David Coursey

Ask people about digital rights management and most will offer an opinion regarding the rights and wrongs of peer-to-peer file swapping. But ask Microsoft and youre more likely to hear about their plan to protect corporate documents, intranets and e-mail using technology that sits atop Windows Server 2003. While Microsoft doesnt seem to have a […]

I hate to seem dense or out of the loop, but for the life of me I cant think of many really useful applications for the located-based encryption technology being touted by Steve Wozniaks company. It does, however, help me understand why the Apple co-founder is known as “the other Steve,” the one who had […]

When you think about enterprise software, Adobe Systems is probably not the first company you think of. But during 2005, the company best known for PhotoShop and Illustrator is hoping the change that. Of course, if Microsoft were really watching closely, Adobe might find itself with a serious challenger. Adobe is trying to turn its […]

Of the top 10 PC manufacturers, which three will be gone in 2007? Gartner says tougher times lay ahead for PC vendors and that three of the top players are likely to be squeezed out of business by lower profits and slumping sales. But Gartner wont say which three will be gone. An Associated Press […]

Advertising banners commonly offer “something special” to customers, usually in the form of lower prices or better service. But over the weekend, some popular Web sites delivered something completely unexpected with their advertising banners: a piece of malware. The attack on a load balancing server at Germanys Falk eSolutions caused the Bofra/IFrame exploit, a variant […]

If Microsoft can sell a less-expensive version of Windows XP in the developing world, why cant Americans buy it too? What have Thailand, Malaysia and Russia done to help Microsoft become the company it is today? Americans and Europeans have long been subsidizing Microsofts global adventures, so if theres a better deal out there, dont […]

The great thing about Microsoft is how the week after it gives you a half-billion dollars to settle complaints of anti-competitive practices it then comes for you with the long knives. /zimages/5/28571.gifClick here to read “Microsoft Moves Closer to Wiping Its Antitrust Slate Clean.” Its not that Microsoft is going to steal the money back […]

Each recent release of Microsoft Office seems to have had a theme. Office XP was about presenting users with features they didnt know existed and providing an overall higher level of help and out-of-the-box support. It was the release of the Task Pane. Much of that seemed to disappear or be muted in Office 2003, […]

Which company is the biggest spender in the Linux world? Is it IBM? Sun Microsystems? Red Hat? Novell? No, the biggest spender in Linux, at least this year, is arguably the company most threatened by its success. With this weeks $536 million settlement of a legal battle with Novell and Aprils $1.9 billion deal with […]

The efforts of the “Source Code Club” to sell the source code to Cisco firewalls may be despicable, but they may also be a blessing in disguise. By making a public show of Ciscos inability to keep its secrets to itself, these desperados may actually be doing us all a big favor. This is not […]