Monthly Archives: April 2005
Dont Mess Around with Good Acronyms
The high-tech industry in general—and retail IT is certainly no exception—loves acronyms. The more obtuse, the better. Engineers, designers and programmers come up with...
AMD Moves Opteron to Dual-Core
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. over the next two months will bring dual-core capabilities to many of its processors, starting Thursday when it rolls out...
Local Search Services Tap Social Networks
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Local search is going social as a pair of startups launch services based on relationship-aware referrals and reviews rather than standard business...
Microsoft Makes Huge Strides in Systems Management
When Microsoft launched its Dynamic Systems Initiative two years ago to improve the manageability of its products and the applications that run on its...
Google Starts Syndicating Local Search and Maps
Google Inc.s local-search results and online maps could become more of a Web fixture as the company begins syndicating the services to other sites.
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Jurassic Plaque: The U-Curve of Security
"Limits are what we fear."
... R. Buckminster Fuller
The organizations that enforce the strictest corporate security are often the ones that are the least secure....
Microsoft Confirms Critical Win2K Flaw
Software engineers at Microsoft Corp.s security research center on Thursday confirmed a potentially dangerous security hole in fully patched Windows 2000 systems that could...
Oracle to Take Gradual Approach with Project Fusion
NEWTON, Mass.—Oracle Corp. will gradually roll out the first deliverables of its Project Fusion plan to unite its various business applications families in stages...
Suns JES 3.0 Simplifies Enterprise Infrastructure
Sun Microsystems on Thursday released the third version of its Java Enterprise System infrastructure software, which includes new software like the Sun Java System...
Six Keys for Creating PDFs That Print Reliably
ORLANDO, Fla.—Hold off on converting files within a PDF document until the document is ready to print. This is one of the keys for...