Monthly Archives: December 2004
Sybase Aims to Query Mainframes Faster, Cheaper
Sybase Inc. and Informatica Corp. have fashioned a one-stop shopping package to help mainframe customers who are looking to squeeze real-time data out of...
Time Warner Reduces Stake in Net2Phone
Time Warner Inc., the parent company of America Online Inc., has snapped up approximately 1.5 million shares of Net2Phone, which amounts to a 3.1...
Apache Pulls the Plug on Avalon
The Apache Software Foundation has shut down the top-level Avalon project.
Apache Avalon, which began in 1999 to provide Java software for component and container...
No Excuses for No Signatures
Every now and then a real jewel comes out of the blogosphere. You hear about it when it happens, because everyone else links to...
A Techies Holiday Shopping Warning
OK, I love technology and have spent a lot of money on it. My TiVo and XM Satellite Radio are among my prized possessions....
Canopy Coup? SCOs Parent Dumps Top Execs
Two top executives of The Canopy Group, the parent company of Unix firm The SCO Group Inc., have unexpectedly left the firm.
SCO spokesperson Blake...
EPCglobal Ratifies Next-Generation RFID Standard
Several months later than originally planned, EPCglobal Inc. ratified its Generation 2 RFID standard, a move thats expected to usher in a new wave...
The Software Radio Dept
The Software Radio Dept.: The FCC has finally approved at least one implementation of something called software-defined radio (SDR). For almost a decade, experts...
Symantec Aims High with Veritas Deal
The $13.5 billion merger of Symantec Corp. and Veritas Software Corp. not only creates a dynamic new presence in enterprise software but also could...
PeopleSoft Customers Tested
Once the dust settles on Oracle Corp.s acquisition of PeopleSoft Inc., current PeopleSoft customers will be forced to make a decision: wholly embrace the...