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Retailers ease search, checkout procedures

Dec 20, 2004 7 mins

Enterprise Applications

Presence application tool kit on tap

By John Fontana

Dec 20, 2004 2 mins

Enterprise Applications Messaging Apps

User group to reveal model for IS security future

By John Fontana

Dec 20, 2004 4 mins

Nortel working on new security routers

By Tim Greene and Phil Hochmuth

Dec 20, 2004 3 mins

In brief: Microsoft flags hole in XP SP2 firewall

By Network World Staff

Dec 20, 2004 5 mins

Cellular Networks Cisco Systems IBM

Sizing up the Sprint/Nextel deal

By Denise Pappalardo

Dec 20, 2004 5 mins

Cellular Networks Small and Medium Business Sprint

Bank of America’s ‘higher standards’ for VoIP

By Phil Hochmuth

Dec 20, 2004 6 mins

Cisco Systems Networking VoIP

Merger mania mounts

Huge deals rock telecom, software landscapes; more expected.

By Network World Staff

Dec 20, 2004 7 mins

Backup and Recovery Mergers and Acquisitions Oracle

Building VPNs on the cheap

Dec 20, 2004 6 mins

Network Security Networking Open Source

Aquarium net does just swimmingly

Attention to security keeps users - eels, sharks and whales - off the rocks.

By Beth Schultz

Dec 20, 2004 5 mins

Hacking Network Security Networking

Cornice to offer small hard drive with 3GB capacity

By Martyn Williams

Dec 20, 2004 2 mins

Computers and Peripherals Data Center

EBay ‘outraged’ at porn-related arrest in India

By Paul Kallender

Dec 20, 2004 2 mins

Cybercrime Wi-Fi

Security hole found in Google desktop search

By Scarlet Pruitt

Dec 20, 2004 3 mins

Networking Security

Sun adds Linux support to Sun Ray thin clients

By Patrick Thibodeau

Dec 20, 2004 3 mins

Data Center Operating Systems

Trend Micro snatches Hotmail account from McAfee

By Paul Roberts

Dec 20, 2004 3 mins

Microsoft Networking Viruses

Judge awards ISP $1 billion in spam damages

Dec 20, 2004 4 mins

Enterprise Applications Legal Malware

Holiday prep 2004: TJX streamlines Web checkout

Dec 20, 2004 3 mins

Enterprise Applications

Microsoft fixes ‘critical’ XP firewall issue

Dec 17, 2004 2 mins

Microsoft Networking Patch Management Software

U.S. companies ordered to expense options

Dec 17, 2004 3 mins

Data Center Financial Services Industry

IBM researchers eye 100T-byte tape drive

By Robert McMillan

Dec 17, 2004 4 mins

Data Center IBM

Cisco to open R&D center in Japan next February

By Paul Kallender

Dec 17, 2004 2 mins

Cisco Systems Networking

Siebel to acquire edocs for $115 million

By James Niccolai

Dec 17, 2004 1 min

CRM Systems Financial Services Industry Mergers and Acquisitions

Europe researches wireless car-to-car communications

Dec 17, 2004 3 mins

Cellular Networks Network Security Wi-Fi

AutoProf adds more extensions to Windows Group Policy

By John Fontana

Dec 17, 2004 3 mins

Data Center Microsoft

NetPro puts regulatory spin on directory admin tools

By John Fontana

Dec 17, 2004 2 mins

Hacker in Lowe’s case sentenced to nine years

Dec 17, 2004 2 mins

Legal Networking Security

In depth: VPNs on the cheap

Dec 17, 2004 6 mins

Network Security Security

New IE hole could perfect phishing scams

Dec 17, 2004 2 mins

Browsers Microsoft Networking

Holiday prep 2004: Musicland gives real-time marketing a spin

Dec 17, 2004 4 mins

Enterprise Applications Messaging Apps

Legal questions dog Microsoft anti-spyware buy

By Paul Roberts

Dec 16, 2004 3 mins

Financial Services Industry Malware Microsoft

HP sends Itanium designers to Intel

By Jennifer Mears

Dec 16, 2004 3 mins

Microsoft buys anti-spyware firm following complaints about IE

By John Fontana

Dec 16, 2004 3 mins

Financial Services Industry Malware Microsoft

P2P backers propose new distribution models

Dec 16, 2004 5 mins

Enterprise Applications Laws and Regulations

Holiday prep 2004: Wine.com refines Web search

Dec 16, 2004 4 mins

Enterprise Applications

Judge rules Maryland’s anti-spam law unconstitutional

By Juan Carlos Perez

Dec 16, 2004 5 mins

Enterprise Applications Legal Malware

Yahoo launches video search site

By Juan Carlos Perez

Dec 16, 2004 3 mins

Media and Entertainment Industry Productivity Software Virtualization

Symantec-Veritas deal blends security, storage mgmt. well, analysts say

By Ellen Messmer and Deni Connor

Dec 16, 2004 5 mins

Data Center Financial Services Industry Mergers and Acquisitions

Sprint, Nextel agree to ‘merger of equals’

Dec 15, 2004 5 mins

Cellular Networks Mergers and Acquisitions Small and Medium Business

Avaya aims to assure VoIP quality with Route Science buy

Dec 15, 2004 2 mins

Networking VoIP

FCC adopts new network-sharing rules

Dec 15, 2004 4 mins

Government Wi-Fi

FCC to consider allowing cell phones on planes

By Stephen Lawson

Dec 15, 2004 4 mins

Enterprise Applications Government Small and Medium Business

Toshiba to use perpendicular recording in new HDDs

By Martyn Williams

Dec 14, 2004 2 mins

Ask Jeeves to unveil desktop search tool

By Juan Carlos Perez

Dec 14, 2004 3 mins

Enterprise Applications Productivity Software

Symantec may buy Veritas for more than $13 billion

By Peter Sayer and Paul Roberts

Dec 14, 2004 4 mins

Financial Services Industry Mergers and Acquisitions Networking

Cisco rolls out branch-office storage appliance

Dec 14, 2004 3 mins

Backup and Recovery Cisco Systems WAN

Oracle user group to welcome PeopleSoft users

By Ephraim Schwartz

Dec 14, 2004 2 mins

Enterprise Applications Oracle

Avaya launches voicemail server with convergence features

By Phil Hochmuth

Dec 14, 2004 2 mins

NYSE unveils wireless trading platform

Dec 14, 2004 5 mins

IBM Network Security Small and Medium Business

Microsoft issues five bulletins on Windows flaws

Dec 14, 2004 3 mins

Microsoft Patch Management Software Vulnerabilities

Onset heats up market for data-center monitoring

Dec 13, 2004 1 min

Backup and Recovery Data Center

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