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.Org Front Runner Named
News Upon learning of the proposal, some ICANN watchdogs blasted the plan, saying it amounted to an "insider deal" that will derail the .org mission of serving nonprofit organisations. The Internet's governing body has recommended that the Virginia...
[August 21, 2002, 9:51]
Webcast: If It Ain't Broke, Break Into It: Best Practices For Penetration Testing And Remediation
White Papers However, nearly half of the security breaches that were made public in 2005 were from insider attacks. Best practices and resources for testing your network for insider threats, including how to break into a Linux or Windows box within seconds.
[March 12, 2007, 11:10]
HP, Compaq Detail Fate Of Integration Team
News There has been widespread speculation that members of the integration team would have to be let go if the deal failed because they would hold insider information about the other company. Employees who are developing Hewlett-Packard and Compaq's...
[December 21, 2001, 13:04]
A Year Ago: Questions Still Hang Over Alpha Future
News A Digital official said the company is on track to deliver the next-generation Alpha 21264 in the first half of 1998, and an executive-level Digital insider said Intel will guarantee Alpha production for 10 years.
[November 2, 1998, 5:08]
Questions Still Hang Over Alpha Future
News A Digital official said the company is on track to deliver the next-generation Alpha 21264 in the first half of 1998, and an executive-level Digital insider said Intel will guarantee Alpha production for 10 years.
[November 3, 1997, 9:16]
Microsoft Pips Apple To IPod Patent
News Apple's patent office setback was first noted earlier this week by Mac enthusiast site Apple Insider. Although the five-year deal has expired, it is theoretically possible that the claims raised in the patent applications might somehow be covered.
[August 15, 2005, 10:15]
Intel 'designing Motherboard For Apple'
News According to a report on Apple Insider, a Web site that often publishes details of upcoming Apple products, Intel is currently developing the motherboard for the next Power Mac. Apple is expected to launch its first Intel-powered products in...
[December 29, 2005, 13:15]
Adult Industry Welcomes .XXX Domain Rejection
Talkback This was insider payoffs at its hightest level. What is the real deal? It would be so easy to block porn from all computers if the .xxx was required to be used by any site posting anything porn. The other sites on the web could then use the movie...
[May 12, 2006, 22:18]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog However, in an attempt to raise enough dosh to insider-deal my way to riches, I am prepared to sell my cookie files to the highest bidder. Bang! Wallop! As I struggle to wakefulness with the sound of the Today programme, it becomes clear that all...
[November 1, 1997, 7:00]
IT Jobs To Go At Barclays
News The $350m outsourcing deal with EDS to standardise more than 40,000 PCs on Microsoft Windows and Office 2003 is also under review by senior executives at the banking firm, with one insider claiming the project is in complete "disarray".
[August 31, 2005, 15:35]
Hollywood Named In On-demand Conspiracy Suit
News The suit also alleged that Sony, an investor and board observer in the company, compiled insider knowledge of the company to build Movielink on Intertainer's intellectual property. Beyond its most inflammatory charge of price-fixing, the suit...
[September 25, 2002, 6:27]
Oracle's Motives Disected
News The Trading Equities Investment Analytics Group, written by a self-proclaimed former Wall Street insider, said "investors must wonder how desperate Ellison is to generate earnings growth. News of Oracle's $5.8bn buyout of software maker Siebel had...
[September 13, 2005, 14:45]
Standards, Money And Proprietary Code: Why IBM Passed On JBoss
News IBM has not publicly disclosed the purchase but an IBM insider confirmed that transaction was valued at substantially less than $50m. The price tag for such a deal is reported to be between $200m-400m.
[February 20, 2006, 17:00]
BT Unimpressed Over Probe Into ADSL Price Cuts
News On one hand, we're told that it is our fault that broadband costs too much, but whenever we cut the prices we face investigation," said one insider. This offer will run until the end of 2001, but Oftel is concerned that this deal might not be...
[October 22, 2001, 17:25]
Schools 'need Gender-specific Software'
News Several GFI customers have discovered that boys try to hack into their school computer network far more often than girls, which means protection from "insider hacking" is of prime importance. Password protection is a much bigger deal for us than...
[May 6, 2004, 10:50]
Will The AOL-Netscape-Sun Deal Become Real?
News A prominent Wall Street insider told institutional investors earlier Monday that Sun's sales force would sell Netscape's enterprise software, paying a guaranteed revenue stream back to AOL for the privilege.
[November 24, 1998, 12:35]
Of Microsoft, China Pigs And Hungry Bears
Blog Disquiet is evident within the company too - well-informed insider blogs may not be objective, but they correlate well with what leaks out through other holes. Few people would want to sink the required 40-odd billion dollars of ready cash into...
[August 28, 2007, 16:51]
Corel Linux Plans Up In The Air
News One company insider believes that the drive behind this move is simple: money. But, as part of the terms of the deal, Corel also offered to port Microsoft's .Net framework technologies to Linux. The company is seeking either to sell off completely...
[November 21, 2000, 8:10]
Insider Dealings: All The Gossip That's Fit To Read
News Big deal, said the Luncher, downing a Kir Royal. Xerox kicked off the Luncher's week by announcing it's taking on HP in printers. Xerox's CEO Rick Thoman, an Ex-IBM senior VP and CFO, gave a lacklustre speech to the press on Xerox's new direction.
[October 4, 1997, 8:00]
Insider Dealings: All The Gossip That's Fit To Read
News The Compaq bundling deal is described by both parties in glowing terms but Gates's foot soldiers are unable to answer one key question: if it's such a good thing, how come it's only for a few months? Poor Intuit.
[August 15, 1997, 16:20]
