Monthly Archives: February 2006
The Google Grumbles
Nik Cubrilovic has supposedly got Google grumbling. He found some items on Google Base, Google's experimental online marketplace, that could be purchasd with a...
Can Microsoft Keep the Server OS Lead?
Recently, for the first time ever, Microsofts server shipment numbers surpassed those of Unix. Soon, however, Microsoft is going to be asking its server...
Microsoft Sneaks Out a New Longhorn Server Build
While testers have been all over the newest Windows Vista Community Technology Preview build, the new Longhorn Server test build, which Microsoft also delivered...
Oracle Ships Out-of-Cycle Security Update
Database server giant Oracle has released an out-of-band security update with fixes for several high-risk vulnerabilities affecting enterprise customers.
The patches were included in an...
Activist Praises Internets Power to Prevent Disease
If the head of Googles philanthropic division gets his wish, an Internet search engine will sniff out early signs of disease outbreaks and other...
U.S. Homeland Security Delays RFID Plan
Wal-Mart isnt the only major early RFID backer to have cooled its RFID enthusiasm lately. One of the most anticipated RFID trials was at...
Google Comes Out of Beta Phase
Ever since Google went public on Aug. 18, 2004, at $85 a share, its been all sunshine. But as the company heads into a...
Cisco Snags Scientific Atlanta, Lays Out Vision for IP TV
Cisco Systems on Feb. 28 outlined its vision for Scientific Atlanta a day after its mega-acquisition closed, but product integration roadmaps wont follow for...
Microsoft Reveals Details of Its RFID Infrastructure
DALLAS—Microsoft Corp. revealed at this weeks RFID World conference here that it is developing an RFID infrastructure—one that its claims will affordably handle device...
Microsoft StepUI: No More Couch-Potato Excuses
Microsoft doesnt believe hands are the only vehicle for driving computers.
Feet are equally valid for scrolling and cataloging e-mail and photos, among other tasks,...