Monthly Archives: May 2004
Bluetooths Future Remains Unclear
The debate over Bluetooths future remains fierce even three years after the first certified Bluetooth-enabled products hit the market. Bluetooth advocates and skeptics agree...
Solaris on Intel: Here We Go Again
Back when we built computers with stone knives and bear skins—OK, 1993—I reviewed the first version of Solaris for Intel for PC Magazine. I...
Interim CEO: Changes at CA Will Improve Relations
LAS VEGAS—Ken Cron may have the qualifier "interim" before his title of CEO at Computer Associates International Inc., but he is not simply sitting...
Another TechEd Hot Button: WSE 2.0
As part of its emphasis on developer and security issues at its annual TechEd conference next week, Microsoft will tutor attendees in the finer...
Expert Says Outsouced DBAs Are a Recipe for Disaster
Craig Mullins, Data Management Strategist for BMC Software, says that far-away outsourced DBAs cant easily solve problems, lend guidance or participate in team-development projects....
Market Definition Key in Oracle-DOJ Case
During the upcoming pretrial phase, legal experts say Judge Vaughan Walker will hear each sides motions to eliminate certain witnesses, categories of evidence and...
Oracle President Admits: Company Seen as Annoying
Oracle President Safra Catz concedes that the public perceives the company as "kind of whacky or annoying." Shes also dismayed at how CEO Larry...
Boston Red Sox: Backstop Your Business
Every inch of grass at the southwest corner of the City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, Fla., lay flat after dozens of hard-core...
Ballmer Throws Down the Security Gauntlet
"I guarantee you our company will have the most secure software in the world. We may also have the most popular, so it is...
Microsoft TechEd 2004 Overview
Microsofts annual Tech Ed 2004 conference opens Monday in San Diego, Calif. The sold-out event includes almost a dozen tracks with hundreds of sessions.
Unlike...