Monthly Archives: February 2002
Dell Drops the 730
Dealing another blow to Intel Corp.s efforts to market its 64-bit chip, Dell Computer Corp. has discontinued its Itanium-based workstation due to weak demand.Dell,...
SSL Accelerator Handles Up to 10,000 Tps
Security vendor accelerated Encryption Processing Ltd. has unveiled two additions to its line of SSL accelerators, including a chip that can handle up to...
Free Putty Client Supports SSH2
My favorite SSH client, Simon Tathams Putty, was updated in January to support Version 2 of the Secure Shell protocol, bringing it up-to-date on...
Sun Linux No Threat to Rivals
Sun Microsystems Inc.s new attitude toward Linux isnt causing Microsoft Corp. or IBM to lose any sleep. Sun, of Palo Alto, Calif., took aim...
Watchfire Updates WebXM Platform
Watchfire Corp. last week released a revamped, consolidated platform for analyzing Web site content for quality issues.The WebXM platform pulls together previously separate modules...
Sybase Girds for Major Product Push
Long out of contention for general-purpose dominance but entrenched in vertical markets, database maker Sybase Inc. will soon begin an aggressive rollout of new...
Handle New .Net Platform With Care
For developers, the world changed last week. On Feb. 13 in San Francisco, Microsoft launched Visual Studio .Net, the biggest set of changes to...
Sun Sees the Light of Linux
The announcement this month by Sun regarding its intentions to sell Linux-based servers and other products seemed pretty shocking at the time, given that...
Is Language Choice Worth It?
Last week, Microsoft officially launched its Visual Studio .Net development tool and .Net Framework. The former is a major release, but it isnt a...
HP, Compaq: Lights, Camera—Acquisition!
The Olympic Village in Salt Lake City may not be the only place in Utah where people are making newsworthy leaps. El Gato has...