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IBM’s ‘Rational’ Move Paying Off
Mike Devlin, general manager of IBM’s Rational division, will be top dog at the Rational Software Development User Conference this week in Dallas. When IBM finalized its $2.1 billion acquisition of Rational Corp. in February 2003, Devlin traded his CEO position for that of general manager of IBM Rational. Devlin talked with eWEEK Senior Writer…
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Microsoft, Lindows Settle Trademark Dispute
Microsoft Corp. and Lindows Inc. have reached a $20 million settlement in their ongoing trademark feud, with Lindows agreeing to changes its name globally and Microsoft licensing digital media technology. The settlement, reached on Friday, ends a series of trademark infringement lawsuits that Microsoft had brought against Lindows in which it alleged that the Lindows…
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New Phishing Technique Works on Multiple Browsers
A British Web developer has revealed a new form of a cross-site scripting, or XSS, attack that facilitates phishing activities. The attack, demonstrated by the developer on his own site, allows an attacker to execute scripts in the context of another Web site. Testing by eWEEK.com indicates that the attack works on both Internet Explorer…
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IBM Introduces New Lotus Workplace Tools
IBM Corp. on Monday announced several new application development tools for its Lotus Workplace messaging and collaboration platform. The tools, announced at IBM’s Rational Software Development User Conference in Grapevine, Texas, are the first offered for the Lotus Workplace platform. They’ll be developed by the Rational Group, but branded and sold by IBM’s Lotus Software…
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IBM Technology Simplifies Autonomic Computing
IBM has delivered new technology to help developers build software solutions for installation on a variety of platforms. The new self-configuring technology helps developers create autonomic computing applications, the company said. The new Solution Installation for Autonomic Computing technology will be on display at the Rational user conference in Dallas this week. The technology enables…
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Boo Hoo Hoo for Victims of XP SP2
If you’ve ever wondered why major software releases such as new operating systems take so long, one of the biggest contributing factors is backward compatibility. Microsoft is especially sensitive to this, and especially with its largest customers. It works very hard not to break old applications. But with Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), expected…
