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Worms Wreak Havoc on the Net in '03
A rash of fast-spreading worms is being blamed for a more than ten-fold increase in the number of security events on the Internet in the first three months of this year. The number of confirmed attacks and incidents was also up 84 percent over those in the fourth quarter of 2002, according to a new report released by Internet Security Systems Inc.
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Aliant
Mobility to invest more than $18.5 million for digital service expansion
throughout Atlantic Canada by June 2003
HALIFAX, April 4 - Aliant Mobility announced today a further $18.5 million
investment in the expansion of digital wireless service across Atlantic
Canada in the first half of 2003. This digital expansion will extend
access, improve service and enhance functionality to the more than half a
million customers of Aliant's wireless services throughout the Atlantic
region. This investment is part of a total capital investment of over $60
million in wireless for 2003.
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Network
Associates to Acquire Entercept Security Technologies for $120 Million In
Cash
Industry-Leading Intrusion Protection Technology Blocks Security
Attacks to Protect Servers, Operating Systems, and Applications Throughout
an Organization
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 4 - Network Associates, Inc. (NYSE:NET) , a
leader in network security and availability solutions, today announced a
definitive agreement to acquire Entercept Security Technologies, a
provider of intrusion protection technology, for $120 million in cash. The
company provides host-based intrusion protection solutions that
proactively detect and stop security attacks before they cause damage.
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IBM
Announces Industry's First Blueprint for Managing Complex Computing
Environments
Delivers New Technologies to Help Businesses Design Autonomic
Computing Systems
Markham, ON -- April 4, 2003 -- IBM today simplified the system design
process for computers by introducing the industry's first blueprint to
assist customers as they begin to build autonomic computing systems.
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LINMOR
Announces Preliminary Q4 Results
OTTAWA, ONTARIO - LINMOR Inc. (TSX:LIR) the Linux-powered network
performance management and service assurance solution provider, announced
today preliminary results for the quarter ended March 31, 2003. Revenue
for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003 is expected to be approximately
$130,000. The loss for the quarter is expected to be approximately $1.6
million with quarter-end cash and cash equivalents of about $1.5 million.
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Research
In Motion Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-end Results for Fiscal 2003
Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion Limited ("RIM") (Nasdaq: RIMM,
TSX: RIM), a world leader in the mobile communications market, today
reported fourth quarter and fiscal year end results for the period ended
March 1, 2003 (all figures in U.S. dollars and Canadian GAAP).
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Alcatel
to expand Mobilink's GSM 900MHz network in Pakistan
Paris, April 4, 2003 - Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA), the world's
fastest growing GSM/GPRS supplier, announced today that it has signed a 14
million Euro contract with Mobilink (Pakistan Mobile communications), the
leading GSM provider in Pakistan and subsidiary of Orascom, to increase by
one million subscribers the capacity of their GSM 900MHz network. Alcatel
will enable Mobilink to offer enhanced mobile voice and data services to
end users nation-wide.
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ATI
Advances Digital Television Reception With THEATER(TM) 310
THEATER(TM) 310 DTV receiver establishes new industry benchmarks
MARKHAM, ONTARIO - Apr. 4, 2003 - ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY,
NASDAQ:ATYT) today introduced the THEATER(TM) 310 VSB/QAM/NTSC Receiver
chip for digital television receivers (DTVs), PC-DTV (personal
computer-digital television), set top boxes, datacasting, and integrated
tuner demodulators (ITDs).
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Mitec
Telecom wins contract valued at CAN$2.6 million
Extends Relationship with Major Distributor of DTH Satellite
Television
MONTREAL, April 4 - Mitec Telecom Inc. (TSX: MTM), a leading designer and
provider of wireless network products for the telecommunications industry,
today announced that it has been awarded a new contract valued at
approximately CAN$2.6 million from a major distributor of Direct-to-Home (DTH)
Satellite television. The contract calls for Mitec to supply its
32-Channel DBS Switching/Combining networks.
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Fight music theft--give it away
COMMENTARY--"Ripping" a copy of a friend's music CD, or grabbing a track from a Napster-like service on the Internet, is stealing, plain and simple.
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Standard roams the Wi-Fi, cellular range
A proposed Wi-Fi security standard for office systems is finding another use in technology that promises to let people roam easily between cell phone and Wi-Fi networks.
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Windows tweak to address complaints
WASHINGTON--Microsoft has agreed to tweak its Windows XP operating system in response to recent feedback from the Justice Department over its antitrust settlement with the federal government.
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RIAA sues campus file-swappers
The recording industry has stepped up its campaign against campus music swapping, filing suit against four university students who operated file-search services on their school's internal networks.
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