Monthly Archives: October 2003
HP, Sun Beef Up Servers
Hewlett-Packard Co. and Sun Microsystems Inc. are bulking up some of their server lines to give users more power and better performance.HP last week...
IBM Rolls Out Power5 Chip
Industry stalwart IBM and upstart Transmeta Corp. presented a picture in contrasts at the Microprocessor Forum in San Jose, Calif., this month.As IBM officials...
SiteFinder Boosts Verisign Traffic
Propelled by its controversial SiteFinder service, VeriSign recorded the largest gain in visitors to its Web sites last month.The number of unique visitors to...
Microsofts Charney: Trustworthy Is Worthy
When Scott Charney joined Microsoft Corp. as the chief security strategist in April 2002, Trustworthy Computing, Microsofts security initiative, was still in its infancy,...
IBM Smooths 64-Bit Route
IBMs first two-way Opteron-based server, the eServer 325, combines 64-bit computing power, an affordable price and a rack-optimized form factor. This provides an impressive...
Microsoft Opens Source Code Access to MVPs
Microsoft last week announced it is giving its Most Valuable Professionals access to the more than 100 million aggregate lines of Windows source code.,...
Microsoft, Sterling Roll Out Options for SWIFT
Microsoft Corp. and Sterling Commerce Inc. are offering banks and financial services companies new connectivity and messaging options when using the Society for Worldwide...
Samba 3.0 Does Windows Even Better
The latest version of Samba, the free software that provides systems running Linux and Unix with Windows-compatible file and print services, now works more...
Gateway, Acer Put New Face on Desktop PCs
Gateway Inc. and Acer America Corp. are rolling out products designed to give small and midsize businesses alternatives to full-size traditional desktop PCs.Gateway next...
XFce4 Covers Interface Basics
For users of Linux on the desktop, Gnome and KDE offer two good, yet different, environments for interacting with their computers. Although these projects...