Saturday, August 24, 2002

Novell posts profit in third quarter - Computerworld - Novell Inc. in Provo, Utah, reported revenue of $282 million for its fiscal third quarter yesterday, with nearly $10 million in net income and earnings of 3 cents per share.

The positive quarter was the result of better-than-anticipated business in Europe and sales of several large licenses for Web-based software in North America, said Novell Chairman and CEO Jack L. Messman.

He also attributed the stronger quarter to improved software sales of NetWare, GroupWise and several Net services products, compared with the second quarter. Software products accounted for $206 million, or 73% of revenue.


11:40:33 AM    

New super patch for Internet Explorer fixes six new flaws - Computerworld - Microsoft Corp. late yesterday issued a cumulative patch for its Internet Explorer Web browser that also fixes six new vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could enable an attacker to take control over a user's system, the company said.

All currently supported versions of Internet Explorer, 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0, are affected, putting tens of millions of Internet users at risk. Internet Explorer is the world's most popular Web browser. Microsoft urges all users to immediately apply the patch, the company said in a security bulletin.


11:39:47 AM    

UCITA still haunts IT - Computerworld - It's been called a time bomb, code capable of disabling software, and some users fear its use could become pervasive if the controversial software law UCITA succeeds.

The Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA), due for a renewed push for state-by-state adoption next year, lets vendors include code to trigger a shutdown if, for instance, a user's license has expired.


11:37:13 AM    

Microsoft Warns of Flaws in ActiveX Control - There are three security vulnerabilities in an ActiveX control included in several of Microsoft Corp.'s most popular applications that give an attacker the ability to execute code and read files on a remote machine.

The flaw itself is in the Office Web Components (OWC) 2000 and 2002 software, which is included with Office 2000 and XP, BackOffice Server 2000, Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 and several other Microsoft applications. With OWC, users get limited Office functionality in a Web browser without having to install the entire Office application.  - Eweek


11:25:05 AM    

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