Monthly Archives: September 2004
Web-based “Microscope” Lets Doctors Examine Biopsies Sooner
A Web-based cell imaging system means pathologists at 50 test sites can examine patient samples for breast cancer days before glass microscope slides arrive...
When Open-Source Claims Fall Flat
Ive got the open-source blues.
Im really, really tired of hearing about open-source initiatives that are really just marketing hype having little to do with...
Oracle, Dell Power Up Yet More Servers with Database 10g
Oracle Corp. and Dell Inc. have served up the latest gambit in their dual-front attack on the SMB market, announcing on Tuesday that theyre...
Sun Pitches New Products to Financial Customers
Sun Microsystems Inc. will descend on New York this week to exhibit new technology in front of one of its oldest customers—Wall Street.
Sun has...
EMC Cleans Up Exchange Clutter
CHICAGO—EMC Corp. Tuesday launched EMC Express Solution for E-mail, its new policy-management software for small and midsize businesses, at the Storage Decisions conference here....
Grids Rise to Next Level on Wall Street
NEW YORK—The High-Performance Technology on Wall Street conference here Monday aimed to push financial firms beyond early grid and utility computing initiatives to more...
Video Conferencing Sampler
Five years ago, a video conversation with a friend or business colleague would have been a kludgy experience. Ten years ago, videoconferencing was an...
Lingo Offers Flat-Rate Calls to Asia
Lingo, the consumer-scale VOIP service of Primus Telecommunications Inc., has upped the ante one more time by launching an all-you-can-dial plan that includes Asian...
Bounties Are Not the Answer to Spam
Its easy to sympathize with the Federal Trade Commission on the spam issue. They have a tough job, and they have had the good...
Wireless Carriers Secrecy Causes Static for Enhanced 911 Service
WASHINGTON—Claims by wireless carriers that some basic characteristics about their network performance are proprietary threatens to keep emergency workers from aiding victims in a...