Monthly Archives: April 2005
ACR 3.0 Ushers In Raw as a Full-Fledged Format
Last week, I moaned about the absence of screen rotation on Macintoshes. I didnt get the luxury of wallowing in self-pity for very long,...
Torvalds Gives Inside Skinny on Git
Linus Torvalds didnt want to change software configuration management tools; however, business and open-source philosophy problems left the Linux founder with no choice but...
The Sad State of Spyware
Theres reason to be optimistic about many security problems, but others are less encouraging. One of the worst is the problem of spyware and...
CA Drafts New Policy for Spyware Vendor Appeals
Computer Associates International Inc. is changing its policy for handling appeals from suspected spyware vendors.CAs eTrust PestPatrol unit will no longer remove detection signatures...
Torvalds Creates New Linux Development System
Linux founder Linus Torvalds has reluctantly created his own software configuration management system, Git, to oversee Linux kernel development.
Previously, Torvalds had been using BitMover...
Microsoft Delivers Windows Server R2 Beta 2
Microsoft Corp. officials told beta testers on Thursday that the second beta release of its Windows Server 2003 R2 update is now available for...
Linux VARs: Make Money by Specializing
NEW YORK—Companies can make money from Linux—but for that to happen, its important for them to understand how open-source software models and communities work,...
Adobe-Macromedia Deal Causes Jitters
Greeted by near universal surprise, the announced acquisition of Macromedia Inc. by Adobe Systems Inc. may forever change the publishing world. If approved, the...
Nexsan, Diligent Team to Offer Low-Cost Data Protection Solution
Disk-based backup and SATA storage vendor Nexsan Technologies Ltd. is partnering with virtual tape software vendor Diligent Technologies Corp. to offer a low-cost data...
Microsoft Recognizes Need for Heterogeneous Management
After long shunning the multivendor management needs of the real world of heterogeneous computing, Microsoft Corp. at the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas...