Monthly Archives: May 2005
IBM Data Integration Customers Parse Good Tools from Hype
Its a food-processing company.Like lots of companies in these days of consolidation, it worried about melding two merged companies collections of databases, legacy applications...
Google Toolbar Keeps Controversial Linking Feature
Google has kept a controversial Web-linking feature in the full version of its browser-based toolbar released on Thursday.
When Google first released Google Toolbar 3...
OpenOffice, Free-Software Supporters Make Peace over Java
A conflict between free-software supporters and OpenOffice.org over the use of Suns proprietary implementation of Java in the forthcoming OpenOffice.org 2.0 is on its...
Microsoft Readies a Lean Windows Client
Whats fatter than a thin client, but svelter than Windows XP? Microsofts forthcoming "lean" client, code-named "Eiger."
Eiger, a stripped-down version of Windows XP Professional,...
Dell Hangs Up on Cell Phones
Dell says it has no plans to get into the cellular phone business. But its still big on wireless.
The Round Rock, Texas, company, which...
New Firefox, Mozilla Versions Fix Open Browser Holes
New versions of the Firefox and Mozilla browsers have been released that address three security problems, including one that was made public last week.The...
AOL Keynoter Talks Web 2.0
SAN FRANCISCO—After a full day of pre-game activities, America Online Inc.s Tina Sharkey kicked off the ninth annual Connections Conference in San Francisco with...
Ameritrade Says Thanks But No Thanks
Following several days of intense speculation about a possible buyout by rival online broker E-Trade Financial, Ameritrades board of directors issued a press release...
HP Targets SMBs with BladeSystem Platform
Hewlett-Packard Co. is moving to make it easier for small and midsize businesses to adopt its BladeSystem platform.
The Palo Alto, Calif., company on Thursday...
Storage Digest: News from XOsoft, Fujitsu, Bell Microproducts, Sun
The storage market inched forward this week with announcements on new replication and application recovery solutions and a 100GB 2.5-inch SATA hard disk drive,...