Monthly Archives: December 2005
Saturation Isnt Raining on Searchs Party
CHICAGO—Finding out that virtually everyone is using their product usually scares the stuffing out of most industries.
At worst, the dreaded "s" word—saturation—can trigger cataclysmic...
Red Hat Puts Out the Developers Welcome Sign
Beginning in early 2006, Red Hat Inc. will offer new support via its Red Hat Network for a set of three application development stacks.
Red...
Terracotta Runtime Brings Clustering to Spring J2EE Apps
Terracotta Inc. and Interface21 Ltd. have agreed to work together to develop and promote a run-time technology that allows J2EE applications built with the...
Junk Mail Beats Spam Again in 05
The Internet continues to take its toll—both pro and con—on the U.S. Postal Service, but the post office may be starting to win the...
Where are Rootkits Coming From?
The sharp rise in rootkit detections on Windows machines is a direct result of adware/spyware vendors using sophisticated techniques to hide processes and prevent...
Intel Research Shows Compound Boosts Chip Performance
Intel Corp. is trying out new material in an effort to boost chip performance in the next decade.
Researchers at the Santa Clara, Calif., chip...
BEA Pledges to Make China an IT World Power
BEIJING—BEA Systems Inc.s leader opened the companys BEAWorld 2005 Beijing conference here Wednesday morning with a pledge to bring the Chinese IT industry on...
Hosted E-Mail, IM Service Providers Offer Archiving
Managed e-mail security and management providers are launching new services to help businesses archive electronic communications as they seek to comply with regulatory and...
CBS Beams Programming to Verizon Phones
CBS Television announced Wednesday that it has struck a deal with Verizon Wireless to begin offering some of its broadcast content over the mobile...
The Chicken, the Egg and the Linux Desktop
I recently wrote about why the Linux desktop needs major vendor support before it can take off.
I got a lot of letters about that...