Rebecca Reid

Articles by Rebecca Reid

Winnipeg online banking users fall victim to Trojan

A Trojan horse may be responsible for an online banking scam that has cost at least two Winnipeg customers thousands of dollars.

Telus attempts Microcell hostile takeover

Telus Corp. has offered $1.1 billion in a hostile takeover bid for Microcell Telecommunications Inc., operator of the Fido wireless brand.

Baystar wants SCO money back

In October of 2003, BayStar Capital invested US$20 million in The SCO Group Inc. Now Baystar wants its money back.

Windows Server 2003: One year later

One year after its launch, customers spoke out at Microsoft Canada Co.'s headquarters in Mississauga, Ont. to discuss their migrations to the latest Windows Server.

Open source projects a tough fit in corporate settings

Typical open source project development strategies work well for free software but don't flourish in commercial settings, according to one expert.

Canadian law in conflict with aspects of GPL

It appears that the General Public License (GPL) for free and open source software (FOSS) may contradict some Canadian regulations, said one Canadian intellectual property (IP) lawyer.

Veritas makes utility Vision clear

LAS VEGAS - On Tuesday, at its Vision 2004 user conference here, Veritas Software Corp. announced new products, available in July, which will assist companies in managing their storage and cluster infrastructures.

Cisco embedded OS gets brain surgery

The brain behind Cisco Systems Inc.'s hardware is getting a lobotomy. Development teams at Cisco are sticking the proverbial icepick in its Internetwork Operating System (IOS) and carving it up into modules, which one industry insider says will increase performance of hardware such as routers and save users money.

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