Monthly Archives: May 2005
Grocery Chain Testing Biometric Payment
Cub Foods has started testing a biometric payment system in four of its stores, claiming it will allow customers to leave their debit or...
IBM Unveils BladeCenter Express Bundles for SMBs
IBM is rolling out Express versions of its blade server platform designed for small and midsize businesses.
The Armonk, N.Y., company is bundling its Express...
Fun with Spam
Most people dont think of fun and spam as residing in the same universe. But if you cant beat it, I say, why not...
Fujitsu, Sun Team on SPARC Processors
After spending the past few weeks promoting their respective industry-standard server initiatives, Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. this week will return...
WS-I Security Document Identifies Web Services Threats
The Web Services Interoperability Organization has promoted a key security document that was approved by its member community.WS-I officials Monday said the organizations "Security...
Gartner Weighs In on Linuxs Desktop Prospects
Microsoft does not appear in any imminent danger of losing much market share on the desktop productivity front to any Linux or open-source competitors.
In...
Sun Improves J2SE, J2EE Support in NetBeans IDE
Sun Microsystems Inc. announced Monday a new version of its NetBeans open-source integrated development environment.
The NetBeans 4.1 IDE features out-of-the-box support for J2SE (Java...
Apple Patches Tiger
Apple Computer Inc. has released the first patch to its new "Tiger" operating system, Mac OS X 10.4, with an update that purportedly addresses...
AlertSite Adds Security Scan to Web Service
Web site performance-measurement and monitoring services provider AlertSite added a new security twist to its services on Monday with the introduction of a vulnerability...
Google Opens RSS Ads to Publishers
NEW YORK—Google expanded its test program for RSS advertising to a broad set of publishers Tuesday as it seeks to gain an ad foothold...