Stories by Todd R. Weiss

Founders of the Web Standards Project take a hiatus

After three years of working with Web browser makers to create standards that would improve Web browsing for users, the organizers of the grassroots Web Standards Project are taking a hiatus to recharge their energy before taking on the next part of their crusade.

Coca-Cola ad legacy gets help from IBM

The Coca-Cola Co. has chosen IBM Corp. to build a digital asset management system to store images of thousands of Coca-Cola advertisements from the last century in a searchable electronic archive that can be used by the company.

Palm gets $50 million infusion

Even with the handheld market in the sales doldrums, an unnamed investor with an eye toward future returns is putting US$50 million into handheld device vendor Palm Inc.

Hacker explains recent exploits inside WorldCom network

A 20-year-old computer hacker who last weekend alerted telecommunications giant WorldCom Inc. about security holes he uncovered inside the company's network said he enters corporate Web sites without permission to satisfy his curiosity.

WorldCom security hole fixed with help of hacker

Telecommunications giant WorldCom Inc. today confirmed that a computer hacker recently alerted the company to a security hole in its network that apparently left customer networks vulnerable to intruders.

Amex to buy 25,000 Compaq thin clients

American Express Co. last week announced plans to buy 25,000 of Compaq Computer Corp.'s thin-client devices to replace PCs used by customer service workers and other employees who don't need mobile computing capabilities.

Lost in cyberspace

Librarians and archivists have been saving artifacts, newspapers, photographs and books for years to preserve historical records. Today, their work is made even more complicated because so much of our unfolding history is chronicled on the Internet.

Linux

Linux is a free, open-source computer operating system, created in 1991 by then-college student Linus Torvalds. Linux is based on the Unix operating system, and as an open-source project has been refined by volunteer developers around the world working as a team to add features, fix bugs and strengthen it.

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