Monthly Archives: April 2005
Opteron Goes to Dual-Core
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., over the next two months, will bring dual-core capabilities to many of its processors, a move it began last week...
Telelogics Popkin Purchase Prepares the Way for SOA
Last weeks acquisition of New York-based Popkin Software and Systems Inc. by Swedens Telelogic AB combines two companies whose products Ive covered for years....
Small Form-Factor Devices to Take Center Stage at WinHEC
SEATTLE—While this years Windows Hardware Engineering Conference here will be heavily focused on 64-bit processing, it also will serve as a showcase for new...
A Quick Peek at Longhorn
We last looked at an alpha of Longhorn, Microsoft Corp.s next-generation operating system, in May 2004. We were even able to get elements of...
ARTS PDF Challenges Acrobat With Nitro PDF Desktop
Software developer ARTS PDF last week announced Nitro PDF Desktop, a PDF creation and editing tool that gives users full PDF control features including...
Forgent Sues Microsoft over JPEG Patent
Almost a year to the day after filing patent infringement lawsuits against 31 companies, including Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Computer Inc., Dell Inc. and...
Adobe-Macromedia Merger Shouldnt Alter Landscape – 2
Over the past weeks, I have heard many questions about the impending merger of Adobe and Macromedia, and the most frequent one is, "What...
Gates to Roll Out 64-Bit Windows
SEATTLE—As the hardware industry descends on Seattle for the annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference this week, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill...
Gates: 64-Bit Transition Will Happen Rapidly
SEATTLE—Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates on Monday laid to rest talk that Microsoft might be scaling back its commitment to the...
Enterprise Will Take Its Longhorn Medicine
Enterprise customers may go to 64-bit computing and Longhorn not so much for what they are as for what they arent. Count on it...