Monthly Archives: August 2005
Readers Respond: Govt Has Role to Play in Outsourcing Issue
The kind of person who sees code in his or her dreams has little choice but to follow the computer science path, but may...
Readers Respond: Security: The Right to Know
Although I agree with your conclusions concerning vendors responsibility to reveal security flaws in their products, contract extensions are both unlikely and would complicate...
Microsoft Cleans Up Visual Studio CTPs
With a number of builds of its upcoming development tools suite out and available for developers to test, Microsoft has developed an uninstall tool...
Intel Switches Circuits to Save on Electricity
SAN FRANCISCO—Even at Intel, the turtle sometimes wins the race.The Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker opened its three-day fall Intel Developer Forum, by rewriting...
BEA Buys Plumtree for $200M
BEA Systems Inc. Tuesday announced plans to acquire Plumtree Software Inc. in a cash deal worth about $200 million.
In a call with investors and...
Intel Cuts the Power
SAN FRANCISCO—Intel Corp. is powering down its entire processor line.
The chip maker, as previously reported, aims to drive down the power consumption of desktops,...
Cisco Warns of SSL Vulnerability
Cisco on Monday released a security advisory and software fix for a vulnerability that affects two of the companys network security products.
Attackers could use...
Continuing on About Backing Up
Looks like I hit a sore spot a few weeks ago with my column about how home users are unprepared for disaster.I focused on...
No Love Lost Between Mambo Executives and Developers
The break continues to widen between the executives and developers of Mambo, a popular open-source content management system.
While Miro International, an Australian firm that...
Intel, Cisco Collaborate on Wi-Fi
Intel Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday announced plans to collaborate on ways to make their respective wireless LAN products work better together.At...