March 2004

• Gates Touts Security Plan
• Wal-Mart, Sun Team on Linux PCs
• Vonage Sues AT&T
• Free Web Tool Tests VOIP Viability
• After Antitrust
• A Cushy Wi-Fi Ride
• Firefox Outtrots IE
• Out of Stock? No Problem
• 64-Bit Universe Expands
• Intel Pays Intergraph to Settle
• News in Brief
• AT&T, Vonage Expand Voice Over IP
• Free Web Mail: Here to Stay?
• Google Faces a Lawsuit
• File Swapping Fight Goes Global
• ITunes Dubbed Music Leader
• Hitachi Unveils Rugged Drives
• Net Phone Regulations: Coming Soon?
• TVs to Drive LCD Growth
• Linux-Based Simputer Hits Stores
• GeekTech: Superfast Interface for PC Slots
• Longhorn Likely to Slip to 2006
• Apple Seeks IPod Patent
• New Netsky Variant Blames Users
• Intel, Dell Sued Over Patents
• Google Gets Personal
• Bush Calls for Broadband for All
• Windows CE Turns 5.0
• IM Spam Set to Triple
• ICANN Debates Domain Extensions
• Spam Slayer: All's Fair in Politics and Spam
• Microsoft Readies News, Blog Services
• New DVD Copying Program Debuts
• Panel: Feds Must Balance Security, Privacy
• Weird, Wild Stuff Debuts at Cebit
• New Bagle Variant Bites Back
• How Would Stripped-Down Windows Work?
• HP Sues Gateway Over PC Design
• British Music Industry Fights Pirates
• CTIA Picks and Pans
• IPod Mini Suffers From Success
• Dual DVD Drives Take Over
• Microsoft Promises: You Patch, We Pay
• Camera Phones Hit 1 Megapixel
• Lindows.com Seeks Relief
• DOJ Criticizes EU's Microsoft Ruling
• Transmeta, NEC Team on Low-Power Chips
• Web Gaffe Shows Dell Selling Opterons
• HP, IBM Sign Up for SuSE Linux
• Dell Fixes Inspiron XPS Flaw
• Wireless Services Expand
• Yahoo Patches E-Mail Hole
• Cell Phones Got Game
• Tips for E-Filing
• Compare Tax Sites
• Tax Time!
• Microsoft Vows to Appeal EU Ruling
• EU Fines Microsoft $613 Million
• RIAA Files More Than 500 New Lawsuits
• Tokyo Edge: Multimedia for March
• Anti-Spyware Bill Debated
• Feds Shut Down PayPal, AOL Scams
• Qualcomm Tunes Into Mobile Multimedia
• Political Smears Thrive Online
• RIAA Web Site Gets Doomed
• Wal-Mart Hops Into Digital Music Market
• Yahoo, Hotmail Open to Attack
• Microsoft to Retire BCentral
• Opera Gives Its Browser a Voice
• Symantec Readies Security for Small Biz
• Wooden Monitors Prove a Hard Sell
• HP Unveils Small-Business Services
• HP, Dell Serve Up Small-Biz Storage
• New Products Pack Big Power in Small Packages
• Microsoft Balks at Expected Antitrust Fine
• Via Readies DDR2 Chipset
• Lycos Combines Web, Desktop Search
• New Service Simplifies Wireless Surfing
• Witty Worm Still Spreading
• Microsoft, Lindows Head Back to Court
• Swiss Army Knife Goes High-Tech
• Shuttle Shows New Line of LCDs
• Intel Readies Speedier XScale
• User Annoyance Grows Along With Spam
• Onfolio Organizes Your Web Searches
• Panasonic Shows Off New Wares
• Microsoft Back in Antitrust Trouble
• Intel Changes Chip Names
• 6-Megapixel Cameras Focus on Consumers
• Are Biometrics Coming to a PC Near You?
• Time Warner Denies AOL, Microsoft Deal
• Via Launches Nano-ITX Motherboard
• Hotmail, MSN Hit With Another Outage
• Logitech Shows Slick Mice, Keyboards
• Samsung Readies WLAN-Enabled PDA
• Can Microsoft Save Users From Themselves?
