Monthly Archives: January 2006
Intel Drops Hardware-Based 32-Bit Capabilties in Itanium
Intel Corp. is removing the hardware circuitry in the upcoming next-generation Itanium 2 chip that lets users run 32-bit applications on the 64-bit processor,...
Is Wine Really Faster than Windows?
Would you believe that Wine, the open-source program that enables you to run some Windows programs on Linux, is faster than native Windows XP...
The Feds Go Fishing, but Google Aint Biting
What is that saying about the curse of having your wish come true?
I am thinking about that and imagining some government lawyer receiving a...
FBI Computer Crime Survey Finds Widespread Attacks
An FBI survey of more than 2,000 public and private organizations on the subject of cyber-crime found that almost 90 percent had experienced computer...
Feds, Google Battle Over Customer Info
Internet search giant Google Inc. confirmed Thursday it's fighting a Bush administration request to review Google customers' search habits.The administration, via the U.S. Department...
Progress to Acquire Actional for $32M
Progress Software Corp. announced Thursday an agreement to acquire Actional Corp. for approximately $32 million in cash and shares of Progress common stock.
In Actional,...
Microsoft Bolsters Project Management Tools
Microsoft Corp. has completed its acquisition of the software and intellectual property assets of UMT, a project and portfolio management and consulting firm.
Microsoft first...
Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2005 Java Driver
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday released a JDBC (Java DataBase Connectivity) Driver that allows developers to link Java applications to its SQL Server databases.The driver...
Microsoft Updates Customer Care Framework
Microsoft Corp. this week launched an upgraded version of its Customer Care Framework, which offers a way for enterprises to unify the applications used...
Lawyers Express GPL 3 Concerns
The first draft of the new GPL is out and lawyers are beginning to form their impressions of this open-source license.
This first look at...