Monthly Archives: January 2006
McAfee Agrees to Pay $50m SEC Settlement
The Securities and exchange Commission ordered McAfee to pay a $50 million penalty, bringing to a close a long- running investigation into shady accounting...
Free Software Foundation Explains GPL 3.0 Vision
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The Free Software Foundation on Monday released a 21-page document that explains the rationale for the changes it has proposed to the GNU...
When Does a Lot of Small Equal Big?
Microsoft this week will roll out a new dot release of its Point of Sale package, one that claims better scalability capabilities.
Although that is...
GPL 3.0 Draft Tackles Patents, Compatibility
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The first discussion draft of the GNU General Public License was finally released on Monday, and addresses the issues of patents and patent-related...
The Salesforce.com Domino Effect
On Dec. 20, I was scheduled to meet with representatives from Convoq about their new product, SellASAP. The meeting didnt take place. Why? Because...
Salesforce.coms Growing Pains Irk Customers
Charlie Crystle, CEO of Mission Research, a developer of fund-raising software for nonprofit organizations, based in Lancaster, Pa., dropped on-demand software vendor Salesforce.com Inc....
Microsoft Ships First Vista Security Patches
Microsoft Corp. has shipped the first critical security update for Windows Vista, the next version of its flagship operating system.
Over the weekend, the company...
California Court Upholds Microsoft Settlement
The Court of Appeal of the state of California upheld Microsoft Corp.s $1.1 billion class-action settlement this week, turning away a lingering claim over...
Let `Em Eat Cake
Members of Google's enterprise division can thank yours truly for any cake they will may have today, Friday, Jan. 13, to mark the first...
AmeriVault Beefs Up Online Storage
AmeriVault Corp. on Thursday announced its purchase of disaster recovery and data protection service provider Capitalbackup for an undisclosed amount, and in the process...