Articles by Doug Maxwell

Microsoft has finally announced the release of Windows XP Service Pack 2, a major update for Windows XP that contains what the company is calling "advanced security technologies." The free service pack comes with many across-the-board security updates, including hardened default security settings and new proactive protection features designed to h...

Kaspersky Labs has detected Backdoor.WinCE.Brador.a, the first backdoor Trojan for PDAs running under PocketPC, a Microsoft handheld operating system originally known as Windows CE. Brador is a classic Trojan backdoor program: It opens the infected machine for remote administration After the backdoor is launched, it creates an svchost.exe file in t...

Microsoft has finally announced the release of Windows XP Service Pack 2, a major update for Windows XP that contains what the company is calling "advanced security technologies." The free service pack comes with many across-the-board security updates, including hardened default security settings and new proactive protection features designed to h...

Viruses finally reached out and touched handheld computers Thursday with Symantec and Kaspersky Labs reporting a backdoor Trojan horse program that can take control of a mobile device The program, known as Backdoor.Brador.A, attacks PDAs running the Windows CE operating system. Once installed, the program activates when the PDA is restarted and beg...

Viruses finally reached out and touched handheld computers Thursday with Symantec and Kaspersky Labs reporting a backdoor Trojan horse program that can take control of a mobile device The program, known as Backdoor.Brador.A, attacks PDAs running the Windows CE operating system. Once installed, the program activates when the PDA is restarted and beg...

Microsoft of Redmond, Washington, is reportedly finalizing a far-ranging security patch for its Windows XP operating system The patch, to be known as Windows XP Service Pack 2, should be available some time this month....

IBM announced this week at the LinuxWorld conference that it will not use IBM patents against Linux or the open-source community. IBM encouraged other software companies to make the same vow As the owner of 60 patents on which the Linux core might infringe, IBM could wreak havoc on Linux if it chose to do so. The new promise emphasizes IBM's commit...

IBM announced that it will not use its patents against Linux, and it encouraged other software companies to make the same vow As the owner of 60 patents on which the Linux core might infringe, IBM could wreak havoc on Linux if it chose to do so. The new promise, delivered at LinuxWorld, emphasizes the company's commitment to open source.

Computer Associates has said that it has released Ingres r3 under the CA Trusted Open Source License (CATOSL) According to CA, this release will enable the open-source community to review and submit modifications to the Ingres r3 code line for possible inclusion in the general availability version which is scheduled for release on September 30, 200...

IBM announced that it will not use its patents against Linux, and it encouraged other software companies to make the same vow As the owner of 60 patents on which the Linux core might infringe, IBM could wreak havoc on Linux if it chose to do so. The new promise, delivered at LinuxWorld, emphasizes the company's commitment to open source....

Hewlett-Packard will be the first major PC maker to offer a Linux-based notebook computer, the company announced at LinuxWorld in San Francisco. The Compaq nx5000 business notebook PC will be preinstalled with Novell's SuSE Linux 9.1, along with OpenOffice, CD-R/RW support, DVD and media player, wireless and Bluetooth connectivity, and HP support ...