go far enough to win the approval of Red Hat's lawyer. The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws approved several changes to …

Software 7 Aug 2002, 13:13
UK's £3bn e-gov push

Or is it £2.4bn?

The UK's e-envoy has welcomed the Chancellor's spending review as an important milestone in the delivery of government services online. In a report to the Prime Minister, Andrew Pinder said the Chancellor, by earmarking £3 billion in funding for e-government over the next three years, offered the opportunity to create a …

e-Business 7 Aug 2002, 13:24
IBM rewrites IT game with uber-services push

Burning down the house

IBM is poised to 'burn down' the IT industry and rebuild it in its own image following its recenet acquisition of PwC Consulting. That's the colourful warning from market research outfit Summit Research which says that rival vendors need to retool their strategies in response - or else. IBM has already used its services …

Business 7 Aug 2002, 13:29
Orange Sweden seeks 3G delays, rural release

Telia to blame claim

Orange has applied to vary the terms of its 3G license in Sweden. It wants to extend the roll-out period by three years and it wants permission to reduce poulation coverage to 8.3m from the original requirement of 8.86m (i.e. the entire population, more or less), the FT reports. The effect of relaxation of the latter obligation …

Mobile 7 Aug 2002, 14:04
The happiest victim of theft. Ever

Thief gambles with stolen debit card. Wins

A Cheltenham woman who had her debit card stolen was dubbed the 'happiest victim of theft ever' after the thief used her card to bet on two horse races. The horses romped home and the winnings were placed by Ladbrokes directly into her account. Debit card owner Jacqueline Boanson checked her bank statement upon finding her card …

Bootnotes 7 Aug 2002, 15:04
Ex workers sue Convergys and Deloitte & Touche

Actions of TelesensKSCL 'unforgivable'

More than 200 former workers of a Scottish software company have launched legal action to reclaim £3m in unpaid salaries and redundancy payments. Billing systems outfit, TelesensKSCL, was placed into receivership on June 25 despite earlier assurances to employees that the company had money in the bank and two companies …

Business 7 Aug 2002, 15:15
Morpheus bundles McAfee.com info in P2P client

FUD nagware or useful utility?

The firm behind the popular Morpheus file sharing network has selected McAfee.com as its preferred security partner. StreamCast Networks is to bundle McAfee.com's SecurityCenter information service into the Morpheus Client, providing users with a "powerful utility to view their security status and be alerted to major security …

Music and Media 7 Aug 2002, 16:35
HP boosts server uptime and eases Linux set-up

ProLiant Essentials software packs

HP has introduced software packages designed to boost server uptime and simplify the remote deployment of multiple Linux servers. The HP ProLiant Essentials Recovery Server Option (RSO) Pack maximizes server uptime and provides customers with reliable protection against hardware and operating system failures. Designed for non …

Servers 7 Aug 2002, 16:37
DEA data thief pleads guilty

Fed who fled down Mexico way facing two years

A 14-year veteran of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration pleaded guilty Monday to selling sensitive data from federal law enforcement computers to a Los Angeles private investigations firm working for the insurance industry. Emilio Calatayud, 35, admitted in a plea agreement to raiding federal databases to check out …

Security 7 Aug 2002, 22:38
Sun smacks Itanic with NEC doubter

Blotch processing

Sun used remarks by NEC's chief scientist Leonard Tsai as it set about defending its processor work. Tsai remarks were reported here recently [see Itanic OEM slams Itanic]. "We need to send this processor [Itanium 2] to universities for 25 years so they can find out all the problems," was one of many barbs Tsai had aimed at …

Channel 7 Aug 2002, 23:04