Monthly Archives: July 2004
MSI Offers Refund, Upgrade for Grantsdale Boards
Motherboard maker Micro-Star International Co. (MSI) is offering a free upgrade to consumers worried that they may have been stuck with one of the...
SSA Global Buys Marcam to Extend ERP Reach
Continuing the trend of consolidation in the software market, SSA Global Technologies on Thursday announced its acquisition of Marcam, the ERP (enterprise resource planning)...
Microsoft to Pay Up to $241M to Settle Minn. Overchage Case – 1
MINNEAPOLIS (AP)—Microsoft Corp. will pay up to $241.4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by Minnesota computer users who claimed the software company...
RealNetworks Brings Player to Linux Distros
The Linux desktop is about to get a lot more musical thanks to deals RealNetworks has made with Red Hat and Novell, which will...
Voltaire Sees Big Future for Storage in Grids
Voltaire Inc. this week introduced several products to improve storage networking on clusters and grids. The companys NAS (network-attached storage) cluster provides access to...
Panasonic Follows Sony Into Blu-ray Disk Market
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. this week announced plans to introduce its Blu-ray disk recorder on July 31, 2004. The Panasonic DMR-E700BD recorder supports dual-layer...
StorageTek Pitches Simpler Tape Library
Storage Technology Corp. this week unveiled a mid-range, rack-mounted system that features much more simplified robotics than the companys high-end tape modules.The base unit...
The DOJs High-Function Ability to Just Make Stuff Up
When Judge Vaughn Walker said last week that he was still fuzzy on the meaning of terms that have been bandied about quite a...
New WLAN Security Has Its Price
Last week the IEEE gave its official stamp of approval to 802.11i, the long-awaited security specification that replaces Wired Equivalent Privacy, the original—and basically...
RBCs Account Imbalance
A foul-up at RBC Financial Group, Canadas largest bank, stifled payroll deposits and left as many as 10 million customers uncertain of their bank...