Monthly Archives: May 2005
Linux Gets Hawaiis Records House in Order
Lester Nakamura tries to pride himself on always keeping an open mind. But when he went searching for a long-term solution to the state...
Dell Releases Gigabit Ethernet Switches
Dell is rolling out a family of Gigabit Ethernet switches that can be changed from unmanaged to Web-managed by pushing a button. The PowerConnect...
Microsofts 64-Bit Moment
Microsoft, unique among IT vendors, has shown the ability to shepherd mass movements to new computing technology. The most obvious example is the migration...
Tech Wields Its Political Clout
Until this month, Lezlee Westine answered directly to President Bushs top adviser, Karl Rove, but as of next week, she will answer to CEOs...
Defining Spyware: A Solution
What is spyware? Many of todays definitions are inconsistent. Meanwhile, other terms such as adware have emerged to describe software that doesnt actually spy...
IBM to Save Big With Job Cuts
IBMs restructuring plans, which will include 10,000 to 13,000 job cuts, will save the company $300 million to $500 million in the second half...
IT Lobbies for Cyber-Security
The swelling sum spent by the tech industry in Washington results not only from organizations boosting expenditures in recent years but also from the...
Phishing, Malware Declining?
A trio of reports from security vendors and industry groups that monitor malicious code suggests that recent plagues such as phishing attacks and spyware...
Microsoft Weighs 32-Bit SBS
Microsoft Corp. officials are aggressively pushing 64-bit computing across their product line but are stepping back from recent comments that the next version of...
Devlin Bids Adieu to IBM
Mike Devlin, co-founder of Rational Software Corp. and most recently general manager of IBMs Rational business unit, is retiring from the systems giant.Sources said...