Monthly Archives: July 2005
IBMs Perna Retiring After 30 Years
Leaving behind a career spanning more than 30 years of service at IBM, Janet Perna is retiring next month as general manager of data...
Whats Ahead for Java
The Java programming language turned 10 this year, and at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco last month, Sun Microsystems Inc. threw a big...
AJAX Tools Get Green Light
Several major software companies aim to cash in on the growing use of AJAX by delivering tools to help developers build applications that take...
Eclipse, NetBeans Not Always at Odds
To exploit emerging Java-based technologies, developers enjoy an expanding arsenal of tools that increasingly rest on one of two open-source foundations: Eclipse and NetBeans.
This...
Groksters Lingering Effects
It has been a few weeks since the Supreme Court handed down its landmark Grokster decision, but, since then, I havent seen too many...
Hairy Potter
From: [email protected]: Monday, July 25, 2005 12:02 AMTo: eWEEK readersSubject: The OS That Must Not Be Named; Scotty, RIP; data hygieneWith a serious whack,...
Ballmer: Vertical Leap Will Benefit Customers
As he enters his second five-year stint as CEO of the worlds largest software company, Microsoft Corp.s Steve Ballmer is looking firmly forward and...
Partners Await Managed Services Impact
Microsoft Corp. is looking at how best to package its managed services for customers, a move the company hopes will drive it deeper into...
Journalism Teacher Fired for Lewd Blog Comments
If there was any doubt about the power of blogs, consider the case of Michael Gee. A part-time journalism professor at Boston University, Gee...
Legislators Split on Data Privacy Laws
Despite a steady stream of data breaches this year—most recently at CardSystems Solutions Inc.— members of Congress are unable to agree on how to...