Todd R. Weiss

Articles by Todd R. Weiss

AMEX

In an IT support blockbuster deal, financial services giant American Express Co. has signed a US$4 billion, seven-year IT contract with IBM Global Services.

American Express, IBM ink massive deal

In an IT support blockbuster deal, financial services giant American Express Co. has signed a US$4 billion, seven-year IT contract with IBM Global Services.

AltaVista to close free U.S. e-mail accounts

Search engine company AltaVista Co. is refocusing on its core search business and will end its free Altavista.com e-mail account service for some 200,000 U.S. customers on March 31.

Security warning issued for MS developer tool

A feature in a compiler included in Microsoft Corp.'s newly announced Visual C++ .Net application can unwittingly allow developers to create programs vulnerable to buffer overflow attacks, according to a warning issued today by security consultancy Cigital Inc.

Google unveils

Search engine company Google has released its Google Search Appliance, a device designed to make it easier for corporate customers to find information on their intranets or Web sites.

Microsoft shuts down online developer store

Microsoft Corp. today acknowledged that it shut down a Web site for an online Microsoft Developers Store last Thursday to look into a possible security vulnerability that could compromise customer information.

Michigan to unveil business ‘cybercourt’

When two high-tech companies become embroiled in a legal dispute, the technologies at stake can become quickly outdated by the end of the 18-month-long legal fight they might typically have to endure.

Windows XP security alert revised by FBI agency

The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) has revised its recent security bulletin regarding Windows XP's universal plug-and-play (UPNP) service.

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