Monthly Archives: November 2005
Apple Sews Up iPod Memory Supply
Apple Computer Inc. announced Monday that it signed new deals with the companies supplying flash memory components for its popular iPod digital music players...
Texas Sues Sony BMG Over CD Rootkit
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Monday that he has filed suit against Sony BMG over the use of illegal spyware in its copy-protection...
Intel, Micron Start to Flash Dance
Micron and Intel said Monday that they would form a new company dedicated to manufacturing NAND flash memory, of which a "significant portion" will...
Analysts Warn that Hackers Are Turning to Client Apps
IT administrators who are inclined to dismiss the dust storm that has blown up over Sony BMG Music Entertainments digital rights management rootkit might...
IBM Takes Virtualization to DB2 Viper
In an effort to join the move toward virtualization, IBM is building a software tool to enable customers to change data sources or rules...
A Question of Customer Service
Providing good customer support is one of those things that is so difficult to do, yet so essential to controlling costs, that its no...
Why Arent You Archiving?
Database archiving, to me, is a no-brainer.
I have held this opinion since 2002 when I first came across some vendors in this space and...
Yahoo Turns the Tables on Syndicates
In a historic role reversal, the reportage of Yahoo Inc.s foreign correspondent Kevin Sites is being distributed to print publications via Scripps Howard News...
Addicted to Phones, for Now
Could we really lose our addiction to mobile phones? Im pretty certain were hooked. Really, truly certain. But ... the trouble with being certain...
Sensing a Sensor Censor
As retailers and manufacturers start bridging the gap between passive and active RFID chips, one RFID consortium is cautioning vendors to watch their mouths...