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Netsky writers claim credit for Sasser worm
News The unknown team of programmers who created the latest variant of the Netsky virus claim to be the authors of the Sasser worm -- and researchers have found evidence that supports that assertion. The programmers, who have referred to themselves as...
[May 4, 2004, 8:35]
Hacker takes back Firefox hijack claim
News He pinned the claim that the hackers know of 30 yet-to-be-fixed flaws in Firefox entirely on his co-presenter, Wbeelsoi. The person who was speaking with me made this claim, and I honestly have no idea if he has them or not," Spiegelmock wrote.
[October 4, 2006, 9:45]
IBM reports claim Linux savings
News Many analyst groups have published reports into the issue, some of which have cast doubt on the claim that Linux costs less to run. Two IBM-sponsored reports published this week have found that Linux is cheaper to deploy and operate than Windows.
[September 1, 2005, 17:45]
Gates' interoperability claim 'is nonsense'
News Bill Gates' claim that the open source methodology encourages forking was slated by one UK analyst on Monday. Gary Barnett, a research director at analyst firm Ovum, wasn't impressed with Microsoft's latest weapon against Linux.
[February 7, 2005, 12:50]
Microsoft knocks legality of Lindows' claim site
News People who submit a valid claim through the Lindows site receive an immediate credit in the amount of their anticipated settlement, valid for the purchase of Lindows software or hardware. Lindows chief executive Michael Robertson said he wanted to...
[September 30, 2003, 10:00]
EU withdraws claim that Linux support is illegal
News The European Union has blamed a translation mistake for its claim that it cannot legally support Linux. The claim, which was contained in a widely viewed questions-and-answers document on the EU's site, has now been amended following inquiries from...
[January 8, 2007, 8:35]
UK patent firm details ambitious claim
News British Technology Group (BTG) is armed with six patents in its battle with a number of unnamed technology companies over the claim that it has patented the process of downloading software updates over the Internet.
[June 21, 2004, 17:45]
JPEG committee refutes patent claim
News The committee that develops the JPEG image compression standard have refuted a claim by a US company to own a patent that gives it exclusive rights to the algorithm underlying JPEG. If it were proven in court, the claim by video network software...
[July 22, 2002, 10:47]
Predictive Analytics for the Claim Handling Process
White Papers Predictive Analytics for the Claim Handling Process: Understanding the Analytics Behind Predictive Claims This 12-page technical brief serves as a guide for understanding how Predictive Claims' predictive modeling capabilities can help your...
[October 7, 2009, 12:45]
McAfee pours scorn on Symantec leadership claim
News Symantec made the claim on the back of IDC research figures but according to McAfee's director of northern Europe, Jeff Barnes, Symantec has used value and not 'units sold' to justify its position. It's amazing to define market share by money...
[April 18, 1997, 16:12]
Apple warned over 'misleading' Power Mac speed claim
Talkback The claim about the first 64 bit CPU is correct. First off, any AMD Athlon 64 CPU can access OVER 4 GB of RAM without any additional hardware. It came out about 2 weeks before the Athlon 64s did. Why the ASA is comparing Apples to Dells in the...
[June 12, 2004, 12:30]
Intrusion detection team denies Trojan claim
Talkback The claim that the buffer overflow bug in OpenSHH was a "Trojan" inserted to allow control of remote machines seems a little far-fetched to me.
[September 22, 2003, 13:10]
SCO: Novell's Linux claim is 'baseless'
News In addition, Novell also demanded that SCO reveal where Unix source code has been copied into Linux, attacking a broader claim in which SCO has accused Linux companies of illegally copying Unix code directly into the open-source operating system.
[May 30, 2003, 15:07]
Apple's 'fastest PC' claim scrutinised
News Analysts and others are raising questions over Apple's claim that its new Power Mac G5 is the world's fastest personal computer. In his keynote speech on Monday at the company's annual developer conference, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs...
[June 25, 2003, 7:33]
Websites claim to host leaked OOXML results
News However, websites OpenSourcerer and OpenDocSociety are hosting what they claim to be leaked copies of the result. Documents purporting to be leaked results of the OOXML vote have been posted on the internet.
[April 1, 2008, 16:44]
Second Life millionaire retracts DMCA claim
News And as a result, he said he has revoked the DMCA claim. The DMCA claim, and YouTube's resulting decision to take down the video — which stemmed from a December interview in CNET's Second Life theater with Anshe Chung — were decried by free speech...
[January 16, 2007, 8:30]
BT sues over hyperlink claim
News The lawsuit, filed against Prodigy Communications Wednesday in a New York federal court, follows BT's claim in June that it owns the intellectual property rights to hyperlinks. It is also unclear whether BT's claim will be sustainable given the...
[December 18, 2000, 12:41]
Gates' interoperability claim 'is nonsense'
Talkback Gates claim is true that microsoft is interoperable, that is with spyware and viruses
[February 8, 2005, 8:20]
Moviemakers hit by Torrent hacker claim
News We think it's ironic for the MPAA to claim that they are protecting the rights of the movie studios and then go out and pirate other people's property. The Motion Picture Association of America hired a hacker to steal information from a company it...
[May 25, 2006, 9:45]
Patent opponents claim success
News Opponents claim that it will allow software to be patented in Europe, and that this will threaten developers and small businesses. Opponents of software patents claimed on Wednesday that Poland had delivered a serious blow to attempts to make...
[November 17, 2004, 16:35]
