Monthly Archives: June 2005
Microsoft Draws Cheers, Jeers over RSS in Longhorn
SEATTLE—Microsofts vision for tying RSS directly into the next release of Windows drew cheers and jeers among the syndication-feed enthusiasts gathered here Friday.
It drew...
Sun Continues Quest to Provide Linux Apps Under Solaris
Recent technology moves toward virtualization have led some industry insiders to question Suns commitment to letting users run Linux applications under Solaris. However, executives...
IT Rivals Make Executive Recruiting a Spectator Sport
Bitter IT industry rivals never get a better chance to thumb their noses at each other than when they manage to hire away highly...
Wikipedia Founder Pitches Openness to Content Managers
Jimmy Wales used the simple database software known as a wiki to launch a kind of open-source knowledge project called Wikipedia in early 2001.
Today,...
Dual-Core Technology Changes Everything
In recent years, the processor clock-speed race has pushed the on-die thermal envelope.
While there is still room to increase clock speed to boost processor...
RSS: Its Not Just for Bloggers Anymore
Like many people, ever since RSS burst onto the scene, Ive had one question: Whats in it for me? If youre not into listening...
Oracle, IBM Offer XML Indexing
Oracle and IBM are building native XML indexing capabilities into their respective database platforms to help customers rein in new applications not easily integrated...
Windows Exploit Released, But Experts Downplay Danger
Amid conflicting reports on the extent of sniffing activity on TCP/IP Port 445, the port associated with a recently patched Windows vulnerability, security experts...
Storage Digest: News from CRU-DataPort, LiveOffice, Denali, Amacom
Serial ATA is front and center this week, with CRU-DataPort announcing a new line of SATA external storage enclosures and two electronics companies joining...
Peek Inside First Intel Macs Reveals Normal Guts
The Mac public got its first look into Apple Computer Inc.s Intel-based development systems this week, thanks to Web sites such as Think Secret....