Monthly Archives: June 2005
Microsoft Customers Criticize Its Licensing Scheme
ORLANDO, Fla.—Microsoft Corp. used its Tech Ed conference here Monday as a platform for some of its large enterprise customers to discuss their experiences...
MSN Site Flaw Exposes Hotmail Accounts to Prying Eyes
One week after hackers exploited a weakness in the MSN Korea Web site, Microsoft admitted to taking down part of its MSN site over...
Microsoft Prepares Next-Gen Apps for Mac
When Apple Computer announced Monday it was switching to Intel-based processors, one of the first to express support was Roz Ho, general manager of...
PowerPC Teeters on Edge of Uncertainty
Its the end of the PowerPC as we know it. But most everyone feels fine.
Just one day after Apple Computer Inc. said it would...
Rambus Sues Samsung Over DRAM Patents
Rambus has sued one of its largest proponents, Samsung Electronics, for several counts of patent infringement.
The contents of the suits echo those Rambus filed...
Windows Server: The Next-Next-Generation Plans
ORLANDO, Fla.—Although Microsoft is still working on the next version of Windows Server, code-named Longhorn and due to ship in 2007, the company already...
Aperto Releases WiMax Products at Supercomm Show
Aperto Networks Inc. on Tuesday announced a line of WiMax base stations as well as a handful of carriers who intend to try them...
New Version of Debian Linux Reports for Duty
The Debian Project announced Monday the official release of its Debian GNU/Linux version 3.1 distribution, "Sarge," after nearly three years of development.
Debian is both...
The Dark Side of Web One-to-One Marketing
It has been said that a university’s role is not necessarily to preach the right answers, but to teach students how to ask the...
Look, Ma, No Coins!
A Pennsylvania payment vendor is preparing conversion equipment to create contactless vending machines, aimed as much at addressing the finite supply of coins and...