Monthly Archives: May 2005
InDesign Draws on the Strength of Its Plug-Ins
InDesign is only as good as its parts—all 140 or so plug-in parts, to be exact—according to Adobe Systems Mark Niemann-Ross."With InDesign, youre buying...
LinuxWorld: Savings, Stability Make Strong Business Case
NEW YORK—As several hundred of the Linux and open-source faithful gather for the two-day LinuxWorld Summit here, the message that Linux has not only...
AMD Bares Chip-Based Pacifica to Attract Developers
AMD has published the details behind Pacifica, its hardware-based virtualization technology for PCs and servers.
The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker on Wednesday said it posted...
Intuit Rolls Out Patch Management Tool for SMBs
Intuit Inc. has developed a new tool for small and midsize businesses that are struggling to keep up with patch management.
The company on Tuesday...
PalmOne Buys Rights to Palm Name for $30 Million
Handheld device maker PalmOne Inc. is paying Palm operating system provider PalmSource Inc. $30 million for the rights to the Palm Inc. moniker.
After the...
FTC Urges ISPs to Crack Down on Spam Zombies
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission plans to issue a statement Tuesday urging ISPs to take a tougher stance on compromised computers known as "spam...
Future Reviews Human-Machine Connection
CORONADO, Calif:—The future isnt really so far away, say the technology markets high-level thinkers at the Future in Review conference. And unlike at the...
MSN Rolls Out Virtual Earth Mapping Service
Microsoft has its eyes in the sky. At Mondays "D" conference in Carlsbad, Calif., Microsoft founder Bill Gates introduced MSN Virtual Earth, a new...
Offshoring: The Self-Inflicted Wound
A cult of well-meaning but delusional academics has hijacked the consciousness of a lot of our peers. The cult is busy leading IT groups...
Health Secretary Says IT Will Help Quell Inefficiency
PALO ALTO, Calif.—The American health system is "saturated with inefficiency," Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said Monday at a gathering of Stanford...