Monthly Archives: June 2004
Sun Serves Java to the Masses
Sun Microsystems Inc. will advance Java to the next level this week, while simultaneously reaching out, yet again, to new developers and the open-source...
Arrivederci, Comdex
"If Bill Gates gave a keynote in the desert and no one was there to hear it, would he still be profound?" chuckled El...
Kattoon: June 28, 2004
Read this weeks Spencer column.
Patent Wars Go Wireless
Its tempting to look at the patent infringement suit that Wi-LAN slapped against Cisco Systems last week, wring our hands and lament, "Here we...
Memory Glitch Spurs HP Recall
Hewlett-Packard Co. said Friday that it will replace memory modules in some of its notebooks with an "industrywide" design flaw that can cause system...
Blue-Laser Disk Stores Data For Professionals
ZIFFPAGE TITLEAt a GlanceCompany:Sony Electronics Inc., www.sony.com/prodataPrice:$3,299 listPros:Blue-laser rewriter can store 23GB on a single disc. Inexpensive rewriteable and write-once media now shipping. Good...
Data Center Jobs: A Bubble of Safety in These Days of Rampant Outsourcing
I recently met with Jill Eckhaus, president of AFCOM, an association that represents enterprise and Internet data center managers, executives and vendors.
According to Eckhaus,...
Assurances for the Software Assured: Microsofts Licensing Deadline Looms
Microsofts had a rocky time getting its "Software Assurance" (SA) licensing program on the right path.
Since the Redmond software vendor initially launched SA, part...
Social Issues Surround Social Software
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—At what point do more people joining an online social network or using a social software tool cause more harm than good?
While...
NextPage Previews Document Management for the Masses
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Document management vendor NextPage Corp. is testing a new application to help individuals better track their iterations of Microsoft Office documents.
During the...