Stories by Joaquim P. Menezes

Hacked e-mail accounts used in 419 scam "with a twist"

At first blush it seems like a typical 419 (or Nigerian letter) scam - the standard e-mail directing the intended victim to do certain things that supposedly result in a huge payoff to the latter.

An RFID tag in your Nike shoes can win you that marathon

Having an RFID tag in your Nike shoes, or affixed to your license plate sticker, or even embedded in your driver's license may seem bizarre.

Oracle to buy BEA for US$8.5 billion

Oracle has entered into a "definitive" agreement to buy leading middleware vendor BEA Systems for approximately US$8.5 billion, the two companies announced on Wednesday.

And they lived technologically ever after

In late 2002, a huge controversy broke out over a highly speculative theory from two mathematical physicists (who happened to be twins) about what may have preceded the Big Bang.

Review: Samsung FP-T6374 -- A display for all seasons

"Choice" is undoubtedly a value proposition for the Samsung FP-T6374 -- some would say too much of it.

Data breaches remain a huge concern for '08

Dean Turner, Director of Symantec's Global Intelligence Network says data breaches and ID theft will continue dominate the threat landscape next year. He also outlines practical steps companies and consumers can take to protect themselves, in this interview with ITBusiness.ca editor, Joaquim P. Menezes.

TomorrowNow resignations won't affect SAP's business

SAP announced yesterday the resignation of several senior managers of its troubled subsidiary TomorrowNow, including CEO Andrew Nelson.

Shanghai breezes and the Big Blue Cloud

While there wasn't anything ground-breaking about IBM's Blue Cloud announcement in Shanghai last Friday it was still significant.

Ellison shares some Oracle moments

If a billionaire entrepreneur has to narrate his "rags to riches" story, when better to do it than before a gargantuan audience, and on a big anniversary.

Web 3.0: Advent of the mobile video revolution

In 2004, O'Reilly Media coined the phrase 'Web 2.0' to describe what is ostensibly a second generation of Internet-based services -- such as social networking sites -- that foster online collaboration and sharing.

OPENWORLD - Fusion antidote to ERP

Oracle president Charles Phillips flagged off Oracle OracleWorld 2006 on Sunday promising that his company is well on its way to completely redefining how people view enterprise software.

Blu-ray of hope for Samsung

Superb video and audio quality at a steep price ... that's my immediate take on the Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray player. Of course, a mix of factors is likely to drive the price down in the not too distant future.

Study highlights perils of IT mismanagement

An inability to properly manage their IT assets is placing many North American organizations at a significant security and financial risk, says a recent study.