Monthly Archives: January 2006
Best of the eWEEK: Sparkle Shines
Microsoft unveiled software formerly known as Sparkle. February 3 may be a bad day for worms, specifically Blackworms. And this little tidbit could come...
Microsoft IronPython Plows Ahead
A Microsoft-branded version of the IronPython programming language is moving full-speed ahead toward final delivery.
IronPython, an implementation of the of the open-source Python language,...
Hitting on …
Hitting on:...Forbes, which reports on a Bear Stearns research note predicting an iTunes competitor from Google "which we've dubbed Google Tunes. We think this...
Systems Management Platform Goes Open-Source
The open-source community will see yet another offering in the systems management arena when Qlusters Inc. introduces its OpenQRM project.
The Palo Alto, Calif. company...
Open Standards Could Be an Out for BlackBerry Users
IT managers whose users depend on Research In Motions BlackBerry devices and service need to be thinking of ways to get out of Dodge.
As...
BlackBerry Backup: Surviving a Blackout
The Research In Motion and NTP patent dispute provided a few more twists and turns this week as the Supreme Court refused to hear...
MS Enterprise Apps Show Earnings Success
Microsoft Business Solutions, the applications division of Microsoft, is out of the red and into the black.
The group posted $242 million in sales Jan....
Googles Rumored Big Daddy Overhaul Makes Waves
There are some new signs of Google Inc.s rumored "Big Daddy" infrastructure overhaul, search engine industry sources say.
The evidence, now winding through the online...
Western Digital Hard Drive Rolls Out
Targeting a wave of data-intensive desktop applications and the proliferation of notebook devices with one broad stroke, Western Digital Corp. announced this week that...
Allchin Discusses Possible Changes at Microsoft
A shake-up in the management and responsibilities of some of Microsoft Corp.s key Windows client and server team executives could be in the cards...