• Fresh Bagle Variants Hit the Net
• Intel Test-Drives Tomorrow's Mobile Office
• Experts Downplay Phatbot Danger
• DotPhoto Offers Right-Sized Digital Photos
• SanDisk Shows New Flash Memory Cards
• Nanode Redefines Small PC
• AMD Readies Most Powerful Desktop Chip Yet
• SuSE Updates Desktop Linux
• HP's New Notebooks Take a Beating
• Sony Shows HD Camcorder
• Phoenix Turns Laptops into PDAs
• Microsoft Turns On Pop-Up Blocker
• Intel Joins Liberty Alliance
• Copyright Expert Warns of Extremism
• Proposal Would Broaden ID-Theft Law
• Microsoft Unlikely to Settle in Europe
• Booze Sites Accused of Targeting Teens
• Microsoft Offers a Look at Longhorn Plans
• Viruses Try New Tactics
• Nokia Launches Massive Multiplayer Game
• AMD Takes Aim at Light Notebooks
• Siemens Shows New Multimedia Phones
• Google Goes Local
• Nokia Flashes Megapixel Camera Phone
• Shuttle to Sell Full-Featured PCs
• Sun Shares its Strategy
• States Eye Peer-to-Peer Action
• Microsoft Pricing Trial Begins
• IBM Pushes Linux on Desktops
• Toshiba Updates Multimedia Notebooks
• AOL Users: You've Got Bills
• Buy Your Open-Source Insurance
• Apple Updates Mac OS X
• Symantec Details Net Threats
• IBM Readies Opteron Workstation
• I Was Addicted to Spam
• Linksys Speeds Up 802.11g Lineup
• Portable Help for Your Heart
• Robots Grow Up, Branch Out
• How-To Book May Help Hackers
• SimpleDrive Storage Soars to 400GB
• Microsoft Faces Guilty Verdict in Europe
• Sharp Shows Slim, Trim Notebook
• Groove Gets Into File-Sharing
• Robot Cars Race in the Desert
• Outage Hits Hotmail, MSN Messenger
• In the Wings: Smaller, Smarter Phones
• HP, Starbucks Team on Digital Tunes
• Microsoft Seeks Hefty Fines Against Lindows
• Microsoft Antitrust Case Stays in California
• Office XP Update Causes Spam Concerns
• It's Official: Gateway Buys EMachines
• IBM Updates Small Business Servers
• New AMD Chip Appears in HP Notebook
• Mobile Domain Proposed
• Plextor DVD Drive Hits 12X
• Spam Law Feedback Sought
• Gateway DVD Player Cuts the Cord
• Feds Take Aim at Mobile Spam
• AOL, Covad Team Up for High-Speed Service
• Kazaa Appeals Office Raid Ruling
• Microsoft Calls on Streaming Video
• PC Sales Slow Slightly
• Will Your PC Kill the Video Store?
• Toshiba Revamps Satellites, Tablet
• Microsoft Rethinks Latest Security Patch
• Hitachi Pushes Hard Drive to 400GB
• Major ISPs Team Up to Sue Spammers
• Kodak Sues Sony Over Digicams
• Identity Theft Gets Phishy
• Patriot Games
• Napster Calls on Linux
• Mobile Phone Sales Surge
• Microsoft Plans to Sue Spammers
• Tech.gov: You Can't Copy That
• Will Wal-Mart Track You?
• PDA Program Revamped at Apple's Insistence
• Fujitsu Ships Xeon Blade Server
• Europe Toughens Antipiracy Law
• Music Sales Trend Noted
• Microsoft Issues Security Updates
• Pop-Up Ad Foes Go to Court
• Comcast Cuts Off Spam Zombies
• HP Sends New Desktops to Work
• FileMaker Updated to Version 7
• Chip Sales Continue to Climb
• Microsoft Loosens Vendor Contracts
• HP Announces Small-Business Servers
• Sober Worm Crawls in New Version
• New Living Room Wish List
• DVD Players Anchor Home Nets
• A Pair of New Palm OSs
• Bye-Bye, Pop-Ups. Hello...?
• Spam Wars Rage
• Microsoft Plans Windows Server 2003 Update
• Study Says: Upgrade, Don't Replace PCs
• Microsoft Heads to Trial in Minnesota
• Competing Technologies Shake Up E-Mail
• News In Brief
• The Game Room: Designing Games With Community in Mind
• Roku Chops HD1000 Price
• FTC Appeals Rambus Ruling
• Looking Into Flash's Future
• Experts Question Microsoft's Caller ID Plans
• Earthlink to Test Caller ID for E-Mail
• Will XP's Service Pack Break Existing Apps?
• Pondering Digital Music's Future
• Consumer Devices: Make Your Pictures Move
• Ask Jeeves Gets Interactive
• NVidia Revs Graphics With DDR3 Memory
• Lindows Slashes Price for P-to-P Buyers
• Child-Protection Law Debated
• ICQ Builds a Social Network
• Kazaa Office Raid Upheld
• Ask Jeeves Drops Paid Search Program
• Another Court Bans DVD X Copy
• Next From PARC: Smarter, Easier Networks
• E-Mail's Past Sheds Light on IM
• Go Daddy Fights VeriSign with Money, Missives
• Acer Offers Budget Mobile Workstation
• SCO Sues First Linux Users
• Virus Writers Wage Worm War
• Microsoft Unveils BizTalk Server 2004
• HP, Philips Develop DRM for DVDs
• MP3s Get Copy Controls
• Yahoo Bulks Up With Paid Listings
• Intel Launches New Gallatin Chip
• SCC Takes Aim at Lexmark--Again
• Bagle, Netsky Variants Hit the Net
• Vendor Offers Broadband by Power Lines
• Intel Readies Updated Xeon
• Brother Displays New Multifunction Printer
• SCO Targets Linux User
• Microsoft Rethinks Pricing Plans
• DDR2 Takes Memory to the Next Level
• Court Rejects Ban on DVD Copying Code
• March Comes in Like a Worm
• Microsoft May Offer an Early Office Update
• Microsoft Links Office With EBay
• Has the Internet Come of Age?
• Rome Opts for Open Source
• Spam Slayer: Spam Weapons of Tomorrow