Monthly Archives: September 2005
Microsoft Max Shares the Visual Power of Avalon
Microsoft last week released the beta of a new photo-sharing sample application that takes advantage of core components of the upcoming Windows Vista platform...
3Par, OnStor Develop Unique Twist on SAN/NAS Services
3Pardata Inc. and OnStor Inc. have joined forces to develop a different way of scaling SAN and NAS services that aims squarely at the...
Oracle Announces 10th Buy in Six Months
Oracle announced its 10th acquisition in six months Tuesday at its annual OpenWorld conference in San Francisco.Oracle Corp. will acquire Global Logistics Technologies, aka...
AOL Launches IM, VOIP Tools
BOSTON—American Online Inc. announced its new Internet phone service and offered a preview of its newest instant messaging platform at the ongoing VON conference...
Demo Hosts New Product Legion
A select group of digerati arrived in Huntington Beach, Calif. this week for the DEMO fall conference, which focuses on many brand new technologies...
Opera Axes Ad Model, Patches Browser
Web browser developer Opera Software has permanently removed the ad banner and licensing fee from its Web browser, focusing instead on creating revenue from...
iPod Accessories Are the Rage at Apple Expo
PARIS—Apple Expo Paris is not a huge show. Substantially smaller than the January Macworld in San Francisco, still, it holds a strong place in...
OpenWorld Gives Oracle Chance to Highlight Fusion Plans
Oracles OpenWorld conference—opening this week in San Francisco—is the companys opportunity to give customers a progress report on its efforts to assimilate the dizzying...
Microsoft Acquires Canadian Smart-Card Security Company
Microsoft Corp. bolstered its security hardware holdings Monday by announcing it has acquired digital security company Alacris Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
Alacris, a privately...
NetIQ Markets Tools to Feds
NetIQ Corp. this week joins a growing roster of security compliance software makers that are expanding the tools they built for enterprises to the...