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Netgear Ethernet Bridge Recalled
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Netgear Inc. announced a recall of one of the company’s Ethernet bridges Wednesday. No injuries were reported, although the product is described as a possible shock hazard. The Netgear Wall Plug Ethernet Bridge, avaialble for between $50 to $80 on shopping sites, contains a plastic housing that can…
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FCC’s Powell: It’s Time to Throw Out Old Regulations
PALO ALTO, Calif.—By trying to fit companies into old regulatory categories, the U.S. government is picking winners and losers in the telecommunications industry, said the country’s top communications regulator here on Tuesday. The Federal Communications Commission must follow laws that categorize companies based on the various types of telecommunications pipes—from the wireline phone network to…
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Consultants Caution Against ‘Gotchas’ in XP SP2
With Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2) finally just around the corner, many security and Windows consultants firmly believe that Microsoft is about to plug some of the largest known holes in Windows XP. At the same time, though, the specialists worry that the forthcoming upgrade might break some existing Microsoft applications, clash with third-party…
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Resellers Differ on Impact of Oracle-PeopleSoft Outcome
With Oracle and PeopleSoft battling it out in court, resellers and systems integrators have differing and sometimes conflicting opinions about how the outcome may eventually impact their businesses. The proposed merger could either create more work for resellers or result in less work, depending on several variables, said Michael James, a vice president at S&P…
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Microsoft Delays Delivery of Two New Patching Systems
TORONTO—Microsoft is delaying by a full year two of its four software patching/upgrade systems, company officials told those attending the worldwide partner conference here. Microsoft’s Windows Update Services, the product formerly known as Software Update Services 2.0, is now due to ship by mid-2005, rather than mid-2004. And the new Microsoft Update Service, a new…
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Is Mac OS X ‘Tiger’ Rolling Over on Windows Support?
Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs recently waved the flag for a stack of new technologies due in Mac OS X 10.4, such as expanded support for 64-bit processing and the Spotlight search engine. While the promise of Mac OS X “Tiger” looks promising, with the perspective of someone integrating Mac clients into enterprise networks,…
