Monthly Archives: September 2005
HP Moves Forum to Florida
Hewlett-Packard has rescheduled its HP Technology Forum, which was due to run this week in New Orleans but was postponed following Hurricane Katrina.Hewlett-Packard Co....
Security Watch: Picking on PHP
This has been a fairly slow week for security issues, probably because all the l33t hax0rs took off to go to the beach for...
Microsoft Intensifies Developer Courtship
Developers always have been the target audience for Microsofts Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Going into PDC 2005, the companys message isnt wavering. It is,...
Symantec President Moves to Business Objects
John Schwarz, who served as Symantec CEO John Thompsons right-hand man for almost five years, has taken a position as the CEO of Business...
Making the Skype Investment Work
With its announced 10-figure acquisition of Luxembourg-based Skype Technologies, online auctioneer eBay Inc. is now squarely in the battle with Google Inc., Yahoo Inc....
Storage Digest: News from NetGear, Quantum, Symantec, Tandberg Data, NuView
NetGear has a new networked data storage device for the home and SOHO market while Quantum announces a modular tape automation platform. From NuView,...
Digipede to Release SDK for Windows Grids
Digipede Technologies LLC next week will deliver a new SDK for its Windows-based grid computing environment.
Oakland, Calif.-based DigipedeTechnologies LLC is expected to announce the...
Access Buys PalmSource
Tokyo software developer Access Co. Ltd. on Friday announced the acquisition of Palm operating system maker PalmSource Inc. for about $324.3 million in cash.
"The...
Katrina Could Impact Chip Production
Air Products & Chemicals has shut down a hydrogen gas complex near New Orleans, limiting the supply of an obscure but important component in...
Mobile Browser Specialist Acquires PalmSource
Mobile browser-maker Access Co. announced Friday that it will acquire Palm OS developer PalmSource in an all-cash transaction for approximately $324 million.
The acquisition adds...