Monthly Archives: July 2005
Search Startups Take Up Arms to Challenge Giants
For all the focus on Google, Yahoo and MSN in Web search, another group of upstarts is continuing to tackle open search questions.
This week,...
Linux Trounces Windows Mobile in Smart Phone Shipments
Embedded Linux powered 14 percent of smart phones shipped worldwide in Q1 of 2005, up 412 percent from 3.4 percent in Q1 2004, according...
MS Plans to Buy Secure-Messaging Company FrontBridge
In more evidence of Microsofts increased interest in security technology, the software company said on Wednesday that it plans to acquire FrontBridge, a provider...
MS Takes Minority Stake in Finjan Software
Microsoft has acquired a minority stake in Finjan Software, an Internet security firm with which it has had a contentious relationship.
Financial terms of the...
Good News: Only 85 Percent of Biz Books Are Bunk
One of the most acute business bloggers, Ethan "Effern" Johnson, who writes The Vision Thing, has written an entire series of essays with titles...
AMD Sells Lead-Free Processors
Advanced Micro Devices said Wednesday that the company has successfully removed lead from its microprocessors to meet European environmental regulations.
AMD said that in early...
Kodak Layoffs Reflect Films Rapid Demise
Eastman Kodak Co.s announcementthat it would be cutting up to 10,000 more jobs is less an indication of the companys health than it is...
Warning: iTunes Attachment Is AIM Worm
Anti-virus vendor Trend Micro on Wednesday issued a warning for a new computer worm infecting users of America Online Inc.s Instant Messenger application.The worm,...
New Tools Simplify Development of Flash
This week saw the release of two Flash tools focused on giving Web editors and designers easier and more economical alternatives to create and...
MSN Begins Testing Messenger 7.5
Microsofts MSN division has begun beta testing the next release of MSN Messenger, version 7.5.
The update brings a number of minor feature enhancements such...