Monthly Archives: September 2005
Palm Shows First Windows-Based Treo
SAN FRANCISCO—Palm Inc. formally announced at the CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment show here Monday the companys first cell phone based on Microsoft Windows...
New Ranking System Slices, Dices Blogosphere Buzz
PubSub.com has released a blog and Web site ranking tool calibrated to avoid the Janet Jackson wardrobe-malfunction, buzz-of-the-minute phenomenon.
PubSubs LinkRanks, released on Monday, measures...
Complaints Pile Up Over Nanos Display
The iPod Nano: One thousand songs. Impossibly fragile?
Thats the complaint of many new owners of Apple Computer Inc.s new iPod Nano, if you believe...
Massachusetts Makes Dumb Move Official
When a public agency announces a plan with a very short comment period—like one or two weeks—you should assume the plan is, as we...
Massachusetts Verdict: MS Office Formats Out
The state of Massachusetts Friday made it official: It will use only nonproprietary document formats in state-affiliated offices effective Jan. 1, 2007. Although state...
Zend Upgrade Should Boost PHP
Zend Technologies Inc.s announcement earlier this week that it has released a major upgrade of its front-line product, Zend Platform, was welcome news for...
When Safe Devices Become Smart And Dangerous
One key part of a CIOs job is to protect company information. That forces a healthy amount of paranoia, as the exec must anticipate...
Google Print Pressures Libraries
A recently filed lawsuit claiming Googles digitizing of library books is a "massive" copyright violation will deter libraries from opening their collections to the...
Playing Games with VOIP
BOSTON—The overriding theme among attendees of this weeks VON Fall 2005 Conference was that compelling new communications applications will drive uptake of VOIP technologies,...
Oracle Buying Spree Makes for Strange Bedfellows
Never in its history has Oracle had to appeal to such a diverse customer population and this situation has resulted in some remarkable sights...