Monthly Archives: October 2004
Ballmer: iPod Music Mostly Stolen
Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer used a gathering of press in London to further the companys claims to be a friend of the...
Microsoft Shares More Details on Embedded XP SP2
To date, Microsoft Corp. has not made public much information about Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2, other than to say it would provide...
DoCoMo Fuel Cell Targets Mobile Recharging of Phones
NTT Docomo Inc. last week announced a prototype fuel cell mobile phone charger. Jointly developed with Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., the prototype fuel cell can...
Sony Media Center PC Well-Suited for the Office
When we heard that Sony was shipping a "liquid-cooled" PC, visions of pumps, hoses and thermal fluid danced in our heads. As it turns...
Chipping Away at Coding Challenges
As much as it might seem a purely hardware event, I always think of the autumnal chip-head convocation in San Jose, Calif., as being...
Analysts: Microsoft Should Pass On Rescuing PeopleSoft
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer on Monday told the Financial Times newspaper that the company has no intention of stepping in as a white...
Apple Releases Mac OS X Security Patches
Apple Computer Inc. has released a security update for its Mac OS X client and server software, plugging vulnerabilities in a wide range of...
Yahoo Local Moves Out of Test Mode
Yahoo unveiled its local search service on Monday following a two-month beta test.
Yahoo Inc. has started promoting Yahoo Local from its home page and...
IBM Adds Fingerprint Sensor to ThinkPads
IBM has added biometric security to its ThinkPad notebook line, claiming that the technology is now ready for prime time.
IBM has added a fingerprint...
Microsoft to Offer New Windows Flavor for Retail Market
Just as it is doing with its Windows client software, Microsoft Corp. is developing customized variants of its Windows Embedded operating system for specific...